"In an odd sort of way, golfers, the fans who follow them and the writers who try to understand them have found a common place to hang out -- Twitter."
Ron Sirak looks at Twitter's impact in the world of golf and concludes:
Its functions are diverse -- promotional, informational and humorous -- but its impact is unified: To make the world a smaller place, reducing it all the way down to 140 characters. And that's clearly a comfort zone millions are finding to be quite cozy. Clearly, it is a world of characters that is having a population explosion.
Also, Alex Myers posts this list of golfers and media Twitter accounts, with links.
Just curious here since it's a slow news day, but might we use this story and comment section for those using Twitter to voice your thoughts? How do you read Tweets? What do you think of getting blog or website feeds as Tweets?
I know a lot of you have Twitter fatigue, we get it. But I'd like this to be a more constructive thread about where you see Twitter going as a news and information source. There will also be a chance to discuss this in November when I post a Golfdom feature on how Twitter is impacting the golf course maintenance world.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 07:53 PM
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And as current as possible.
I think the idea of real-time information regarding courses, conditions and relevant conversations can be useful and informative. I'm just generally not willing to wade through the muck to get there.
If you manage the list of people you follow well, it can be a remarkable resource for up to the minute information and link.
That said, I have "unfollowed" a number of golfers.
Sir Real must still be mad that Miley Cyrus deleted her account....
My Facebrick account is dormant, too Big Brother-ish and likely to colony collapse disorder.
Not that I'm paranoid or anything...
swingplane
The people of importance (work, family, friends) that I need to get hold of I can call, text or email and they can do the same to reach me. For me that's more than enough communication channels in a world that is shrinking and becoming less private by the minute via technology.
Geoff: I'd like to read more short observations from you, besides the blog post feed. Some of my favorites are the miscellaneous observations from people like Gary VanSickle or Doug Ferguson.