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Followers
164
Account age
8 yrs
💰 Suggested sponsorship rate
$40 – $65 / sponsored post
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Known for
📊 Post engagement
Recent posts · likes + reposts
Oct 8latest
9
Avg engagement / post
2–4
Typical post (engagement)
5.5%
Engagement vs followers
21/100
Variable reach
Aug 2018
On Mastodon since
Half of recent posts land between 2 and 4 likes + reposts (median 3) — reach is spiky, driven by the occasional post that pops.
🔥 Top post: Reminding colleagues about https://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI · 49 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
0.25 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 10 text · 2 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
1.4×
Follows 118 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.
Recent posts
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Browser just crashed and so I lost the hundreds of tabs I had open. Such a feeling of relief to start from a clean slate. It won't last though...
And now you can install on MacOS binaries directly from Homebrew without having to compile locally. Thank you @acj for adding this to homebrew-core.
https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/pull/234434
The "New Migration" option makes it easy to copy over an existing GitHub repo, complete with issues, pull requests, and releases. Hello, https://codeberg.org/chrisn/audiowaveform
audiowaveform v1.10.3 is now available (and still on GitHub, for now). This fixes an issue installing on MacOS via Homebrew with the latest Boost version.
https://github.com/bbc/audiowaveform/releases/tag/1.10.3
Getting started using Codeberg. Is it time to move away from GitHub?
Just arrived in Madrid for IETF 123, just in time for the welcome reception. I'll be in the AI Preferences meeting and presenting at the Web Bot Auth BoF tomorrow. #ietf
An interesting day at the AI Standards Hub Global Summit, discussing the relationship between standards and regulation in AI governance, global participation, and human rights considerations https://aistandardshub.org/global-summit/
An interesting day discussing the challenges and opportunities for public service media around generative AI with EBU colleagues. My presentation was on the latest on AI opt-out work at IETF. https://www.ebu.ch/contents/events/2024/11/inte…
Interesting presentations at the Metaverse Standards Forum's Volumetric media Interoperability event https://metaverse-standards.org/event/volumetric-media-interoperability-town-hall/
An interesting couple of days talking content authenticity and C2PA with news industry folks
TD at the Barbican last night for the 50th anniversary of Phaedra
audiowaveform v1.10.3 is now available (and still on GitHub, for now). This fixes an issue installing on MacOS via Homebrew with the latest Boost version.
https://github.com/bbc/audiowaveform/releases/tag/1.10.3
Getting started using Codeberg. Is it time to move away from GitHub?
Just arrived in Madrid for IETF 123, just in time for the welcome reception. I'll be in the AI Preferences meeting and presenting at the Web Bot Auth BoF tomorrow. #ietf
An interesting day at the AI Standards Hub Global Summit, discussing the relationship between standards and regulation in AI governance, global participation, and human rights considerations https://aistandardshub.org/global-summit/
An interesting day discussing the challenges and opportunities for public service media around generative AI with EBU colleagues. My presentation was on the latest on AI opt-out work at IETF. https://www.ebu.ch/contents/events/2024/11/inte…
Interesting presentations at the Metaverse Standards Forum's Volumetric media Interoperability event https://metaverse-standards.org/event/volumetric-media-interoperability-town-hall/
An interesting couple of days talking content authenticity and C2PA with news industry folks
TD at the Barbican last night for the 50th anniversary of Phaedra
🐘 Community & instance
Home server
w3c.social
Their home server on the fediverse — the instance a creator picks signals the community they belong to.
✅ Link-verified
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
Aug 2018
An OG fediverse account from Mastodon's early years — a long, established presence.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2018 — 8 years ago.
👁️Averages 9 views per post.
📤Posts about 0.3× per week.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated75/100
Good
Credibility score
92%
Real
Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 92% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Engagement (~5.5% of followers engage each post) is around typical for Mastodon.
- Verified account.
- Established account (8+ years old).
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
About
Web standards, C++, open source, house music, electronica, retro gaming. W3C Board of Directors, Advisory Committee, and Media WG and Media & Entertainment IG co-chair.
🔀 Audience overlap
EstimatedEstimated shared audience with similar creators — useful for avoiding overlap (or doubling down) when planning a campaign.
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