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358
Account age
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Are you a Linguistic Chaos Goblin? Well, these guys are, and they're now in the Because Language shop. They remind everyone that there's lots of ways to language.
Three designs, all made by the wonderful Trudy and Doug of @oglaf Discount if you get more.
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Plus spaghetti.
From upcoming episode 114: Bye Bye I Love You (with Michael Erard @MichaelErard)
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ICYMI: A fiery episode with Dr Carmen Fought, in which we take apart the "official English" executive order in the USA.
Listen to the episode, or read the transcript:
https://becauselanguage.com/113-official-english/
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What do you want your last words to be?
Or is there another way to think about it? A chat with @MichaelErard author of "Bye Bye I Love You".
Hear the full episode on your podcast app, or here:
https://becauselanguage.com/114-bye-bye-i-love-you/
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📊 Post engagement
Recent posts · likes + reposts
Feb 28latest
3
Avg engagement / post
1–2
Typical post (engagement)
0.8%
Engagement vs followers
61/100
Consistent reach
May 2020
On Mastodon since
Half of recent posts land between 1 and 2 likes + reposts (median 2) — a dependable floor a sponsored post can count on.
🔥 Top post: Are you a Linguistic Chaos Goblin? Well, these guys are, and the · 7 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
0.9 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 7 text · 2 image · 3 video.
Follower / following
24×
Follows 15 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
Recent posts
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🔥 Top post
Are you a Linguistic Chaos Goblin? Well, these guys are, and they're now in the Because Language shop. They remind everyone that there's lots of ways to language.
Three designs, all made by the wonderful Trudy and Doug of @oglaf Discount if you get more.
https://www.redbubble.co…
New episode: We're voting on a new bunch of tough English questions, with all our listeners and friends!
If you repeat something twice, how many times did you do it?
Can more than one dinner be “the perfect dinner”?
And what does “every ot…
Our live #LingFest25 episode starts in less than 24 hours! We're piling into a Zoom room and voting on how language should work. Plus news, words, and Related or Not. Lots of fun.
All patrons are invited — even free ones — so click through…
New episode! Spelling reform in English: unrelenting failure, or secret success?
We're talking to Gabe Henry, author of "Enough Is Enuf: Our Failed Attempts to Make English Easier to Spell", out now from @deystreet.
Anywhere podcasts are.
…
Patrons at the Listener level are checking out our latest bonus Mailbag with @caitlinmoriah
https://becauselanguage.com/115-mailbag-right/
but if you aren't a patron, you can still listen to this Mailbag
https://becauselanguage.com/100-sp…
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What do you want your last words to be?
Or is there another way to think about it? A chat with @MichaelErard author of "Bye Bye I Love You".
Hear the full episode on your podcast app, or here:
https://becauselanguage.com/114-bye-bye-i-lov…
▶
Swear words disable Google's A.I. Overview!
Plus spaghetti.
From upcoming episode 114: Bye Bye I Love You (with Michael Erard @MichaelErard)
▶
ICYMI: A fiery episode with Dr Carmen Fought, in which we take apart the "official English" executive order in the USA.
Listen to the episode, or read the transcript:
https://becauselanguage.com/113-official-english/
Thanks to SpeechDocs for transcribing all the words!
It's transcript day! Now you can read OR listen to our episode with Dr Carmen Fought. We're breaking down the "official English" executive order from the Trump administration. Will it magically cause unity and efficiency? Of course not, an…
An executive order makes English the official language of the USA, in a blow for language rights. What happens now?
Dr Carmen Fought has been following the English Only movement for years, and she joins us.
https://becauselanguage.com/113-…
Our Grammar Hills design is now in the shop, so if you've been eagerly waiting, it can now be yours! Every conceivable product can be festooned.
It's a favourite among our patrons. They've been slapping the magnet version of this on unsusp…
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What do you want your last words to be?
Or is there another way to think about it? A chat with @MichaelErard author of "Bye Bye I Love You".
Hear the full episode on your podcast app, or here:
https://becauselanguage.com/114-bye-bye-i-lov…
▶
Swear words disable Google's A.I. Overview!
Plus spaghetti.
From upcoming episode 114: Bye Bye I Love You (with Michael Erard @MichaelErard)
▶
ICYMI: A fiery episode with Dr Carmen Fought, in which we take apart the "official English" executive order in the USA.
Listen to the episode, or read the transcript:
https://becauselanguage.com/113-official-english/
Thanks to SpeechDocs for transcribing all the words!
It's transcript day! Now you can read OR listen to our episode with Dr Carmen Fought. We're breaking down the "official English" executive order from the Trump administration. Will it magically cause unity and efficiency? Of course not, an…
An executive order makes English the official language of the USA, in a blow for language rights. What happens now?
Dr Carmen Fought has been following the English Only movement for years, and she joins us.
https://becauselanguage.com/113-…
Our Grammar Hills design is now in the shop, so if you've been eagerly waiting, it can now be yours! Every conceivable product can be festooned.
It's a favourite among our patrons. They've been slapping the magnet version of this on unsusp…
🐘 Community & instance
Home server
scicomm.xyz
Their home server on the fediverse — the instance a creator picks signals the community they belong to.
On Mastodon since
May 2020
An OG fediverse account from Mastodon's early years — a long, established presence.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2020 — 6 years ago.
👁️Averages 3 views per post.
📤Posts about 0.9× per week.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated43/100
Fair
Credibility score
73%
Mixed
Real audience
Medium
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 73% real, active audience · Medium fake-follower risk.
- Low engagement (~0.8% of followers engage each post) — a sign of an inflated or inactive audience.
- Established account (6+ years old).
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
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About
A podcast about linguistics, the science of language.
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