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Followers
134
Account age
3 yrs
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Known for
7 views
Book achievements are fucking condescending. Movies don’t have achievements. Fuck you for implying that I don’t have intrinsic motivation to read.
“you read for 5 whole minutes! have a candy! 👶”
Fuck these features for existing. I’M TRYING TO FUCKING READ.
2 views
Here’s SongPocket 4 and a little announcement!
https://verbnounenter.net/songpocket-4
1 views
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• Put advanced options near basic options, for learnability
Like how macOS’s Help menu shows you where commands live, rather than just activating them; so that you discover other commands.
• Give users a sense of mastery
🙌
1 views
This talk about UI design in Microsoft Office is shockingly good!
• Be predictable, not “smart”
• Limit the area users need to explore
They even call out customizability as a false goal! It adds complexity and doesn’t solve messiness.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6lTO5tLSOs
📊 Post engagement
Recent posts · likes + reposts
Jan 25latest
2
Avg engagement / post
1–2
Typical post (engagement)
1.5%
Engagement vs followers
57/100
Consistent reach
Feb 2023
On Mastodon since
Half of recent posts land between 1 and 2 likes + reposts (median 1) — a dependable floor a sponsored post can count on.
🔥 Top post: Book achievements are fucking condescending. Movies don’t have a · 7 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
0.15 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly images
Recent: 5 text · 6 image · 1 video.
Follower / following
134×
Follows 1 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
Recent posts
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🔥 Top post
Book achievements are fucking condescending. Movies don’t have achievements. Fuck you for implying that I don’t have intrinsic motivation to read.
“you read for 5 whole minutes! have a candy! 👶”
Fuck these features for existing. I’M TRYING TO FUCKING READ.
Why do this?
1) File names should be optional. It’s the content, stupid.
2) Save dialogs (and Open dialogs) shouldn’t exist. Browsing files is the real Finder’s job. Dialogs are bastardized mini-Finders. New files should’ve always landed o…
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This is how I save new files. I type some bullshit like “a”, then slam it into an arbitrary fixed location (Downloads). Then I drag the window’s proxy icon into my workspace Finder window.
apparently i’m weird.
(i looked for prior art)
• https://vimeo.com/993330
• https://www.youtube.com/@vjfader/videos
and behind the scenes. hope someone likes it as much as i do
https://vimeo.com/1195157056
❤️ i made a joyride for your eyes because this song is awesome.
https://vimeo.com/1195155707
spatial
https://blogs.gnome.org/shell-dev/2022/09/09/gnome-shell-on-mobile-an-update
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• Put advanced options near basic options, for learnability
Like how macOS’s Help menu shows you where commands live, rather than just activating them; so that you discover other commands.
• Give users a sense of mastery
🙌
This talk about UI design in Microsoft Office is shockingly good!
• Be predictable, not “smart”
• Limit the area users need to explore
They even call out customizability as a false goal! It adds complexity and doesn’t solve messiness.
🔥
ht…
Here’s SongPocket 4 and a little announcement!
https://verbnounenter.net/songpocket-4
choosing start date: beautiful, expansive view that shows surrounding events, because that’s the purpose of a calendar
choosing end date: fuck all that
if you find yourself designing multiple UIs that do the same thing, there’s probably so…
2. I had to move the block to build an arch from my perspective.
It’s like the designers were saying, “you must imagine the change you want in this world, then make it happen. That’s progress.”
It’s intentional because it forms a silhouett…
▶
This is how I save new files. I type some bullshit like “a”, then slam it into an arbitrary fixed location (Downloads). Then I drag the window’s proxy icon into my workspace Finder window.
apparently i’m weird.
(i looked for prior art)
• https://vimeo.com/993330
• https://www.youtube.com/@vjfader/videos
and behind the scenes. hope someone likes it as much as i do
https://vimeo.com/1195157056
❤️ i made a joyride for your eyes because this song is awesome.
https://vimeo.com/1195155707
spatial
https://blogs.gnome.org/shell-dev/2022/09/09/gnome-shell-on-mobile-an-update
+
• Put advanced options near basic options, for learnability
Like how macOS’s Help menu shows you where commands live, rather than just activating them; so that you discover other commands.
• Give users a sense of mastery
🙌
This talk about UI design in Microsoft Office is shockingly good!
• Be predictable, not “smart”
• Limit the area users need to explore
They even call out customizability as a false goal! It adds complexity and doesn’t solve messiness.
🔥
ht…
Here’s SongPocket 4 and a little announcement!
https://verbnounenter.net/songpocket-4
choosing start date: beautiful, expansive view that shows surrounding events, because that’s the purpose of a calendar
choosing end date: fuck all that
if you find yourself designing multiple UIs that do the same thing, there’s probably so…
2. I had to move the block to build an arch from my perspective.
It’s like the designers were saying, “you must imagine the change you want in this world, then make it happen. That’s progress.”
It’s intentional because it forms a silhouett…
🐘 Community & instance
Home server
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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
Feb 2023
An established account with real history on the platform.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2023 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 2 views per post.
📤Posts about 0.2× per week.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated89/100
Excellent
Credibility score
99%
Real
Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 99% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Strong engagement (~1.5% of followers engage each post) — an active, real audience.
- Verified account.
- Established account (3+ years old).
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
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EstimatedBrands Linus's audience is most likely to respond to — from detected sponsorships in this niche.
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