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 https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Imagine a #world https://twitter.com/search?q=%23world where the @wikimediafoundation https://twitter.com/wikimediafoundation existed in the #1980s https://twitter.com/search?q=%231980s #tbt https://twitter.com/search?q=%23tbt http://videos.digg.com/post/52023906546/what-wikipedia-would-have-looked-lik...
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
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 https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Imagine a #world https://twitter.com/search?q=%23world where the @wikimediafoundation https://twitter.com/wikimediafoundation existed in the #1980s https://twitter.com/search?q=%231980s #tbt https://twitter.com/search?q=%23tbt http://videos.digg.com/post/52023906546/what-wikipedia-would-have-looked-lik...
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
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 https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Imagine a #world https://twitter.com/search?q=%23world where the @wikimediafoundation https://twitter.com/wikimediafoundation existed in the #1980s https://twitter.com/search?q=%231980s #tbt https://twitter.com/search?q=%23tbt http://videos.digg.com/post/52023906546/what-wikipedia-would-have-looked-lik...
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
-- Heather Walls Communications Design Manager WikimediaFoundation.org heather@wikimedia.org
On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 3:45 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:)
I'm not sure why we haven't done that before except we've always written separate ones.
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 https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Imagine a #world https://twitter.com/search?q=%23world where the @wikimediafoundation https://twitter.com/wikimediafoundation existed in the #1980s https://twitter.com/search?q=%231980s #tbt https://twitter.com/search?q=%23tbt http://videos.digg.com/post/52023906546/what-wikipedia-would-have-looked-lik...
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
-- Heather Walls Communications Design Manager WikimediaFoundation.org heather@wikimedia.org
A couple of reasons would be to allow for more verbose updates on Facebook due to their longer character limit, as well as the ability to tag other people/organisation's Facebook pages (instead of their Twitter handles). There are slightly different audiences on the two platforms as well, though I don't know if this plays much of a role in the difference in messages.
Regards,
Charles (User:Chuq, WMAU)
On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 10:54 AM, Heather Walls hwalls@wikimedia.org wrote:
On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 3:45 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:)
I'm not sure why we haven't done that before except we've always written separate ones.
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 https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Imagine a #world https://twitter.com/search?q=%23world where the @wikimediafoundation https://twitter.com/wikimediafoundation existed in the #1980s https://twitter.com/search?q=%231980s #tbt https://twitter.com/search?q=%23tbt http://videos.digg.com/post/52023906546/what-wikipedia-would-have-looked-lik...
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
-- Heather Walls Communications Design Manager WikimediaFoundation.org heather@wikimedia.org
-- Heather Walls Communications Design Manager WikimediaFoundation.org heather@wikimedia.org
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
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-lik...
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
-- Heather Walls Communications Design Manager WikimediaFoundation.org heather@wikimedia.org
_______________________________________________ Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media -- Joe Sutherland Communications Volunteer m: +44 7722 916 433 | t: @jrbsu | w: jsutherland
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 https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Imagine a #world https://twitter.com/search?q=%23world where the @wikimediafoundation https://twitter.com/wikimediafoundation existed in the #1980s https://twitter.com/search?q=%231980s #tbt https://twitter.com/search?q=%23tbt http://videos.digg.com/post/52023906546/what-wikipedia-would-have-looked-lik...
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
-- Heather Walls Communications Design Manager WikimediaFoundation.org heather@wikimedia.org
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
-- Joe Sutherland Communications Volunteer m: +44 7722 916 433 | t: @jrbsu | w: jsutherland https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:JSutherland_(WMF)
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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-lik...
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
-- Heather Walls Communications Design Manager WikimediaFoundation.org heather@wikimedia.org
_______________________________________________ Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media -- Joe Sutherland Communications Volunteer m: +44 7722 916 433 | t: @jrbsu | w: jsutherland
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This is a nice idea!
Less hashtags are more shared because increase the readability[1] One or two will help in focus the impact and will permit a more easy organic monitoring of the real reach.
[1] http://blog.hootsuite.com/how-to-use-hashtags/
2014-11-07 14:37 GMT-06:00 Joe Sutherland jsutherland@wikimedia.org:
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 https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Imagine a #world https://twitter.com/search?q=%23world where the @wikimediafoundation https://twitter.com/wikimediafoundation existed in the #1980s https://twitter.com/search?q=%231980s #tbt https://twitter.com/search?q=%23tbt http://videos.digg.com/post/52023906546/what-wikipedia-would-have-looked-lik...
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
-- Heather Walls Communications Design Manager WikimediaFoundation.org heather@wikimedia.org
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
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