Social presence outside Twitter

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Hello, first of all apologies if this is not the right place to post.

Years ago I was saddened by the lack of usage of the SwiftLang twitter account, specially compared with other languages like Rust or Kotlin, which had a more active role in the promotion of the community.

Time has passed and things have change for the better :pray: , with the account posting more frequently and including things from the community. This is hugely valuable and I want to thank whoever is behind that. :heart:

But the internet has changed a lot in the recent times and not all Swift developers hang out on Twitter anymore. I know this is probably opening a can of worms, but I wonder if there is any chance that we can have an official SwiftLang somewhere compatible with Mastodon?

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Literally anywhere else.

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The motivations for why someone might or might not use a particular social platform are just about as complex as possible. And people can always come to where Swift is.

But, I think it would be far more compatible with a welcoming and inclusive community if, instead, Swift as a entity (whatever that means) made an effort to find and go to where the users are.

I'm certain this is not easy, for many reasons. But I think it is an important thing to address, given how fragmented the community has become.

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