# Site Feedback

**URL:** https://forums.swift.org/c/site-feedback/3.md

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## [Forums Policy on "Memes" and Other Expressive Images](https://forums.swift.org/t/forums-policy-on-memes-and-other-expressive-images/75714)

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**Author:** [@John\_McCall](https://forums.swift.org/u/John_McCall)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [November 2, 2024, 12:14am UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/forums-policy-on-memes-and-other-expressive-images/75714 "2024-11-02T00:14:50Z")

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Hello, Swift community. The Core Team has decided to impose a new policy on the use of expressive images on these forums. Most importantly, this policy would forbid the use of “memes” and similar images. The primary pu…

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## [Filtering Categories](https://forums.swift.org/t/filtering-categories/88992)

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**Author:** [@ibex](https://forums.swift.org/u/ibex)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 17, 2026, 12:03am UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/filtering-categories/88992 "2026-08-17T00:03:49Z")

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Is there a way to specify the list of categories I am interested in? Currently I can specify a list with only one category in it. For example: \[Evolution\]. Is there a way to specify a list containing multiple categorie…

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## [Desktop and Mobile show different forum content](https://forums.swift.org/t/desktop-and-mobile-show-different-forum-content/88436)

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**Author:** [@tera](https://forums.swift.org/u/tera)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 22, 2026, 11:08pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/desktop-and-mobile-show-different-forum-content/88436 "2026-07-22T23:08:32Z")

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Took both of these screenshots just now one from Mac and iPhone Safari, the search filters are the same (topics, latest). But why the difference in what's shown?

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## [Just lost \`regular\` level again, why?](https://forums.swift.org/t/just-lost-regular-level-again-why/35945)

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**Author:** [@DevAndArtist](https://forums.swift.org/u/DevAndArtist)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [July 22, 2026, 11:45am UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/just-lost-regular-level-again-why/35945 "2026-07-22T11:45:28Z")

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cc @John\_McCall, you said in the other post that I should be far away from loosing the regular level. Mind if you pin my account again? I can‘t moderate forum posts and help cleaning up things.

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## [We still can't render math](https://forums.swift.org/t/we-still-cant-render-math/88297)

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**Author:** [@ibex](https://forums.swift.org/u/ibex)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 15, 2026, 12:13am UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/we-still-cant-render-math/88297 "2026-07-15T00:13:32Z")

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We still can't render math in posts. Is there a reason? This was first requested in Apr 2019.

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## [Math rendering in posts](https://forums.swift.org/t/math-rendering-in-posts/22413)

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**Author:** [@RMJay](https://forums.swift.org/u/RMJay)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 14, 2026, 10:03am UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/math-rendering-in-posts/22413 "2026-07-14T10:03:44Z")

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Discourse apparently has a math plugin to allow Latex style math rendering. The plugin is disabled by default and needs to be enabled in the site settings. I think it would be useful.

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## [Forum topic RSS feeds limited to latest 25 replies](https://forums.swift.org/t/forum-topic-rss-feeds-limited-to-latest-25-replies/87752)

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**Author:** [@matthewruzzi](https://forums.swift.org/u/matthewruzzi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2026, 11:39pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/forum-topic-rss-feeds-limited-to-latest-25-replies/87752 "2026-07-10T23:39:42Z")

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Currently the RSS feeds for individual topics are limited to the latest 25 replies. Is there a way to configure the forum to include all replies on a topic in the RSS feed or to use RFC 5005 to split the topic feed into …

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## [Links to forum categories in forum posts don't show up correctly in RSS feeds](https://forums.swift.org/t/links-to-forum-categories-in-forum-posts-dont-show-up-correctly-in-rss-feeds/87905)

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**Author:** [@matthewruzzi](https://forums.swift.org/u/matthewruzzi)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 30, 2026, 11:35pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/links-to-forum-categories-in-forum-posts-dont-show-up-correctly-in-rss-feeds/87905 "2026-06-30T23:35:23Z")

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Some posts don't display correctly in RSS readers. There are a lot of extra spaces and lines. Forum website: RSS reader: The feed: Site Feedback - Swift Forums

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## [Site logo is giant in Discord and Slack embeds](https://forums.swift.org/t/site-logo-is-giant-in-discord-and-slack-embeds/12505)

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**Author:** [@TellowKrinkle](https://forums.swift.org/u/TellowKrinkle)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [May 24, 2026, 7:12pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/site-logo-is-giant-in-discord-and-slack-embeds/12505 "2026-05-24T19:12:23Z")

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When sending a link to the Swift Forums on either Discord or Slack, the swift logo is giant appearing as an attached image, looking like this: . On the other hand, most other Discourse-based forums seem to be able to …

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## [Rename Site Feedback category to Forum Feedback](https://forums.swift.org/t/rename-site-feedback-category-to-forum-feedback/86638)

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**Author:** [@matthewruzzi](https://forums.swift.org/u/matthewruzzi)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2026, 11:38pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/rename-site-feedback-category-to-forum-feedback/86638 "2026-05-10T23:38:40Z")

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It would be clearer if the Site Feedback category on the forum were renamed to something like Forum Feedback so it didn't get confused with Swift Website.

