Absolutely! I do think that things like #tbt and their ilk might be good in moderation though, and will keep the Twitter lively and engaging.

Joe

On 7 November 2014 at 8:33:20 pm, Katherine Maher (kmaher@wikimedia.org) wrote:

I agree on the hashtag thing. For a brand like Wikimedia/Wikipedia, I suggest that they're only really appropriate when referring to an event or idea, e.g.,

Open knowledge, open ideas, our open future: join us at #wikimania2014 for the State of the Wiki.

As opposed to:

Open #knowledge, open #ideas, our open #future: join us at #wikimania2014 for the State of the #Wiki.

On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 12:29 PM, Joe Sutherland <jsutherland@wikimedia.org> wrote:

I think it’s probably a better idea to keep the Facebook and Twitter stuff independent since Facebook tends to be less … hashtaggy (?). If you know what I mean. So while Facebook uses hashtags I don’t think its users do quite as much as Twitter’s users do.

I think Michael and co. do a good job of keeping the two simultaneously updated, as well as the G+ profile which still exists for the time being ;)

That’s just my opinion though. Getting Wikipedia’s Twitter account a bit more active can’t be a bad thing, but I think our image possibly works against us a bit in that regard. (Hashtag-sprinkled stuff works for a certain age group and subculture but I think loses its appeal eventually, is what I’m trying to say.)

Joe

On 7 November 2014 at 8:24:50 pm, Halla Imam (himam@wikimedia.org) wrote:

Absolutely! Also, is it possible to pull the twitter feed onto the Facebook pages? That way FB users can see what we have trending on twitter:)

On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 3:36 PM, Heather Walls <hwalls@wikimedia.org> wrote:

I think that's great. Let's send one before it's not Thursday anymore :)

Do we want to mention Wikipedia, too? Facebook posts can obviously be longer if we like.

On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 1:44 PM, Halla Imam <himam@wikimedia.org> wrote:

Hello,

My name is Halla and I'm the Communications intern in SF. I was thinking it would be cool to have throwback thursday posts trending/posted to our social media. Here's a post I think we could put up today:

 #Imagine a #world where the @wikimediafoundation existed in the #1980s #tbt http://videos.digg.com/post/52023906546/what-wikipedia-would-have-looked-like-in-the 

Highlighting Wikimedia's history is a fun way is a great way to get people engaged. There are a ton of trends on twitter/facebook that we could take advantage of.

 Let me know what you think:)

Best,

Halla 

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