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It's a mass extinction event (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by alphacyberranger@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

There will be some benefit. It's not like everyone will switch to Bevy, but even if people just decide to tinker for a few days, and a fraction of a percent join the project, the project will see significant benefits from that.

The shaking of reddit's foundations didn't mean everyone who left reddit came to Lemmy, but relative to Lemmy's size at the time, the uptick was massive. When a big company takes a tumble, you have to evaluate the effect on alternatives relative to their own baselines.