Comments on: What does the internet think of the 2010 Olympics?

By: Karin Major

Karin Major — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 09:37:55 +0000

I think your blog is fantastic I found it on Bing. Definetely will return again! I am very exsiting about learning newthingsCheers, Lisa

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By: Kris Mitchell

Kris Mitchell — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:20:49 +0000

Personally, as a Canuck living in the UK, I’ve been having one HELL of a time trying to find anywhere on the net that will show any of the games!

For now I need to deal with the highlights shown on the BBC (better than nothing I suppose).

I’m hoping to have this all sorted out before the finals where Canada takes back the gold!

Any ideas on websites that are streaming the game to non North American countries? (and not the official 2010 website, it’s not particularly well planned out – always seems to have crashed)

Enjoy the games!
(and go Canada eh?)

By: William

William — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:04:30 +0000

The Swedes are going crazy over Twitter and Facebook.
The publicnetwork SVT that is covering the games are active on both platforms and have their reporters on there. They also have 8 indevidual internet live streams. They are going all out internetstyle. Also live videostreming to mobile phones.

I am a happy swede… (It helps that we got 2 gold medels the last 27 hours! :D )

By: clarke thomas

clarke thomas — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:19:51 +0000

There’s a sense of pride & total immersion in the Olympics when it’s local event. (I was in China during the Summer Olympics) The primary failure affecting the US has nothing to do with Olympics or Canada. (I heard it was the same for the Summer Olympics as well)

The US broadcasters filter & over advertise the Olympics, then provide limited access to content. (In China, there were 7 full time Olympic Channels [5 of which showed badminton nonstop]). There’s no acceptable reason, that the Olympics need to be edited for US broadcasting.

By: Trudy

Trudy — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:16:26 +0000

I have to agree with the exposure issue that Dr Robert Schertzer mentioned. I live in the States in the DC area and lived in FL when the Summer Games happened in 08. Because of the type of sports displayed and culture I grew up in, the sports of the Summer Games appeals to me more. However, even if they did not, it seemed as if every channel was saturated with the Beijing Games and I could see anything at any time. I don’t get that sense with the Winter Games but I could be wrong. Also, I had visited Beijing a few months before the games and felt more connected with the place. In Canada, I’ve only been to Montréal, not Vancouver. So overall I feel a slight disconnect between Summer and Winter Games.

As far as social media goes, I think you are missing something. There is a sharp divide between those who only tweet trending topics, and I promise you, they only tweet trending topics, and those who use Twitter for business and personal reasons. So I would not say that Twitter is more troll-ish or Facebook is nicer. I cannot relate to the Facebook pact as none of my friends engage in that behavior but have found Facebook (the personal profile side, not the business page side) to in fact be more trollish, though not “anonymous” trolls. I don’t think Facebook is “nicer” at all. The trending topics of Twitter reflect a very specific insulting and negative trend that is not reflected by those who do not seek to appear in the trending topics. Twitter really is a two-sided coin.

I wish lots of success to those in the Olympics nonetheless and it’s unfortunate that people only focused on the torch issue.

By: Peter Schmidt

Peter Schmidt — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:07:32 +0000

I can understand your excitement, I just visited Vancouver today. Awesome city and the olympic atmosphere in the city was truely great, wish I had more time in the city. Sadly only had one day.
Got to take some nice photos as well.

By: Morrie

Morrie — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:45:29 +0000

A great post Lisa. All I can say is enjoy the vibe. Enjoy the increased efficiency of amenities and transport while the games are on. Don’t worry too much about the 4th log, even Cathy Freeman had some anxious moments light the Sydney 2000 Olympic Cauldron. I haven’t watched a great deal of the games, time zone difference etc, but good on all the athletes for giving it their best shot. The saddest thing so far would be the death of the Georgian luge athlete. May he rest in peace, and his family and friends gain some comfort from the apparent worldwide outpouring of sympathy at his passing.

By: Big Mike

Big Mike — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:45:24 +0000

Don’t forget the whales! My geek friends and I drooled over the projection systems that they had going. Here’s one American that thought that was cool.

By: Shannon M

Shannon M — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 03:41:47 +0000

One has to remember that now matter how symbolic the Olympics are considered by the masses that care, coverage is based on the “almighty” dollar and the advertisement associated with it. CBS is only going to show the games when people are mostl likely to be watching. Sure the winter games are interesting, but some of us in Florida just can’t get that excited by snow. Hey don’t hate! My in-laws are Canadians!