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## [How can I access forum data or integrate with other tools?](https://forums.swift.org/t/how-can-i-access-forum-data-or-integrate-with-other-tools/85718)

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**Author:** [@mhindujadheerajsudan](https://forums.swift.org/u/mhindujadheerajsudan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2026, 3:01pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/how-can-i-access-forum-data-or-integrate-with-other-tools/85718 "2026-03-31T15:01:34Z")

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Hi, I'm Dheeraj Sudan from the UK. I'm a software developer and also run a business with my wife Meenu Hinduja. I’m exploring ways to access Swift Forums data or integrate it with other tools for personal projects. I’m c…

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## [Colons](https://forums.swift.org/t/colons/85556)

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**Author:** [@xwu](https://forums.swift.org/u/xwu)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2026, 12:50am UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/colons/85556 "2026-03-25T00:50:48Z")

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Hey, I'm pretty sure it's a recent change in this site and not just a quirk of my own setup, but every time \[edit: not every time, apparently\] I try to type a colon in the non-rich text box, it's popping up an emoji sele…

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## [Documentation Typo](https://forums.swift.org/t/documentation-typo/84909)

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**Author:** [@Hlother](https://forums.swift.org/u/Hlother)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2026, 5:50pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/documentation-typo/84909 "2026-02-23T17:50:13Z")

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Page: Documentation Current text: “If you need to guarantee that a service never unexpected stops, incorporate fault tolerance into its overall architecture, so it can recover from any of its components stopping unexpec…

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## [Swift Forum Client](https://forums.swift.org/t/swift-forum-client/53484)

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**Author:** [@Kyle-Ye](https://forums.swift.org/u/Kyle-Ye)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2026, 9:30pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/swift-forum-client/53484 "2026-01-14T21:30:32Z")

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Currently the experience of forums.swift.org is not very good on mobile device like iPhone. And I'd like to create a client app for forums.swift.org, but it seems like the forums.swift.org is not open source and I'd lik…

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## [iOS App?](https://forums.swift.org/t/ios-app/72560)

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**Author:** [@clarkezone](https://forums.swift.org/u/clarkezone)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2026, 12:32am UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/ios-app/72560 "2026-01-12T00:32:29Z")

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Out of interest does this site have any kind of API enabling an iOS client to be built? Does such a client already exist?

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## [Syntax highlighting semi-broken in recent update in some browsers](https://forums.swift.org/t/syntax-highlighting-semi-broken-in-recent-update-in-some-browsers/83854)

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**Author:** [@jamieQ](https://forums.swift.org/u/jamieQ)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2025, 10:58am UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/syntax-highlighting-semi-broken-in-recent-update-in-some-browsers/83854 "2025-12-28T10:58:47Z")

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not sure if it's just me, but recently i've observed that the syntax highlighting in posts may break when it is first rendered on screen. scrolling the post off and on again appears to restore the normal highlighting beh…

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## [Bumping into rate limits](https://forums.swift.org/t/bumping-into-rate-limits/83708)

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**Author:** [@MahdiBM](https://forums.swift.org/u/MahdiBM)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2025, 5:51pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/bumping-into-rate-limits/83708 "2025-12-15T17:51:45Z")

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Recently I've been getting this error a few times a day. Slow down, you're making too many requests. Please retry again in 4 seconds. Error code: cloud\_60\_secs\_limit. I know I'm not doing too many requests, and this us…

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## [Change username](https://forums.swift.org/t/change-username/83652)

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**Author:** [@nsvasilev](https://forums.swift.org/u/nsvasilev)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2025, 5:18am UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/change-username/83652 "2025-12-11T05:18:11Z")

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Hello everyone! I'm unable to change my username in the profile settings. Could you please tell me whether it's possible to change my username to nsvasilev?

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## [AI posts on this website](https://forums.swift.org/t/ai-posts-on-this-website/83266)

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**Author:** [@kelin](https://forums.swift.org/u/kelin)\
**Replies:** 28\
**Last updated:** [December 9, 2025, 7:20am UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/ai-posts-on-this-website/83266 "2025-12-09T07:20:46Z")

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How tolerant this forum for AI posts? Suppose, a post was written, edited or inflated with help of AI. Should it immediately be reported or tolerated unless very bad quality?

