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Followers
16.3K
Account age
3 yrs
💰 Suggested sponsorship rate
$91 – $148 / sponsored post
Estimated from audience size & typical reach — every deal is negotiable and held in SocialDB escrow.
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📊 Post engagement
Recent posts · likes + reposts
Sep 20latest
7
Avg engagement / post
5–8
Typical post (engagement)
0%
Engagement vs followers
76/100
Very consistent reach
Jan 2023
On Mastodon since
Half of recent posts land between 5 and 8 likes + reposts (median 6) — a dependable floor a sponsored post can count on.
🔥 Top post: Matthew Butterick: ‘Big AI to Humanity: Drop Dead’ https://darin · 16 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
68.9 / week
A very active account — posts many times a day.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 12 text · 0 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
8.1K×
Follows 2 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
Recent posts
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[Sponsor] Mux: Turn Your Video Into Context
https://daringfireball.net/feeds/sponsors/2026/09/mux_turn_your_video_into_conte
Lex Friedman Brings Back Strategery
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/09/21/strategery-friedman
GM Confirms They’re Still Smoking Crack
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/09/21/gm-crack-smoking
America’s Decline Can Be Measured by the Names of Ballparks and Arenas
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/09/21/filth-turd
Ichiro, at 52, Throws 127-Pitch Shutout Against All-Star Girls Team in Japan
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/09/21/ichiro-girls-shutout
Glenn Fleishman on the Increasing Impracticality of Shipping From the U.S. to the E.U.
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/09/21/fleisnman-eu-shipping
David Pogue: ‘125 Tests of the New AI Siri’
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/09/21/pogue-siri-ai-125
‘Measuring Nothing (With Great Accuracy)’
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/09/21/godin-measuring-nothing
Apple TV to Finally Air ‘The Savant’ in Early 2027, Supposedly
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/09/20/deadline-the-savant
Yours Truly on CNBC’s ‘Squawk on the Street’ Friday
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/09/20/yours-truly-cnbc
GM Revives CarPlay for 2027 Trucks
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/09/20/gm-carplay-never-mind
🐘 Community & instance
Home server
cliff.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
Jan 2023
Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2023 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 7 views per post.
📤Posts about 68.9× per week.
🏅Earned the 10K Followers for passing 10K followers.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated58/100
Fair
Credibility score
81%
Real
Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 81% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Low engagement (~0.0% of followers engage each post) — a sign of an inflated or inactive audience.
- 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.
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