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Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2018 22:37:48 -0800
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To: Sara Golemon <pollita@php.net>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Official Twitter Account
From: kris.craig@gmail.com (Kris Craig)

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On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 10:08 AM Sara Golemon <pollita@php.net> wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 11:09 AM Trevor Suarez <rican7@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > In any case, I feel like its usually the last place where I see
> > announcements made.
>
> I'll take exception to that.  I've been pushing both branches of the last
> several releases, and tweeting about it just after the announcements are
> visible on news.php.net.
> So no, if it's the last place you're seeing it, then you're only visiting
> fortune tellers.
>
>
> > For example, there's no tweet yet about the
> > announcement/availability of the PHP 7.3.0 release.
> >
> > Because I batch them, and the 7.0.33 announcement hasn't gone out yet.
> When that announcement happens, you'll see a tweet.
>
>
> > Its not a huge deal, really, but I follow a lot of PHP community members
> > that have all tweeted about 7.3.0 and I'd like to point people to the
> > official account for official announcements.
> >
>
> Because Europeans have different sleeping hours than Americans.
>
>
> > Maybe, in the future, tweeting from that account can be made a part of
> > coordinating an announcement? Just a thought. :)
> >
> > It is already.
>

Have we ever considered automating these social media posts?  Not just
Twitter, but Reddit, as well.   A bot could be setup to monitor for
announcements and repost them to social media without it having to be done
manually.

--Kris

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