Will you be using Social Media to follow the Vancouver 2010 Olympics?
Here we are, it's the 1st of February and the Olympic Games will be happening in less than two weeks. We can feel the excitement and the city is almost unrecognizable as everything has been decorated and streets have been shut down! Some tourists are already here, ready to enjoy the international event in Beautiful British Columbia, the best place on earth! In case you weren't aware, that's BC's motto and as good as it may sound, it does make some British Columbians feel uncomfortable since most Canadians value modesty and this doesn't sound too much like it. I would personally not dare claiming it's THE best place on earth, but I would definitely argue it's in the top 10! If you're not familiar with British Columbia and wonder what's so special about it, I invite you to watch one of the best Vancouver2010 promotional video I've seen. It shows the natural beauties such as mountains, oceans, forest, but also the people and the culture like architecture, festivals, etc. If you really want to understand and live BC, well you gotta be here for the 2010 Games!
What I find truly interesting though, is the fact that it's the first time we be having a broad set of Social Media tools during the Olympics. The fact is that the Social Media phenomenon truly took off at some point in late 2007 and has been on a steep rise ever since. Even though the Beijing Olympics happened in 2008 Social Media use wasn't as spread as it is today. For instance, Facebook had 60 million users while it now has over 350 and Twitter had about 3 million users, and it now has about 25 million users. People are much more aware and active than before and this will probably have a big impact on the way people will follow, live and perceive the 2010 Olympics. Will you watch TV, go on Twitter, read blogs, subscribe to a youtube channel, read your Facebook feed for content your friends might share?
There are many people and companies ready to broadcast the Olympics through Social Media channels and I've been trying to make a page with the best resources I've come across. I'd like this page to have everything we need to be up-to-date and know everything about the Olympics. I want to tap into blogs, Twitter, youtube, and flickr for the best content and might add other tools later on. This is a work in progress and I'll be updating the page until the end of the Games. You can find the link to this page in the top menu or you can click here Vancouver2010.
I'm also very interested in knowing whether you'll be using Social Media tools to stay tuned and if so which one are you going to use? Do you think Social Media will actually help broadcast the Olympics or it will only create noise? Are text based tools such as Twitter useful to broadcast an international sport event. Which channel is your favorite?
Use the comment section to let us know and take the poll!
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