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. On Tuesday, January 22, 2013, John Vandenberg wrote: > There is a $49 solution. > > http://www.nextscripts.com/google-plus-automated-posting/ > > And a free one > > http://code.google.com/p/socials-auto-poster/ > > John Vandenberg. > sent from Galaxy Note > On Jan 23, 2013 4:46 AM, "Daniel Schwen" <[email protected]<javascript:_e({}, > 'cvml', '[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] <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', >> '[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] <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', '[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] <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', >> '[email protected]');> >> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> [email protected] <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', >> '[email protected]');> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> > -- +Rexford <https://plus.google.com/107174506890941499078> | +Blender Academy<https://plus.google.com/b/103109918657638322478/103109918657638322478/posts>
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