On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 10:51 PM, Nkansah Rexford
<nkansahrexford(a)gmail.com>wrote;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*
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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 :)