ESPN To Employees: Only Tweet About ESPN

A rumor has begun floating around tonight that ESPN has all but ended employee tweeting – unless it serves ESPN. But, what does this mean exactly? Are ESPN employees suppose to become mindless robots who only talk about ESPN, with no mention of their pesonal lives?

ESPN NBA analyst, Ric Bucher, seems to be thinking along those same lines, as he tweeted the following (which just might defy ESPN’s new tweet policy):

Ric Bucher's ESPN Tweet

No official details have been made public from ESPN, but if this turns out to be true… ESPN should expect a mass unfollowing of their employees. I mean, who wants to follow glorified ESPN RSS feeds?

As an avid ESPN watcher, I can tell you first hand that Twitter has invaded almost every aspect of the channel. From interviews to sports reports, for example, ESPN FirstTake (@ESPN_FirstTake ) seems to mention Twitter about every 10 – 15 minutes.

It’s going to be quite interesting to see how this plays out.

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