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Brian Schaffner
Followers
3.4K
Account age
3 yrs
🎁 Free analysisfor Brian Schaffner

Known for

📊 Post engagement

Recent posts · likes + reposts
Mar 3latest
18
Avg engagement / post
6–29
Typical post (engagement)
0.5%
Engagement vs followers
45/100
Variable reach
Aug 2023
On Bluesky since
Half of recent posts land between 6 and 29 likes + reposts (median 8) — reach is spiky, driven by the occasional post that pops.

🔥 Top post: earlier this month @tufts.edu senior Miles Kendrick and I fielde · 81 likes + reposts

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence
0.5 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 7 text · 5 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
6.4×
Follows 523 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.

Recent posts

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🔥 Top post earlier this month @tufts.edu senior Miles Kendrick and I fielded a survey with @today.yougov.com to better understand what acts people think are political violence. there are some points of agreement & some clear differences of opinion. goodauthority.org/news/democra... ★ 81
old (source: umass polls) ★ 2 from 2024 to 2025 there was a stunning 8-point drop in the share of Jewish Americans who identified as Democrats, but it is not clear that this will translate into a shift in voting behavior in November. my latest piece for @goodauth.bsky.… ★ 7 we wrote a thing based on our book project to offer some hope this 4th of July. if you choose to see it, we have quite a lot in common with our political foes. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/04/o... ★ 14 somebody should run an adaptation of our inauguration crowd experiment asking Trump supporters what color the water is... ★ 9 the perspective that "Dems should be Dems" begs the question, but which Dems should they be? goodauthority.org/news/secular... lots of talk among Democrats about how whether and how much they need to moderate. in a new @goodauth.bsky.social post, i look at which candidates have actually staked out a moderate reputation in their states...one clear standout here 1/3 ★ 37 we recently upgraded the CES shiny apps...most of the improvements are aesthetic, but one notable addition is the ability to see breakdowns of the vote for governor and senate in states with large enough samples! full set of apps are here:… ★ 6 sometimes i see a @today.yougov.com poll question and think that the only possible reason for its existence is to settle a bet between two of their employees ★ 8 in conjunction with this report, we are also today releasing the data for the 2025 CES common content. includes interviews with 17,000 American adults conducted in late 2025. dig in! doi.org/10.7910/DVN/... ★ 4 there's a new report out from YouGov using CES data to plot trends in partisanship over the past two decades. i've got a piece up today in @goodauth.bsky.social summarizing some key findings. check out both! GA piece: goodauthority.org/n… ★ 29 we've put out the call for teams for the 2026 cooperative election study! be the unsung hero who organizes your colleagues for a module tischcollege.tufts.edu/research-fac... ★ 4

🦋 Handle & authenticity

Bluesky handle
@bfschaffner.bsky.social
A default .bsky.social handle — genuine, but not domain-verified. Confirm identity before a high-value deal.
On Bluesky since
Aug 2023
An early adopter from the invite-only beta (before the Feb 2024 public launch) — an original, established account.

💡 Facts

🗓️Joined Bluesky in 2023 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 18 views per post.
📤Posts about 0.5× per week.

🕵️ Fake follower check

Estimated
80/100
Excellent Credibility score
97%
Real Real audience
Low Fake-follower risk
High Data confidence
  • Est. 97% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
  • Strong engagement (~0.5% of followers engage each post) — an active, real audience.
  • Established account (3+ years old).

Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.

About

Political scientist ~ Newhouse Professor of Civic Studies at Tufts ~ CES Whisperer ~ #COYS #GoDawgs

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