NBA Fan Voice
When the Portland Trail Blazers first launched their social networking site, people were amused but only mildly interested. However, the soaring popularity of the site led to more and more teams launching their own official social network. Finally, the attraction of having a direct connection with fans all over the world proved to be too much for the NBA who lunched their own social network, NBA FanVoice.
You could consider FanVoice a little old school, since it tends to primarily focus on forums but it also includes profile pages of all the players and various teams. FanVoice also allows members to set up their own profiles, blogs and network with friends. There are some nice touches like Eyespot, about which we will talk in detail a little later and photo albums. In fact, fans can even write game recaps and post it on the site.
The main purpose of the NBA FanVoice site is to allow fans to share – share their thoughts, opinions and media. And they can get as creative as they want about what they want to share and how they share it. In fact, one of the most popular features of FanVoice is its interactive feature, Eyespot, a Highlight Mixer. This feature gives fans easy-to-use video editing tools and a large selection of video highlights to choose from. Starting from the NBA All-Star Game held in 2007 up to the most recent ones, the NBA makes available video highlights of almost all its games to it’s fans. They can then select their favorite highlights and mix them up all up for one long entertaining moment.
Along with this you can join in discussions going on at the various forums. FanVoice is the online version of your favorite sports talk radio and you can express your opinions about the games of the day, different players and your favorite teams. You can create a profile for yourself and fill it up with cool NBA content that clearly shows your love for the game. On your blog, you could post your own recap of the game or discuss future strategies with new friends.
Not only is FanVoice account free, signing up hardly takes any time at all. Moreover, your free account also includes lots of other free stuff like free photos, free music and free videos. You can interact with the NBA community at large through your account and collaborate on producing mixes of different highlights. In fact, you can vary your theme based on team highlights, player highlights or highlights of various plays like Famous NBA Dunks, Best NBA Buzzer Beaters or Thrilling NBA 3 points.
The NBA has done a great job trying to put together a social networking site where fans of the game can get together and discuss the game, irrespective of where their loyalties lie. While they may argue in favor of their players and root for their team when the game is on, finally it is just one thing that brings them all together on the site – their love for the game of basketball.