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title = "Resuming Read Rust Tweeting"
date = 2022-07-11T11:15:32+10:00

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# updated = 2021-10-01T10:44:43+10:00
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The [Read Rust Twitter account][read_rust] crossed over 10K followers in the
last few days. Amazingly 4350 of those coming after I stopped regular posting.
This got me thinking about the account and how I might be able
to use it to benefit the community while avoiding the overhead that led me to
[winding things down in Sep 2020](@/posts/2020/slowing-read-rust-posting.md).

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In that post I noted:

> Whilst I think there is value in the curation and archiving of posts on Read
> Rust, the website doesn't see a lot of use. I think most of the value for
> people is following the [Twitter], [Mastodon], and [Facebook] accounts.
> However, there's a fair amount of overlap between posts shared on [/r/rust],
> [@rustlang], and [This Week in Rust][twir]. So, I think that if folks keep an
> eye on one or more of those they will still see most posts of note.

Since then the @rustlang Twitter account has become much less active, so
perhaps there is room for the Read Rust Twitter account as well. My plan is to
resume using @read_rust, but I will not be seeking out content to post like I
did previously. I'll retweet interesting things that I come across during my
usual reading and will _consider_ sharing posts that mention @read_rust.
Hopefully that represents a sustainable time commitment.

Onwards! 🦀

[read_rust]: https://twitter.com/read_rust
[Twitter]: https://twitter.com/read_rust
[Mastodon]: https://botsin.space/@readrust
[Facebook]: https://www.facebook.com/readrust/
[/r/rust]: https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/
[@rustlang]: https://twitter.com/rustlang
[twir]: https://this-week-in-rust.org/