@Tisza I would love to volunteer in doing that too, if only there's even a
volunteering slot for that.

On Tuesday, January 22, 2013, Tisza Gergő wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 10:51 PM, Nkansah Rexford <
> [email protected] <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
> '[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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