New site / facebook

[Larks]

Came across this site....looks like a facebook for refs...

START DEVELOP FINISH - An innovative tool to help centralize criteria and promote Consistency for all levels of officiating.

Anyone try it yet?

Which brings me to...do you facebook?

My guess is the HS guys do, the college guys dont. True assumption?

[Adam]

True for me.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Larks

Anyone try it yet?

Which brings me to...do you facebook?

My guess is the HS guys do, the college guys dont. True assumption?

I know several D1 officials that have a Facebook page. A few happen to be friends of mine. They hardly ever talk about their officiating or show pictures of their games. And I can understand this fact with all the exposure they get and anything they say can and will be used against them.

Peace

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by Larks

My guess is the HS guys do, the college guys dont. True assumption?

My guess is: the guys who are or have teenagers do.

[Welpe]

I use Facebook but then I'm a lowly sub-varsity official.

If anybody wants to add me as a friend, send me a PM.

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by mbyron

My guess is: the guys who are or have teenagers do.

True for me.

(The "have" part, not the "are" part.)

[IowaMike]

Kids away at college is what got me on Facebook a few years ago. Easy way to keep in touch, and now I have also connected with old military buddies, people from high school etc. I'm not obsessed with it but it has its positive uses. I have friends who would never sign up on it or use it; of course there are still people who don't use email. I believe the fact that McCain didn't know how to use it came up in the last election. We had a local alderman in my town who was finally forced by the city to learn how to use his email account recently. To each his own I guess.

[DLH17]

I'm a FaceBooker. Great way to keep up with who my teenager socializes with. Also a great central place to post family pix for my family/friends that live out of town that we don't get to see in person very often.

Have re-kindled some old high school and college friendships, as well.

[Back In The Saddle]

Hi, I'm BITS and I'm a Facebook addict.

I've been on FB for a few years now and have enjoyed catching up with old friends from high school, college, previous jobs and even some of my officiating buddies. But, I don't usually post much about my officiating exploits, just like I don't post much about work. It's just safer not to.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle

Hi, I'm BITS and I'm a Facebook addict.

I've been on FB for a few years now and have enjoyed catching up with old friends from high school, college, previous jobs and even some of my officiating buddies. But, I don't usually post much about my officiating exploits, just like I don't post much about work. It's just safer not to.

Me too. All but the "I'm BITS" portion of course.

[JRutledge]

I am going to have to have a new category for my Officiating.come friends.

Peace

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle

I've been on FB for a few years now and have enjoyed catching up with old friends from high school, college, previous jobs and even some of my officiating buddies. But, I don't usually post much about my officiating exploits, just like I don't post much about work. It's just safer not to.

+1

Originally Posted by IowaMike

Kids away at college is what got me on Facebook a few years ago. Easy way to keep in touch, and now I have also connected with old military buddies, people from high school etc. I'm not obsessed with it but it has its positive uses.

+1

Originally Posted by JRutledge

They hardly ever talk about their officiating or show pictures of their games

.+1

I'm more a voyeur than a poster. I'm not one that posts everything I do...... and, the only TWEETING I do is on the court!

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by grunewar

I'm more a voyeur than a poster. I'm not one that posts everything I do...... and, the only TWEETING I do is on the court!

I love Facebook, but tweeting is for the birds.

[Scuba_ref]

At our last association meeting we were specifically warned against posting any game/officiating references on Book Face (as Dwight refers to it in the Office). The story was brought up about a local official (by that local official) who mentioned good game (one that he had officiated) to a friend (child played in the game) on facebook. Someone else connected to that facebook user who was a fan for the losing team got ahold of that and made a big deal about it.

Sorry about the parenthesis - I had a few extra lying around and need to use them before their expiration date!

[Bishopcolle]

Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle

I love Facebook, but tweeting is for the birds.

One very nice advantage of tweeting is: If you happen to follow an authority or respected leader of a field/industry, they will often show links to some very good reading or articles for study. Saves lots of time and really helps one (me, at least,) improve without a lot of time searching for the golden nuggets the tweet provides....just a thought.....