Some people are calling this the Twitter Olympics.

Heading into The London 2012 Games, there are over 500-million active users on Twitter, pushing out over 400 million tweets a day. This is a massive increase from the six million Twitter users during the Beijing Olympics in 2008.

To put things into perspective, last week, there were more tweets about the Olympics in one day, than there were during the entire course of the Beijing Games.

Some prominent Canadian athletes have already made their voices heard. Canadian soccer star Christine Sinclair tweeted about preparing for Wednesday afternoon’s game against Japan. In addition, members of Canada’s basketball team posted pictures of themselves in the athlete’s village. There have also been some complaints, with some Argentine rowers complaining about the size of their beds, to an American sprinter balking at how long it took to get from the airport to the village.

Dimitri Soudas, the lead communications representative at Olympic Games released this statement about the expectations of Canadian athletes using social media:

“Consistent with the IOC (International Olympic Committee), the COC (Canadian Olympic Committee) encourages and supports athletes at the Olympic games to take part in ‘social media’ and to post, blog and tweet their experiences.

We want athletes to be able to share their stories and Olympic experiences and connect with fans around the world.

The COC requires all members of the Canadian Olympic Team comply with ‘The IOC Social Media, Blogging, and Internet Guidelines for participants and other accredited persons at the London 2012 Olympic Games.’

The COC advocates that all postings, blogs, and tweets should at all times conform to the Olympic spirit and fundamental principles of the Olympic Games as contained in the Olympic Charter, be dignified and in good taste, and not contain vulgar or obscene words or images.

The COC provides media training support for all athletes and coaches in preparation for the Olympics games and a component of this training includes best practices for social media.”

One athlete is already in hot water.  Greek triple jumper, Voula Papachristou, made what was deemed a racist tweet. As a result, she was kicked off the team, ending her Olympic dream.