Sports Yapper is one of the first businesses to try to utilize the social internet setting to create a space for sports fans. In short, Sports Yapper is a place to go where you can talk sports with other sports fans. The goal of Sports Yapper, according to co-founder Eric Goldstein, was to get away from Facebook, Twitter and texting.
The app, which is for both iPhone and Android, is essentially an online sports bar minus the drinks. By giving a virtual space to voice an opinion about a sporting event that is on helps build a community where fans can go.
Sports Yapper is the first to harness this idea using the 'Game On' technology to essentially generate an ongoing commentary of a live sporting event. However, I have yet to see it utilized in that manner yet. The idea of generating a commentary of a sporting event by fans is one that has yet to be released by the media as a means to tell a story.
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