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📊 Post engagement

Avg engagement / post

44.4%

Engagement vs followers

Apr 2022

On Mastodon since

🔥 Top post: “Most books and courses introduce Linux through shell commands, · 11 likes + reposts

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence

0.1 / week

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

Content mix

Mostly text

Recent: 11 text · 1 image · 0 video.

Follower / following

0.2×

Follows 38 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.

Recent posts

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🔥 Top post “Most books and courses introduce Linux through shell commands, leaving the kernel as a mysterious black box doing magic behind the scenes. In this post, we will run some experiments to demystify it: the Linux kernel is just a binary that you can build and run. The experiments a… ★ 11

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Home server

fosstodon.org

A open-source software server — its members and audience skew toward that niche, so expect a community-aligned, engaged following.

On Mastodon since

Apr 2022

An established account with real history on the platform.

💡 Facts

🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 4 years ago.

👁️Averages 4 views per post.

📤Posts about 0.1× per week.

🕵️ Fake follower check

Estimated

76/100

Good Credibility score

97%

Real Real audience

Low Fake-follower risk

Medium Data confidence

Est. 97% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
Strong engagement (~0.4× of followers engage each post) — an active, real audience.
Established account (4+ years old).

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

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software consultant, former cto, long-time software developer, mostly c# and .net, and of course the ubiquitous web stack... bsme/mba/usaf-icbm https://deanstelow.com/

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