tl;dr - sign up to Twitter instead. ;) -- Joseph Fox English Wikipedia http://enwp.org/user:foxj
On 22 Jan 2013, at 18:35, Andrew Lih <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the clarification on the G+ -- there are severe API limitations > and not the lack of an API entirely. > > > > > On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 9:46 AM, Daniel Schwen <[email protected]> wrote: > Unfortunately at this point the Google+ API is ''read-only''. So it is > not feasible to develop social media clients that automatically post > to Google+. I guess that is what Andrew et al meant. > > On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 9:40 AM, Nkansah Rexford > <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tuesday, January 22, 2013, Andrew Lih wrote: > >> > >> On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 4:25 AM, Jeromy-Yu Maximilian Chan > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> besides, I think the biggest problem is the Google + still didn't open > >>> its API for sync post > >>> so usually, WMHK's messages are sync on Twitter and Facebook, but google > >>> +... > >>> anyway we try to find a smart way to deal with that > >> > >> > >> This is basically the reason -- G+ doesn't play nice with others like > >> Facebook and Twitter. > >> > >> So besides being third to the race, they're also limiting their exposure > >> by not providing an API. > >> > >> -Andrew > >> > > > > Not this kind of API you're looking for on a platform like google+? What > > else you're looking for? > > https://developers.google.com/+/ > > > > So besides being third to the race, they're also limiting their exposure by > > not providing an API. > > > > Are we the one not using the API , or they don't provide the API? > > > > Its just a point of correction though. ;) > > > > Putting all things said above aside, at least, just as WMF/Wikipedia/some > > wiki chapters have got a g+ page, it will be nice for wikimania to have one > > too. Whether g+ is lagging behind or is a loser, at least, they deserve a > > wikimania page, at least. > > > > For an individual, i think its a personal preference to join g+. but for > > wikimania, i think there's no excuse about that. > > > > > > -- > > +Rexford | +Blender Academy > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimania-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > > > -- > -Andrew Lih > Associate professor of journalism > USC Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism > Email: [email protected] > WEB: http://www.andrewlih.com > BOOK: The Wikipedia Revolution: http:/www.wikipediarevolution.com > PROJECT: WikiFactcheck: http://wikifactcheck.org/wiki > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
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