On 2009-05-28 13:24:43 +0100, "Brian McNeil" brian.mcneil@wikinewsie.org said:
Okay. I can bring this up with appropriate people, but I want input here first.
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Wikinews needs to be bringing people in to read our stories, and the way = I see some people (who are on this list) doing so is by posting to twitter = and Facebook.
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Many sites have a set of social sharing links at the bottom of an = article. Is there anything stopping us from doing the same?
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First possible objection - requires embedding of a link/webbug that lets them see who reads an article. Different from "who posts an article" by clicking on the 'social bookmark' button.
Second - can we per [[WN:FU]] justify hosting their logos locally?
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Points to note:
Can we do what the BBC do? If you add one of their stories to Facebook = the pop-up window allows to select from all images on the article page.
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-US = style=3D'font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Okay… I can bring this up with = appropriate people, but I want input here first.</span></font></p>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-US = style=3D'font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Wikinews needs to be bringing people in to = read our stories, and the way I see some people (who are on this list) doing so = is by posting to twitter and Facebook.</span></font></p>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-US = style=3D'font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Many sites have a set of social sharing links = at the bottom of an article. Is there anything stopping us from doing the = same?</span></font></p>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-US = style=3D'font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>First possible objection – requires = embedding of a link/webbug that lets them see who reads an article. Different from = “who posts an article” by clicking on the ‘social bookmark’ button.</span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-US = style=3D'font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Second – can we per [[WN:FU]] justify = hosting their logos locally?</span></font></p>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-US = style=3D'font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Points to note:</span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-US = style=3D'font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Can we do what the BBC do? If you add one of = their stories to Facebook the pop-up window allows to select from all images = on the article page.</span></font></p>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-US = style=3D'font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Brian McNeil</span></font></p>
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