Comments on: Fantasy Sports: Social Networking or Time-Wasting?

By: Kellee Kotte

Kellee Kotte — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:59:35 +0000

Thank you for a wonderful post. I enjoyed it.

By: Margaretta Kawelo

Margaretta Kawelo — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:56:12 +0000

This is the perfect blog for anyone who wants to know about social media. You know so much its almost hard to argue with you (not that I really would want…HaHa). You definitely put a new spin on fantasy sports as well. Great stuff, just great!

By: Jordan

Jordan — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:19:18 +0000

Social networks really can only enhance the trash talking and trade discussions that is the pinnacle of fantasy sports.

By: Elza Lyssy

Elza Lyssy — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:29:17 +0000

Cool website. Bookmarked:-)

By: Jules Perez

Jules Perez — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 07:30:33 +0000

Thanks for the post, I didn’t think of it like that before.

By: Sports Bars

Sports Bars — Sun, 02 May 2010 10:37:51 +0000

I concur, I have to admit to never thinking of fantasy leagues as a social network but I suppose you could put many other past times into the bracket of social networking. Great post cheers

By: Fantasy Novel

Fantasy Novel — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 23:03:29 +0000

thank you seriously, I love to read fantasy. added to my delicious account.

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Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:50:24 +0000

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By: Tommy

Tommy — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:39:12 +0000

Hi Rob,

Thanks for the kind words. That’s a great concept – the small network social tools. I’ll have to look into what tools are currently available out there for a future post.

Cheers,
Tommy

By: Rob Dunson Kelly

Rob Dunson Kelly — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:37:41 +0000

Tommy,

Good job with the provocative title of this post — you succeeded in getting me to click through.

I agree with you that Fantasy Sports and Social Networking are directly related.

I’m part of a 12-team Fantasy Basketball league and it is really just a mini-social-network consisting of friends (and a couple of guys I’ve never met) in a few different cities in the U.S.

We are able to come together through the tools (stats, message boards, etc.) that CBSSports (in our case) provides.

I believe that we will see more mini social networks like this in the future. For example, family-oriented social network will emerge in which you and your family trade images, emails, etc. using social networking tools (I already do this with a few family members using Google Docs).

Cheers,

http://www.twitter.com/RobDunsonKelly