On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 9:39 AM, Tisza Gergő <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 10:51 PM, Nkansah Rexford <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> I wish to learn about how much (in $) it cost the managers of Wikimedia >> Foundation and Wikipedia page on Google+ submit a single post. >> >> The instance of time and resources chipped into the act of having a page >> on Google+, i think doesn't hold. How long will it cost the one posting onto >> the fb and twitter platforms (in terms of time and energy) to copy, paste >> and share that same post on Google+? >> >> I kind of feel surprised at how time and resources are raised as if its >> gonna cost WMF 10s of 1000s of dollars to implement that. >> >> @James Wikimania DC had no presence on G+. At least, i think Wikimania HK >> can break that record! >> >> The idea of api limitations etc, well, fine! how does that prevent >> cross-platform posting? There are so many handy and easy-to-use tools >> available to facilitate that, irrespective of Google not having one >> themselves. In fact, if there's the will, there's a way >> >> I guess, i kind of sense a bit of personal preference in these platforms >> selection other than seeing them as they should be seen. Critically looking, >> I can also say that cross posting onto twitter from fb is not necessary >> since all (if not almost) the users on twitter who follow Wikimania are on >> fb. >> >> i hope this issue is seen as it should, other than concentrating on >> google's api's, and other factors, that to me, are baseless. > > > Nkansah, if you volunteer to maintain a G+ page for Wikimania HK, or set up > replication from Facebook, I'm sure the organizers will accept gratefully :)
I am defacto doing that until they tell me not to / or take it over. ;-) -- John Vandenberg _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
