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Followers
122
Account age
3 yrs
💰 Suggested sponsorship rate
$40 – $65 / sponsored post
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📊 Post engagement
Recent posts · likes + reposts
Nov 5latest
8
Avg engagement / post
2–8
Typical post (engagement)
6.6%
Engagement vs followers
32/100
Variable reach
Nov 2022
On Mastodon since
Half of recent posts land between 2 and 8 likes + reposts (median 2) — reach is spiky, driven by the occasional post that pops.
🔥 Top post: This move towards Mastodon is so exciting and unusual that I sta · 39 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
0.33 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 10 text · 1 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
6.4×
Follows 19 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
Recent posts
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Looks like writing.exchange is down this AM, so if I have any thoughts to spout off, I’ll share them here.
Finding my usual server has been overtaken by lag and now it takes more than an hour to hear back from people on the regular. Maybe this is the sign that I need to roll my own
My usual instance is getting congested, so 👋
Hey, just a programming note: This specific account is lightly used at this time in part because I’m in another community. I may move here eventually, but unlike a lot of my fellow journalists I’ve been on Mastodon basically the entire tim…
I tried to explain Fediverse moderation dynamics to Twitter and it seems like it found an interested audience. Cool. https://twitter.com/ShortFormErnie/status/1590186951168372736
Wow, Fedsearch already shut down. It is fascinating to see how longstanding community norms are winning out over the interests of a new, quickly growing audience.
Have a good #electionnight, fellow journos. Don’t fill up on pizza.
The second issue of my Mastodon pop-up newsletter, #HowToMastodon, is online, and discusses whether we might see post-scheduling tools, like Buffer, that support Mastodon.
https://midrange.tedium.co/issues/mastodon-post-scheduling-conside…
Be careful out there everyone, I just saw a certain form that Mastodon-based journalists are included on linked on a certain site that was in the news about a month or two ago—you know the one.
Finally, someone created a place for journalists on here.
Wow, Fedsearch already shut down. It is fascinating to see how longstanding community norms are winning out over the interests of a new, quickly growing audience.
Have a good #electionnight, fellow journos. Don’t fill up on pizza.
The second issue of my Mastodon pop-up newsletter, #HowToMastodon, is online, and discusses whether we might see post-scheduling tools, like Buffer, that support Mastodon.
https://midrange.tedium.co/issues/mastodon-post-scheduling-conside…
Be careful out there everyone, I just saw a certain form that Mastodon-based journalists are included on linked on a certain site that was in the news about a month or two ago—you know the one.
Finally, someone created a place for journalists on here.
🐘 Community & instance
Home server
journa.host
A journalists server — its members and audience skew toward that niche, so expect a community-aligned, engaged following.
On Mastodon since
Nov 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 8 views per post.
📤Posts about 0.3× per week.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated80/100
Excellent
Credibility score
97%
Real
Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 97% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Strong engagement (~6.6% of followers engage each post) — an active, real audience.
- Established account (3+ years old).
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
About
Editor of Tedium. Writer, designer. Guy who professionally complains a lot. (primary profile: @ernie)
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