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## [Swift Forums's favicon is different than Swift.org's favicon?](https://forums.swift.org/t/swift-forumss-favicon-is-different-than-swift-orgs-favicon/83582)

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**Author:** [@atifdev10](https://forums.swift.org/u/atifdev10)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2025, 7:41pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/swift-forumss-favicon-is-different-than-swift-orgs-favicon/83582 "2025-12-05T19:41:59Z")

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I recently noticed that swift.org's favicon is different that Swift Forums's favicon. While the swift.org's favicon is a rounded rectangle, Swift Forums's favicon is just a rectangle: I believe that the normal favic…

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## [Odd mobile layout after recent site update](https://forums.swift.org/t/odd-mobile-layout-after-recent-site-update/83189)

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**Author:** [@jamieQ](https://forums.swift.org/u/jamieQ)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2025, 5:21pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/odd-mobile-layout-after-recent-site-update/83189 "2025-11-13T17:21:41Z")

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i'm not sure if this is the right venue for this feedback, or if this is a problem for anyone other than myself, but it seems that after a recent update the layout on the mobile site is a bit wonky. this is what the top …

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## [Multiple messages "flagged by community"](https://forums.swift.org/t/multiple-messages-flagged-by-community/82692)

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**Author:** [@roman-bcny](https://forums.swift.org/u/roman-bcny)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2025, 7:48am UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/multiple-messages-flagged-by-community/82692 "2025-10-17T07:48:39Z")

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Hey there, I got a few PMs from “system” saying my posts were "flagged by community" after I posted another message to the thread. PMs say "You can edit your post after 10 minutes, and it will be automatically unhidden" …

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## [U/system admin account being used for spam](https://forums.swift.org/t/u-system-admin-account-being-used-for-spam/82721)

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**Author:** [@Nevin](https://forums.swift.org/u/Nevin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2025, 6:34pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/u-system-admin-account-being-used-for-spam/82721 "2025-10-16T18:34:49Z")

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Two recent spam topics appear to have been posted by the @system admin account: https://forums.swift.org/t/official-notification-w-8ben-form-renewal-required/82715 https://forums.swift.org/t/official-notification-w-8be…

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## [No more than 3 consecutive replies are allowed](https://forums.swift.org/t/no-more-than-3-consecutive-replies-are-allowed/35296)

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**Author:** [@Nevin](https://forums.swift.org/u/Nevin)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2025, 10:09am UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/no-more-than-3-consecutive-replies-are-allowed/35296 "2025-10-09T10:09:06Z")

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Over on the “Improving Float.random(in:)” thread, the last 3 posts are mine. Two yesterday, and one earlier today. Now I have a further update, which is not an edit of a previous post. However, when I tried to post it, …

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## [Can't mute/ignore people with a private profile](https://forums.swift.org/t/cant-mute-ignore-people-with-a-private-profile/81574)

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**Author:** [@Cyberbeni](https://forums.swift.org/u/Cyberbeni)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 11:55am UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/cant-mute-ignore-people-with-a-private-profile/81574 "2025-08-11T11:55:06Z")

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It would be nice to be able to hide someone’s comments even if their profile is private.

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## [Fonts have changed again](https://forums.swift.org/t/fonts-have-changed-again/81542)

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**Author:** [@Jon\_Shier](https://forums.swift.org/u/Jon_Shier)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2025, 12:32am UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/fonts-have-changed-again/81542 "2025-08-09T00:32:43Z")

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Looks like the mono font has somehow changed to JetBrains Mono (gross!), likely due to a Discourse styling update. I’d prefer not to have any downloaded fonts here at all, so can we switch back to the Apple / system defa…

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## [Optimize the site's image on social platform](https://forums.swift.org/t/optimize-the-sites-image-on-social-platform/81498)

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**Author:** [@Kyle-Ye](https://forums.swift.org/u/Kyle-Ye)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 5, 2025, 7:46am UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/optimize-the-sites-image-on-social-platform/81498 "2025-08-05T07:46:09Z")

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When sharing a swift forum link on iMessage or X, the preview image size does not fit well and resulting in poor image quality sometimes. Maybe we can update some meta information to improve the situation. \<meta name="…

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## [Possibility of Account Transfer?](https://forums.swift.org/t/possibility-of-account-transfer/80957)

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**Author:** [@seriouscyrus](https://forums.swift.org/u/seriouscyrus)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 7, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/possibility-of-account-transfer/80957 "2025-07-07T14:11:25Z")

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I used to post to this forum under the name @valentary , but that account is held under a company email, and I now no longer work for that comapny, would it be possible to somehow transfer my account?

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## [Swift.org: broken links to direct download 6.2](https://forums.swift.org/t/swift-org-broken-links-to-direct-download-6-2/80371)

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**Author:** [@blindspotbounty](https://forums.swift.org/u/blindspotbounty)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 9, 2025, 3:12pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/swift-org-broken-links-to-direct-download-6-2/80371 "2025-06-09T15:12:02Z")

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I try to use this part of website: Under section release/6.2 I try to download: Neither aarch64, neither x86\_64 links don't work. Links from web-site: https://download.swift.org/swift-6.2-branch/ubuntu2204-aarch64/s…

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## [Integrate the forum with the Fediverse](https://forums.swift.org/t/integrate-the-forum-with-the-fediverse/80141)

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**Author:** [@pepicrft](https://forums.swift.org/u/pepicrft)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 26, 2025, 5:18pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/integrate-the-forum-with-the-fediverse/80141 "2025-05-26T17:18:17Z")

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Some portion of the Swift community hangs out in ActivityPub platforms like Mastodon, from where developers might want to subscribe to activity happening in this forum. Would you consider integrating this forum with Acti…

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