Twitter Is A Strange Land

Twitter can be quite an interesting experience. I am in control of the majority of the tweets you see if you follow us, and I have been trying to keep updated this past week. I can’t decide if it is an amazing tool, or a waste of time. Part of me thinks it’s mostly people trying to get you to their website. Okay, fine, that’s part of what we do, I’ll admit it, but it’s not because we are spamming. Really, our whole goal is to stimulate conversation so naturally we want readers to respond.  Still, I am trying to add more messages that actually give people information and not just links to here.

The other part of me is just amazed at who you can connect with. We recently sent a reply to Chauncey Billups. If you know me, he is easily my favorite player of all time. I had an unhealthy obsession for a while. Not creepy, but to the point where I was blind to anything he did wrong on the court. When he won the finals MVP in 2004, I nearly lost my mind.

More background? My fantasy teams are usually named CB1MVP. My XBOX Live name is CB1MVP.  I have a picture of him in my tennis bag when I play to remind me the right attitude to have…okay you get the point. Only through Twitter could you actually interact with someone you look up to like Chauncey. It’s funny though, whenever I have had someone reply that is famous you get a rush, but really, they don’t know crap about who you are. It’s not really interacting. Somehow, Twitter manages to give that illusion though, and I can really see why it’s fun for us fans.

On that note, I will never have a personal account. I like to follow people through our little website/blog, but I can’t see myself seriously updating what I am doing. Still, it’s pretty cool to see how many athletes and celebrities are taking the time to reach out to their fans.

In the end, I don’t want to lie to one of my heroes so let’s get CB1 to surpass the boys like Bosh and Villanueva. Follow Chauncey here.