The Olympic Torch will be passing
through my small City of Chester
today, with thousands of spectators set to flock to see it, it got me wondering
how many people will be taking photos and uploading them to social networking
sites.
There is no doubt about it
the Olympics is a huge event, and it’s the first time that anybody from almost
anywhere in the world can see what its like to experience the passing of the
torch from a spectators viewpoint, thanks to the people who are utilising social
networks to share their experience.
This
you would think would be a very exciting time to see the Olympics stars from
the Olympic stadium in London, from the viewpoint of a fan, however this will
not be the case, as fans and volunteers will not be allowed to tweet, post
videos to YouTube or use any other form of social networking to share their experience
at the games. The Olympic committee issued this statement “Visitors to London
2012 will be forbidden from posting photos and videos on social media networks.”
– So much for calling it the ‘twitter games’,
The rules for volunteers are
as follows:
Not to disclose their
location :
So using sites like 4square
will be out of the question.
Not to get involved
in detailed discussion about the Games Online
Basically the 70,000
volunteers are unable to voice their own opinion of the games on social networks
The only way they can
share Olympic information is by re-tweeting or passing on official London 2012 postings.
Personally I think
this is a great shame, as the Olympics in my mind is about unifying everybody
giving people a chance to support their countries with friendly sporting rivalry.
However with all of
this being said, I still think that this will be the first time where we see
the whole world turned in to their TV’s AND their social media devices sharing
their opinions and and voicing their support.
I will also make a prediction that twitter interaction
will peak when Usain Bolt runs the 100meter sprint.
What are your feelings
about the Olympics and Social media, and do you have any of your own
predictions? I’d love to know so please post in the comment box below!
The socialjamm team.
