BRB's Twitter And Facebook Accounts Are Not Just RSS Feeds Anymore

by Tim on Feb 10, 2012 2:09 PM CST in Site News

In an effort to provide more ~~unintelligible rants~~ original content to the BRB community, we're making a concerted effort to increase our activity on the official BRB Twitter (@battleredblog) and BRB Facebook (here's a link) pages. I'll be in charge of the Twitter happenings, and BFD has volunteered to helm the horrendous failure that is sure to be this site's increased Facebook activity.

Livers permitting, there will be exclusive new stuff (read: dumbarsery you don't get to see on the site) on both Twitter and Facebook each day (or most days, anyway). For example, I've taken to posing "Tonight's Texans Twitter Query" (#TTTQ) each evening and chatting with whoever responds, and I'm trying to make it a point to interact on Twitter throughout the workday as time permits as well.

So if you've got a Twitter or Facebook account, feel free to join the party by "following" or "friending" BRB. Additionally, several of your favorite BRB "staff members" have individual Twitter accounts, which I will reveal after the jump.

BFD: @bigfatdrunk
MDC: @BattleRedMDC
Rivers: @FO_RiversMcCown
TexansDC: @TexansDC
UprootedTexan: @UprootedTexan80
Vega: @rjvega31

Those guys are active on Twitter to varying degrees, but it's always worth reading anything they have to write when they write it. Unless it's not, in which case, really, what did you lose? A tweet takes maybe 2 seconds to read, and each one is a look inside the minds of the madmen who write here.

Similarly, if you've got a Twitter or Facebook account, share it in the Comments and/or send a message our way. The odds of hilarity are off the charts when it's 11 p.m. and we're too lazy to boot up our computers.

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MOAR BOOBIES!!!!!

"Taco Joe - the beacon of optimism" TexansDC
THEREALALLENOU: "@Joeeatstacos... You're like the second testicle to my Tom green. I dont NEED you, but life is better when your around lol"
AllenOU is the Montgomery to my Patton
God blessed Texas, but he has forsaken the Texans
Follow @Joeeatstacos

by Taco Joe on Feb 10, 2012 2:19 PM CST reply actions

Honestly, it's not going to happen

A Texans fan. Really. No, I'm not kidding.
http://www.battleredblog.com
"Blind fandom is all I got left." - LoneSpot

by bigfatdrunk on Feb 10, 2012 2:21 PM CST up reply actions

I know...

unless u follow me!!! :D I show off boobies all the time

by Taco Joe on Feb 10, 2012 2:22 PM CST up reply actions

why a man boob image....?

'Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.' -Frank Herbert

by chuckiepoo on Feb 10, 2012 7:30 PM CST up reply actions

To crush everyone's libido

and make you all cry!

by Taco Joe on Feb 13, 2012 10:11 AM CST up reply actions

I'm addicted to twitter

I feel like I need a cool follow me button

by winohamster on Feb 10, 2012 2:20 PM CST reply actions

This will help you create one.

https://twitter.com/about/resources/buttons

"Lord, beer me strength."

by TexansDC on Feb 10, 2012 2:34 PM CST up reply actions

Thanks!

testing, 1, 2, 3

Follow @winohamster

by winohamster on Feb 10, 2012 2:41 PM CST up reply actions

Perhaps Joe can inform us how to get it in the signature

"Lord, beer me strength."

by TexansDC on Feb 10, 2012 2:43 PM CST up reply actions

Nevermind....

I jhust had to refresh. It works!

"Lord, beer me strength."

by TexansDC on Feb 10, 2012 2:44 PM CST up reply actions

yeah it takes a sec or two

for it to show properly

by Taco Joe on Feb 10, 2012 2:46 PM CST up reply actions

I now expect an influx of Twitter buttons.

"Lord, beer me strength."

by TexansDC on Feb 10, 2012 2:48 PM CST up reply actions

Can I do it from my phone?

Or just on a laptop?

@THEREALALLENOU on twitter - "The man, the verb, the legend" OU'd

by AllenOU on Feb 10, 2012 3:53 PM CST via mobile up reply actions

I do it on your mom,

but if you want to click your button on your phone and laptop go ahead!!!!

by Taco Joe on Feb 13, 2012 10:12 AM CST up reply actions

Hurray!!!! Death to autotweets.

Hey, and this isn’t just navel gazing, time wasting stuff, although it can be a time suck if you let it. There can be value to having Twitter/FB accounts.

Every once in a while, Texans fans can use social media to try to get things done. If we want to try to get free agents to sign (though $ always talks louder than us). To welcome new players. To verbally beat down stupid stuff. To organize meetups. To spread the word about the BE-SFs. Social media can help give fans more power to get things done, and for outsiders to respect our voice. A fanbase is less likely to get dumped on if there is an semi-organized fanbase that can respond back. Having Texans fans sign up for this, even if they rarely say anything, can be handy just in case. That might sound overly idealistic, but there’s so many examples of groups of like-minded individuals getting change via social media.

And beyond that, Twitter has become the best real time newsreader out there. You don’t have to say stuff to folks if you don’t want to.

Oh and @StephStradley

by StephS on Feb 10, 2012 2:21 PM CST reply actions 1 recs

I follow Steph

and she deals with my psuedostalking!

by Taco Joe on Feb 10, 2012 2:23 PM CST up reply actions

Thanks for the vote of confidence, boss!

A Texans fan. Really. No, I'm not kidding.
http://www.battleredblog.com
"Blind fandom is all I got left." - LoneSpot

by bigfatdrunk on Feb 10, 2012 2:22 PM CST reply actions

You've Earned It!

Signed,
Captain E.J. Smith

Ecstatic that Texans fandom no longer means that April is the highlight of my season...

by Tim on Feb 10, 2012 2:41 PM CST up reply actions

My FB should be obvious (though I rarely post to it).

On Twitter I am @jfosburgh.

Dallas Cowboys, all hat and no cattle since 1996.

"Will it never be noon?" Duke of Orleans to the Dauphin and Constable of France every Sunday before the Texans play.

by Jonathan Fosburgh on Feb 10, 2012 2:42 PM CST reply actions

Rec'd for MDC tag

Sooo close to 1000, then I can change my profile to read “Level 4 Minor Internet Celebrity.”

- Rivers McCown, From Mom's Basement | Twitter | Football Outsiders | Battle Red Blog

by riversmccown on Feb 10, 2012 4:25 PM CST reply actions

Lol that's funny...

I don’t have twitter, but I was wondering who was handling the facebook page today. I was actually gonna ask, but I guess I don’t have to anymore. By the way, I’m the guy with the husband/wife conspiracy lol

*Proud Packers shareholder*
With my last breath, I curse Zoidberg!

by RaY210 on Feb 10, 2012 4:37 PM CST via mobile reply actions