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📣Sponsored postOne disclosed post (toot) with your link and message. $12→ 🧵Sponsored threadA multi-post explainer or story — the fediverse rewards depth over one-liners. $30→ 📦Product seeding / honest reviewSend me your product — I post a disclosed, honest take. Authenticity is the only ad this audience tolerates. $16→ 📌Pinned sponsored postA disclosed post pinned to the top of my profile for the month. $36/mo→ 🔗Profile link (bio field)Your link in one of my profile metadata fields for the month — native and low-key. $18/mo→ 🔁Boost packageI boost (repost) your account's toots through the month — distribution with zero content lift. $24/mo→ 🏛️Instance / community sponsorshipSponsor the server I run — a sponsor line in the About/rules and a welcome shout. A goodwill buy that keeps our community running. $30/mo→ 🤝Mutual boost collabWe boost each other across instances — a value swap between communities. Swap or paid→ 🎬UGC HireBranded content for your own channels & ads from $50→ 🎙️Podcast guest spotInvite FOSS Backstage onto your podcast (~45 min, remote) $28→ 📞1:1 ConsultPaid video call — advice, coaching or Q&A $75/hr→

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Followers
993
Account age
3 yrs
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Known for

🔍 We are looking for a venue for next year's #FOSSBack in Berlin! As this year's location might not be available, we need a budget-friendly alternative for 200–300 people with space for 3 stages, catering, and a hallway track. Any suggestions?5 views 🔍 We are looking for a venue for next year's #FOSSBack in Berlin! As this year's location might not be available, we need a budget-friendly alternative for 200–300 people with space for 3 stages, catering, and a hallway track. Any suggestions?

📊 Post engagement

Recent posts · likes + reposts
Jun 3latest
4
Avg engagement / post
3–5
Typical post (engagement)
0.4%
Engagement vs followers
81/100
Very consistent reach
Oct 2022
On Mastodon since
Half of recent posts land between 3 and 5 likes + reposts (median 5) — a dependable floor a sponsored post can count on.

🔥 Top post: Open source isn't always as open as it seems. Here's a session b · 7 likes + reposts

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence
1.7 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 11 text · 1 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
2.8×
Follows 355 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.

Recent posts

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🔥 Top post Open source isn't always as open as it seems. Here's a session by Jos Poortvliet at #FOSSBack 2026 on Beyond the license: measuring real openness in open source from our Starter Kit track, as promised, Watch the recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukJlNSEObEs #OpenSource… ★ 7
🔍 We are looking for a venue for next year's #FOSSBack in Berlin! As this year's location might not be available, we need a budget-friendly alternative for 200–300 people with space for 3 stages, catering, and a hallway track. Any suggesti… ★ 5 This is another session from our Human Factor track by Dawn Foster at #FOSSBack 2023 on "Contributor Growth Strategies for OSS Projects." A talk on how to build a long-term contributor strategy and measuring community sustainability over t… ★ 5 Dawn Foster and Peculiar C. Umeh were at #FOSSBack 2025 and during their session "Data to Action: Build Healthy & Sustainable OSS Communities" they shared tools and techniques to build healthy and sustainable OSS projects, ways to interpre… ★ 6 Shauna Gordon-McKeon (@shauna) joined us at #FOSSBack 2025 with an interesting session under the Human Factor Track on "Relationship Problems in Open Source" ands shared how common open source problems can be viewed through a relational le… This session by Alexia Georghiou on "Resilience Practical Application & Science" from #FOSSBack 2021 under the Human Factor track is still as relevant as it was then. It covers the benefits of support, self care, and so much more. Watch th… Three speakers, Nina Rojc, Leia Ruffini, Kola Ojoodide joined us at #FOSSBack 2025 during their session "Bridging the Gap Between Designers & Open Source Communities" and shared their ongoing findings and early tools to make open source mo… ★ 1 How often should you contribute to open source? Ruth Ikegah during her session on "Best Practices for an Effective Open Source Contribution" at #FOSSBack 2023 suggests frequently, but that you should prioritize making valuable contribution… ★ 3 Ruth Ikegah, Technical Content Manager and GitHub Star. Alongside Matt Cantu Snell , a graduate assistant with the University of Nebraska at Omaha, joined us at #FOSSBack 2022 with a session on "A Better DEI Badge - Made By You" A talk on … ★ 4 So we are starting something. Every week, we will be sharing recordings from past FOSS Backstage editions, but this time, grouped by theme. We are kicking off with the Starter Kit track, a set of talks for anyone who is new to open source … Over the years, FOSS Backstage has hosted some of the most honest and practical conversations in open source. A lot of those conversations live in our archive, and we think more people should find them. 👇 This one reframes how you think about security. Elio Qoshi and Anxhela Maloku introduced the concept of "usability vulnerabilities" at #FOSSBack 2026. Go watch it now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vctZaoDzq2k&list=PLq-odUc2x7i_CkIlwiKrI… ★ 3

🐘 Community & instance

Home server
floss.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
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 4 views per post.
📤Posts about 1.7× per week.
📍Based in Germany.

🕵️ Fake follower check

Estimated
52/100
Fair Credibility score
76%
Mixed Real audience
Medium Fake-follower risk
High Data confidence
  • Est. 76% real, active audience · Medium fake-follower risk.
  • Low engagement (~0.4% of followers engage each post) — a sign of an inflated or inactive audience.
  • Verified account.
  • Established account (3+ years old).

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

About

The conference on open source beyond the code. Next edition takes place March 2nd & 3rd 2027 in Berlin.

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