Becoming a fan 2.0

Thanks to an online community, John T. Meyer became an Anaheim Ducks fan on Jan. 1.

In November, Meyer, of Sioux Falls, launched PickMyNHLTeam.com to find a favorite a hockey team using the loyalty of existing fans. Using video segments and guest blogs to attract readers, he asked fans to vote for their team to become  his team. His site gained national attention and was featured on NHL.com and AOL.com and one fan even started a Twitter account to gain Meyer as a Ducks fan. At the end of six weeks, the beginning of 2010, Meyer counted all the votes and was declared a Ducks fan. To celebrate, he attended a game on Feb. 3 in Anaheim and met many of the Duck fans who followed his site.

Meyer, publisher of The Post, recaps his crowd sourcing experiment and the journey to his new found fan hood.

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