Facebook Expansion? ...

BigCity · 10-17-2013, 10:55 AM

It occured to me that there may be a league "newspaper" capability already sitting there waiting to be used...

News stories are already formatted for Facebook and Twitter - a cool idea but not really that useful at the moment.

What if, everything from standings, schedule, scores, reports, etc could be formatted into Facebook (including players photos) by simply clicking on a FB button. In this way, and entire online league or Dynasty could be reported on through a Facebook page.

Thoughts?

blasek0 · 10-17-2013, 12:56 PM

That is a fantastic idea.

Fyrestorm3 · 10-17-2013, 01:06 PM

I don't even play online (for which this feature would be most useful), and still think that's a great idea.

Bluenoser · 10-17-2013, 02:09 PM

It wouldn't affect me in any way, as I'd never use it. Personally the last place I'd post HTML from my league is FB, a web site full of ads and fads.

However, the ability to export your entire league in HTML is already built into OOTP. Would that not suffice? Pick out the pages you want and post them?

BigCity · 10-17-2013, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Bluenoser

It wouldn't affect me in any way, as I'd never use it. Personally the last place I'd post HTML from my league is FB, a web site full of ads and fads.

However, the ability to export your entire league in HTML is already built into OOTP. Would that not suffice? Pick out the pages you want and post them?

The Almanac is an excellent history journal of the league, but doesn't do a respectable job of telling a "narrative" of the season week-to-week or month-to-month as a newspaper does. In the Dynasty forum, a lot of folks try very hard to present the ongoing story of their leagues in a way that is interesting and builds some excitement. The only way to do that now is to screen capture a lot of information (standings, leaders, box scores, etc.) and organize it into a newspaper type storyline - something I think could be done within OOTP with less effort.

For an OOTP player with no interest in telling his league's story to anyone else - I can see why this wouldn't be needed, but to a group of us, sharing our team and player stories is part of the fun.

10-17-2013, 10:55 AM	#1
BigCity All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: South Shore, Great Lakes Posts: 1,386	Facebook Expansion? ... It occured to me that there may be a league "newspaper" capability already sitting there waiting to be used... News stories are already formatted for Facebook and Twitter - a cool idea but not really that useful at the moment. What if, everything from standings, schedule, scores, reports, etc could be formatted into Facebook (including players photos) by simply clicking on a FB button. In this way, and entire online league or Dynasty could be reported on through a Facebook page. Thoughts?

10-17-2013, 12:56 PM	#2
blasek0 Major Leagues Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 345	That is a fantastic idea.

10-17-2013, 01:06 PM	#3
Fyrestorm3 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Tampa Bay, Massachusetts Posts: 2,928	I don't even play online (for which this feature would be most useful), and still think that's a great idea.

10-17-2013, 02:09 PM	#4
Bluenoser Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In The Moment Posts: 14,476	It wouldn't affect me in any way, as I'd never use it. Personally the last place I'd post HTML from my league is FB, a web site full of ads and fads. However, the ability to export your entire league in HTML is already built into OOTP. Would that not suffice? Pick out the pages you want and post them?