Overview:
Near real time results from Rallydata.com is expanding into Twitter.
We will use two different UserIDs. One will post the top 8 after each stage, showing
the total time difference from the preceeding car. The other UserID will post information about
interesting battles, problems and DNFs. See event-specific details below.
You can choose to "follow" either one or both of these UserIDs from the web or via text messages sent to your phone.
In addition we will be using "hashtags" (see details below) to allow you to follow other people's tweets that
are related to the rally.
Signing Up for Twitter:
You can follow the updates and standings at Twitter.com
by searching on the event hashtags (see hashtag hyperlinks below) without signing up. However Signing
up for Twitter is easy and allows you to select UserIDs that you want to follow without doing a search.
Forwarding Tweets to your phone as Text Messages:
Once you are signed up for Twitter you can have tweets forwarded
to your cell phone as text messages. To do this, from your Twitter home page, click on "settings" and then
select the "device" tab.
Then follow the instructions to set up your phone with Twitter. Once this is done you can choose to have
tweets from specific people (UserIDs) you are following sent to your cell phone as text messages.
To limit the number of text messages, you
may want to receive only the standings or the updates, however you can elect
to receive both if you want.
| UserIDs | hashtags | Content |
| DS_Scores | #dsrs | Desert Storm Rally: Top 8 overall after each stage |
| DS_Updates | #dsru | Desert Storm Rally: Reports about competitors (close battles, flat tires, etc). |