FYI As reports the G.I.W., "Google grows to become 2nd largest social platform globally." - http://goo.gl/tNWEm
"Google+, who despite being branded a failure or ghost town by large portions of the media, grew in terms of active usage by 27% to 343m users to become the number 2 social platform. Interestingly for Google," Trust me, in 1 more year time, Google+ will be the world's number one most used social media platform platform. The earlier Wikimania jumps onto g+ *faithfully and continually, *the better. Practically, i hardly see a future in twitter, even facebook is better. Just a note for those underestimating g+ rex On Wednesday, January 23, 2013, Nkansah Rexford wrote: > That's fine @John. > > In case you'll wish to have others help you manage the page, i'll be > willing to help. > > but for now, you're the *defacto *:) > > On Wednesday, January 23, 2013, John Vandenberg wrote: > >> On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 9:39 AM, Tisza Gergő <[email protected]> wrote: >> > 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 :) >> >> I am defacto doing that until they tell me not to / or take it over. ;-) >> >> -- >> John Vandenberg >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> [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> > > -- +Rexford <https://plus.google.com/107174506890941499078> | +Blender Academy<https://plus.google.com/b/103109918657638322478/103109918657638322478/posts>
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