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Followers
231.1K
Account age
3 yrs
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$1.3K – $2.1K / sponsored post
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Known for
📊 Post engagement
Recent posts · likes + reposts
Jul 27latest
182
Avg engagement / post
63–266
Typical post (engagement)
0.1%
Engagement vs followers
62/100
Consistent reach
Apr 2023
On Bluesky since
Half of recent posts land between 63 and 266 likes + reposts (median 140) — a dependable floor a sponsored post can count on.
🔥 Top post: So... 1) Politico got audio of El-Sayed comparing a progressive · 479 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
23.2 / week
Posts daily — consistently active for a campaign window.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 5 text · 5 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
185×
Follows 1.2K back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
Recent posts
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It's pretty clear by now that the biggest Hasan Sin - that he joked "America deserved 9/11" one time - bounces off most voters.
Like it or not, people make and laugh at offensive humor. Most don't hear that Hasan quote and sing "Have You …
Was double checking someone's employment history for a story and I noticed that LinkedIn's image for The White House is now a glowering Trump photo.
(The person I was checking worked for Biden's WH, there was not a glowering Biden pic he…
Last week's reads
IYKYK
I'm a Christian with Bible quote in his email signature and if you do this shit on my plane I want you to go to prison forever
Q for parents of teenagers or college students. What do they keep on their walls these days?
I assume the band posters and movie posters of my day have receded. I was too young for the "pictures from Tiger Beat and Playboy" era. What do t…
Not to pick on Mariotti but resistance pundit-->crypto shill is... not the most surprising career shift I've seen
God, I had buried my memory of the "lipstick on a pig" story. Days of reporters credulously asking whether Obama, using an old expression, was calling Sarah Palin a "pig."
One of my sourpuss hobbies is asking why Sunday talk shows stopped mattering. This odd Sanders interview has some answers.
Like, what is this question: "Is there a single-payer program in this country that you think actually worked? I me…
🦋 Handle & authenticity
Bluesky handle
@daveweigel.bsky.social
A default .bsky.social handle — genuine, but not domain-verified. Confirm identity before a high-value deal.
On Bluesky since
Apr 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 182 views per post.
📤Posts about 23.2× per week.
🏅Earned the 100K Followers for passing 100K followers.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated81/100
Excellent
Credibility score
97%
Real
Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 97% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Engagement (~0.1% of followers engage each post) is around typical for Bluesky.
- Organic base — far more followers than accounts it follows.
- Verified account.
- Established account (3+ years old).
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
About
National politics reporter at semafor.com. Alum: WashPost, Bloomberg, Slate, Reason. Author of “The Show That Never Ends.”
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