If one of them changes their implementation, compatibility breaks.

And that's why you want a healthy spread of users across both (and even a third one, one day) platforms. That way they have to keep compatibility with each other to not lose a major share of the userbase

It does most of the time, to be honest

Probably a sign that the platform is getting more popular, nobody wants to DDoS a place without any users

Same here, sh.itjust.works is currently down:

https://www.isitdownrightnow.com/sh.itjust.works.html

I guess an interesting link is this one, from Libreddit, on how they plan to move from now on: https://github.com/libreddit/libreddit/issues/836

Good one ha ha

Really hope it works this time

DevOps?

That would be useful. Rules are currently on the sidebar, but most mobile users don't see them.

Already 6 years... Feels like yesterday

Mull happy user here too

Indeed: https://lemmy.world/post/1061471