Re: Official Twitter Account

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