[Leftcoast]

Don't use social media in any meaningful way?

Is The Cardboard social media?  And, if so, does it change your experience as a fan?  For me the fan experience is changed through ever-present access to a community of like-minded fans that I could not recreate in the physical world.  How often do the 100 or so most frequent visitors check this site?  Without it how often would they interact with knowledgeable fans?  Such frequent and, in my opinion, informative dialog can't help but intensify your involvement and deepen your knowledge.

I visit  once per day - truthfully, more now that it's a link on my iPhone.  Without it I'd probably talk with fans at most once every two weeks and even less in the off-season.  And, I live in the Bay Area!  For readers in Boston, NYC, Miami or overseas this could be their main/only link to similar fans.  Just think of all the Stanford fans who might otherwise be Patriot, NY Giant or Dolphin fans without the Cardboard.

So I'd say the best in social media creates rich communities highly unlikely to form where interaction is bounded by geography rather than the web.  The worst social media turns us into tech enabled voyeurs and/or mobs in an echo chamber of the uninformed.. 

The Cardboard - Making the sporting world safe for Stanford fans one post at a time.

[Leftcoast]

Don't use social media in any meaningful way?

Is The Cardboard social media?  And, if so, does it change your experience as a fan?  For me the fan experience is changed through ever-present access to a community of like-minded fans that I could not recreate in the physical world.  How often do the 100 or so most frequent visitors check this site?  Without it how often would they interact with knowledgeable fans?  Such frequent and, in my opinion, informative dialog can't help but intensify your involvement and deepen your knowledge.

I visit  once per day - truthfully, more now that it's a link on my iPhone.  Without it I'd probably talk with fans at most once every two weeks and even less in the off-season.  And, I live in the Bay Area!  For readers in Boston, NYC, Miami or overseas this could be their main/only link to similar fans.  Just think of all the Stanford fans who might otherwise be Patriot, NY Giant or Dolphin fans without the Cardboard.

So I'd say the best in social media creates rich communities highly unlikely to form where interaction is bounded by geography rather than the web.  The worst social media turns us into tech enabled voyeurs and/or mobs in an echo chamber of the uninformed.. 

The Cardboard - Making the sporting world safe for Stanford fans one post at a time.