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 :)
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