Lobo Talks Twitter
ST. LOUIS, MO -- I do not "tweet"; and, honestly, I don't much about "tweeting" (is that what it's called?) or Twitter.com; but, Rebecca Lobo "tweets" and is very popular at it.
I spoke with Lobo after today's ESPN media briefing; and, among other things, B told me about one of her new claims to fame - "tweeting" on Twitter.com (www.twitter.com/RebeccaLobo).
HRR: I gotta ask. How did this Twitter thing come about?
Lobo: (laughing) People at ESPN asked me about Twitter. I'd been reading a lot about it on the New York Times. I hadn't been on the Twitter page at all. Tina Thornton from ESPN asked me if I'd be interested in checking it out and trying to do it during games. During the SEC Championship game I tried it. It was kind of like our mock run through. Nobody knew about it. We thought it could really add some things to the broadcast. I had no idea they were going to promo it like they have been during the games; but, it's been kind of a fun thing for me to do.
HRR: I'm a novice at this. Explain to me what Twitter is.
Lobo: I'm not on Facebook; but, I guess there's a thing on Facebook that says "What are you doing now?" That's all that Twitter is. You have 140 characters per post. You just type in what you're doing; and, as many people that want to can read your stuff. Right now, there's 7,000 women's basketball fans following my posts. During the game, I'll just post something that I don't have time to do in a report or might not make in a full report but might be interesting to a college basketball fan; so, I'll put that up there. Sometimes when I'm not at games, I'll put little tidbits of things that I think are funny that have happened along my travels or whatever. If people want to follow, they can. Obviously, they don't have to; but, it's been an interesting experience.
I spoke with Lobo after today's ESPN media briefing; and, among other things, B told me about one of her new claims to fame - "tweeting" on Twitter.com (www.twitter.com/RebeccaLobo).
HRR: I gotta ask. How did this Twitter thing come about?
Lobo: (laughing) People at ESPN asked me about Twitter. I'd been reading a lot about it on the New York Times. I hadn't been on the Twitter page at all. Tina Thornton from ESPN asked me if I'd be interested in checking it out and trying to do it during games. During the SEC Championship game I tried it. It was kind of like our mock run through. Nobody knew about it. We thought it could really add some things to the broadcast. I had no idea they were going to promo it like they have been during the games; but, it's been kind of a fun thing for me to do.
HRR: I'm a novice at this. Explain to me what Twitter is.
Lobo: I'm not on Facebook; but, I guess there's a thing on Facebook that says "What are you doing now?" That's all that Twitter is. You have 140 characters per post. You just type in what you're doing; and, as many people that want to can read your stuff. Right now, there's 7,000 women's basketball fans following my posts. During the game, I'll just post something that I don't have time to do in a report or might not make in a full report but might be interesting to a college basketball fan; so, I'll put that up there. Sometimes when I'm not at games, I'll put little tidbits of things that I think are funny that have happened along my travels or whatever. If people want to follow, they can. Obviously, they don't have to; but, it's been an interesting experience.
posted by Kris Gardner @ 11:36 AM
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