Those are good points. I suppose people can click like to just indicate yes. My experience is that online and social media veterans bristle a bit at "click like," but a lot of people also do it. Our audience is very diverse, and seems to embrace basic common denominators. So I'd rather not rule it out uniformly. But I see the point today. So:
Have you ever looked up a celebrity on Wikipedia? Who? All in favor? Opposed? On Thursday, October 15, 2015, Andrew Sherman <[email protected]> wrote: > I also kinda agree. I watch *a lot* of youtube and it might be personal > but the whole action of asking for engagement kinda turns me off > ("subscribe if you want more content, click like to let me know what you > think", etc). > > I think the proposed question "have you ever looked up a celebrity on > Wikipedia?" is sufficient enough to get engagement; maybe even ask why or > what did you find out to the question. > > > > On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 9:35 AM, Joe Sutherland <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > >> I'm not sure I like "Click like if..." personally, seems kind of cheap. >> And surely everyone's looked up a celebrity one time or another? >> >> On 15 October 2015 at 14:28, Jeff Elder <[email protected] >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: >> >>> Click like if you have ever looked up a celebrity on Wikipedia. If you >>> remember one, we'd love to hear who in a comment. >>> >>> Thoughts? Engagement is a goal right now, and getting our large audience >>> of mostly readers more involved. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Jeff Elder >>> Digital communications manager >>> Wikimedia Foundation >>> 704-650-4130 >>> @jeffelder <https://twitter.com/JeffElder> >>> @wikipedia <https://twitter.com/wikipedia> >>> The Wikimedia blog <https://blog.wikimedia.org/> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Social-media mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> *Joe Sutherland* >> Communications Intern [remote] >> m: +44 (0) 7722 916 433 | t: @jrbsu <http://twitter.com/jrbsu> | w: >> JSutherland <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:JSutherland_(WMF)> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Social-media mailing list >> [email protected] >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >> >> > > > -- > Andrew Sherman > Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation > > *E:* [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > *WMF:* ASherman (WMF) > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF)> > -- Jeff Elder Digital communications manager Wikimedia Foundation 704-650-4130 @jeffelder <https://twitter.com/JeffElder> @wikipedia <https://twitter.com/wikipedia> The Wikimedia blog <https://blog.wikimedia.org/>
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