On Tuesday, January 22, 2013, Andrew Lih  wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra">On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 4:25 AM, Jeromy-Yu Maximilian Chan <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="javascript:_e({}, &#39;cvml&#39;, &#39;yuyu@wikimedia.hk&#39;);" target="_blank">yuyu@wikimedia.hk</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><br></div><div>besides, I think the biggest problem is the Google + still didn&#39;t open its API for sync post</div>



<div>so usually, WMHK&#39;s messages are sync on Twitter and Facebook, but google +...<br>anyway we try to find a smart way to deal with that <br></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>This is basically the reason -- G+ doesn&#39;t play nice with others like Facebook and Twitter. </div>

<div><br></div><div>So besides being third to the race, they&#39;re also limiting their exposure by not providing an API.</div><div><br></div><div>-Andrew</div><div><br></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div>
<div>Not this kind of API you&#39;re looking for on a platform like google+? What else you&#39;re looking for?</div><div><a href="https://developers.google.com/+/">https://developers.google.com/+/</a></div><div><br></div>
<div><i> So besides being third to the race, they&#39;re also limiting their exposure by not providing an API. </i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div>Are we the one <i>not using the API </i>, or they don&#39;t <i>provide the API</i>?</div>
<div><br></div><div>Its just a point of correction though. ;)</div><div><br></div><div>Putting all things said above aside, at least, just as WMF/Wikipedia/some wiki chapters have got a g+ page, it will be nice for wikimania to have one too. Whether g+ is lagging behind or is a loser, at least, they deserve a wikimania page, at least. </div>
<div><br></div><div>For an individual, i think its a personal preference to join g+. but for wikimania, i think there&#39;s no excuse about that.</div><br><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div>+<a href="https://plus.google.com/107174506890941499078" target="_blank">Rexford</a> | +<a href="https://plus.google.com/b/103109918657638322478/103109918657638322478/posts" target="_blank">Blender Academy</a></div>
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