Where did October and November go? As we suddenly find ourselves staring at the end of the college football season with the final weekend coming up, those of us die-hard sports fans can take solace in the fact that the college hoops season is well underway. From my perspective as a burnt orange bleeding Texas [...]
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Nov
Posted by: Bryan Bennett in: Facebook, FanSection, Press, Social Media, Sports
Watercooler and FanSection were recently mentioned prominently in an article by Eric Fisher in Street and Smith’s Sports Business Journal. While you have to be a member of the site to read it, the complete article is included here in its entirety:
Application developers mine new opportunities
Mike Kerns and Jeff Ma, the lead executives of San [...]
16
Nov
Posted by: Bryan Bennett in: Facebook, FanSection, Social Media
AppData, a new site launched by the head of product here at Watercooler, Justin Smith, is a fantastic place to get all sorts of interesting stats about Facebook applications. It’s an independent tracking tool and is definitely worth a look if you’re interested in Facebook applications. I just took another quick look and saw that [...]
12
Nov
Posted by: Bryan Bennett in: FanSection, Sports, Statistics
Bostonians have long been considered some of the most passionate sports fans around, especially as it pertains to their professional teams. Of course, if your college championship dreams relied solely on the performance of Boston College, you can see why most fans in New England tend to navigate to pro sports. Whatever the case, I [...]
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Oct
Posted by: Bryan Bennett in: FanSection
Welcome to FanSection, the premier blog discussing the role of social media in sports. FanSection is a Watercooler, Inc property and is currently the largest online community of passionate sports fans on Facebook, MySpace, and other social networks. We’re going to discuss a variety of cool topics here including how fans interact with sports online, [...]