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
