RoundSparrowSep 11, 2023
@reiver ⊼ (Charles) 

"Twitter and Reddit may have only lost a few million users to Mastodon and Lemmy so far, but these are nation-sized numbers, comparable to what Scandinavia is to the United States of America. The incumbents have allowed the fediverse to reach critical mass. It's only gonna get bigger"

⸺ Erlend Sogge Heggen ( @erlend )

https://blog.erlend.sh/transitioning-r-rust-to-the-threadiverse

#fediverse #kbin #lemmy #mastodon #reddit #threadiverse #twitter

Transitioning /r/rust to the Threadiverse

Three months ago I submitted a post to the Rust sub-reddit called Building a better /r/rust together. It quickly rose to the top and garn...

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Sep 7, 2023 at 6:45amTusky
Show threaddb0Sep 8, 2023

@reiver @erlend While I appreciate that you're a divisions by zero user, the last two links here should probably point to their original instance ;)

* https://lemmy.ml/c/rust
* https://programming.dev/c/rust

Unless you're softly pushing people to sub to the best lemmy instance in the process :D

Rust Programming - Lemmy

Show threadErlend Sogge HeggenSep 8, 2023
@db0 @reiver I think that must be a browser plugin or some other client-side funny business going on, because on my end I’m seeing the original instance links.
Show threaddb0Sep 8, 2023
@erlend @reiver Ah you're right, I forgot my Universal Link Switcher also dynamically rewrites lemmy urls everywhere :D
Show threaddb0Sep 8, 2023
@reiver @erlend Just finished reading your post. I agree that community follows sounds like a brilliant and elegant solution. Let's hope someone steps up!