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Followers

769

Account age

9 yrs

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Bloated, non native IDE vs. Native IDE.
Maybe, just maybe, putting a web browser between the user and the functionality they need wasn't such a great idea?
EDIT: I incorrectly assumed Rider was using Electron, it's not. I would've used VSCode as an Electron example, but I uninstalled it when they started cramming AI up my ass.

2 views Bloated, non native IDE vs. Native IDE. Maybe, just maybe, putting a web browser between the user and the functionality they need wasn't such a great idea? EDIT: I incorrectly assumed Rider was using Electron, it's not. I would've used VSCode as an Electron example, but I uninstalled it when they started cramming AI up my ass.

📊 Post engagement

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence

3.6 / week

Posts several times a week.

Content mix

Mostly text

Recent: 11 text · 1 image · 0 video.

Follower / following

0.3×

Follows 2.4K back. A more reciprocal / networked account.

Recent posts

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🔥 Top post Tuple is pronounced as "toople" not "tupple." Don't @ me. ★ 17

TACO Thursday maybe? https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crx23qlnj27qo My next task is going to be to make a nice cross platform GUI for Markerator so that it's even easier for people to use. Wish me luck! ★ 1 Some said this day would never arrive, yet here we are. I'm proud to say that my static website generator, Markerator, has just had it's first release at 1.0.0. It reads in Markdown files, CSS themes, and images, and outputs a pure HTML 5… ★ 6 Have you ever gotten the unquenchable thirst to just write a compiler from scratch just for fun? Because that's what's currently happening to me. #compiler #software I knew it! The ghost matter from Outer Wilds is real! https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq203mymlvkeo #science ★ 1 Because I haven't run vanilla Gnome in a few years, I decided I'd take it for a test spin. With a few added shell extensions, I'm really liking it. The switch to GTK4/Adwaita makes it really snappy, and all the apps just really seem to ge… ★ 3 The future of applications/programs is not the web. I don't care if I'm swimming against the current, I refuse to accept 30 million lines of code between my app and the hardware. Native and cross platform toolkits are the future. Don't giv… ★ 1

Bloated, non native IDE vs. Native IDE. Maybe, just maybe, putting a web browser between the user and the functionality they need wasn't such a great idea? EDIT: I incorrectly assumed Rider was using Electron, it's not. I would've used VSC… ★ 2 Huzzah! As of version 0.6.1, Markerator, my Markdown based static website generator can now correctly generate Open Graph cards for each page it generates, allowing it to unfurl the URL on social media. I've been waiting for far too long t… ★ 2 Harvest moon tonight. ★ 1 RE: https://techhub.social/@Techmeme/117311730083136478 What could possibly go wrong? ★ 6

🐘 Community & instance

Home server

cliff.social

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Verified link

Proved ownership of a website linked on their profile — Mastodon's green-check verification, a real identity signal rather than a paid badge.

On Mastodon since

Sep 2017

An OG fediverse account from Mastodon's early years — a long, established presence.

💡 Facts

🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2017 — 9 years ago.

👁️Averages 4 views per post.

📤Posts about 3.6× per week.

🕵️ Fake follower check

Estimated

38/100

Low Credibility score

56%

Low Real audience

High Fake-follower risk

High Data confidence

Est. 56% real, active audience · High fake-follower risk.
Low engagement (~0.5% of followers engage each post) — a sign of an inflated or inactive audience.
Follows 2.4K accounts — more than its own followers — a common follow-for-follow / bot pattern.
Verified account.
Established account (9+ years old).

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

💚 Brand affinity

Estimated

Brands Ben Foote's audience is most likely to respond to — from detected sponsorships in this niche.

BBC

About

20+ year software engineer, dad, perpetual tinkerer, nerd. #blacklivesmatter I wish the internet was a nicer place. I support all people, regardless of race, religion, or sexual orientation. Every one is a person. If you don't think every person should exist, don't follow me.

🔀 Audience overlap

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Estimated shared audience with similar creators — useful for avoiding overlap (or doubling down) when planning a campaign.

Marty Cormack 18%

Þommy 14%

clarkiestar 13%

Davie Duck 13%

Noah, brought to you by Mutual of Omaha and PBS viewers like you 12%

Jana Semrau 10%

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🛡️ Brand safety

✅Brand-safe90/100

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✓ Established channel (9+ yrs)

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PlatformMastodon

JoinedSep 2017 · 9 yrs

Followers769

Updated11 days ago

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