David Seidl

Mastodon @davidseidl@mstdn.social

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Followers

428

Account age

3 yrs

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4 views Spotted at lunch the other day. None of us would ever do this, right? 😆

I know some of the retro computing folks here will appreciate the new addition to my collection - an original NeXT sticker, courtesy of a friend who is the son of a former NeXT employee.
(That's probably as close as I get to a NeXT cube for my collection any time soon!)

2 views I know some of the retro computing folks here will appreciate the new addition to my collection - an original NeXT sticker, courtesy of a friend who is the son of a former NeXT employee. (That's probably as close as I get to a NeXT cube for my collection any time soon!)

2 views Why yes. My robot vaccuum has figured out how to turn itself off. That's helpful.

This is Daisy, my foster friend's new 12 day old foster. She is a shouty potato who had just learned to purr when she visited on Saturday. And yes. She is very very cute.

1 views This is Daisy, my foster friend's new 12 day old foster. She is a shouty potato who had just learned to purr when she visited on Saturday. And yes. She is very very cute.

📊 Post engagement

Avg engagement / post

0.5%

Engagement vs followers

Oct 2022

On Mastodon since

🔥 Top post: Spotted at lunch the other day. None of us would ever do this, r · 4 likes + reposts

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence

0.16 / week

A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.

Content mix

Mostly images

Recent: 6 text · 6 image · 0 video.

Follower / following

1.6×

Follows 270 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.

Recent posts

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🔥 Top post Spotted at lunch the other day. None of us would ever do this, right? 😆 ★ 4

For the retro computing folks - I reinstalled a G4 iMac over the weekend and was stunned to find out that Apple is still running update servers for 10.4 Tiger. What!? Now I'm telling myself that no, I don't need to acquire ancient DIMMs an…

I know some of the retro computing folks here will appreciate the new addition to my collection - an original NeXT sticker, courtesy of a friend who is the son of a former NeXT employee. (That's probably as close as I get to a NeXT cube fo… ★ 2 This is a bit different from my typical posts - it's directly work related, and it's a job post. But it's also exciting. Miami University is hiring the inaugural director for the Ohio Quantum Computing Institute. https://miamioh.wd5.mywor… I've been playing with Google's Antigravity AI IDE, and have enjoyed it. But it also led to me typing a line that really struck me: "I wonder if I can vibe code a BBS-style door game as a Slackbot". I think I can, and 1990's me is pretty… I saw social media posts about the new Apple "iPhone Pocket" and just presumed it was a parody post. It's not, and I can't decide if I'm amused, or just feeling old. https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/11/introducing-iphone-pocket-a-beauti… Welcome to Windows 11, where there's a thriving market for a start menu that isn't terrible. https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-replace-your-windows-11-start-menu-with-a-better-alternative-including-my-favorite/ Now, if only the rest of…

This is Daisy, my foster friend's new 12 day old foster. She is a shouty potato who had just learned to purr when she visited on Saturday. And yes. She is very very cute. ★ 1

Why yes. My robot vaccuum has figured out how to turn itself off. That's helpful. ★ 2 This grouping shows 8088 -> 286 -> 486 -> Cyrix P133+ -> K6-2 350 -> Dual Celeron 433's -> Dual Athlon 1.6's -> Intel i7 3770 -> Ryzen 1700. The dual Celerons were a major inflection point - Abit's BP6 meant that I could have a dual CPU s… ★ 1

I'll be moving my home office soon and as part of that I want some new decor. Thus, a little side project is born. Below are examples of the major desktop CPUs from PC I've used over the past ~33 years. (The gap is for a Cyrix P133+ I'm st… ★ 1 And I realized I should tag @stroz here! It's here! ★ 1

🐘 Community & instance

Home server

mstdn.social

A large general-interest Mastodon server. On the fediverse the server a creator picks hints at their community — this one spans all topics.

On Mastodon since

Oct 2022

Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.

💡 Facts

🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 3 years ago.

👁️Averages 2 views per post.

📤Posts about 0.2× per week.

🕵️ Fake follower check

Estimated

66/100

Good Credibility score

89%

Real Real audience

Low Fake-follower risk

High Data confidence

Est. 89% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
Engagement (~0.5% of followers engage each post) is around typical for Mastodon.
Established account (3+ years old).

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

💚 Brand affinity

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

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About

VP for Information Technology and CIO at Miami University, best selling cybersecurity certification author, geek and maker, lover of terrible puns and hands-on history, frequent landing spot for shoulder cats. Yes, I wore medieval armor to a datacenter photoshoot. (he/him/his)