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Followers
35.4K
Account age
8 yrs
💰 Suggested sponsorship rate
$198 – $322 / 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
Nov 6latest
117
Avg engagement / post
38–103
Typical post (engagement)
0.3%
Engagement vs followers
44/100
Variable reach
May 2018
On Mastodon since
Half of recent posts land between 38 and 103 likes + reposts (median 89) — reach is spiky, driven by the occasional post that pops.
🔥 Top post: Hi all, we've made the decision to defederate with mastodon.clou · 550 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
0.36 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 12 text · 0 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
4.4K×
Follows 8 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
Recent posts
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We’ve enabled the new email newsletter feature for all Fosstodon supporters! Once we have a good idea of how much this feature might impact our monthly operating costs, and we’ve determined the cost remains within our budget, we will roll …
RE: https://fosstodon.org/@fosstodon/116426844488528606
Hello again. We’re going to be holding off our defederation from .cloud until further notice after their team started taking moderation actions and announced server updates. There are…
Again we encourage you to reach out to any accounts you follow on mastodon.cloud and ask them to migrate their accounts to an active server.
This is not only to allow them to continue to participate in the fediverse community but also for…
Secondly, their Mastodon software version has not been updated for an extended period of time and has known security vulnerabilities. We do not want to risk any exploits with those vulnerabilities that may affect our users.
An instance tha…
RE: https://fosstodon.org/@fosstodon/116426844488528606
There are comments asking us to elaborate so here are some more specific reasons why we will be defederating.
Firstly, mastodon.cloud’s admins have been unresponsive to us regarding l…
We’re super excited to share we’re now on @Codeberg!
Our repositories will still mirror to GitHub, but we will be active on Codeberg. Give us a follow!
https://codeberg.org/Fosstodon
We’ve made an update to the hub site!
https://hub.fosstodon.org
@Gina shares an update on Fosstodon’s finances.
https://hub.fosstodon.org/finance-update-from-the-fosstodon-team
The instance fosstodon[dot]su was recently brought to our attention. We want to make sure everyone understands this instance is not affiliated with us in any way.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@mastohost/115503346777349951
Fosstodon is now on Mastodon v4.5.0!
🐘 Community & instance
Home server
fosstodon.org
A open-source software server — its members and audience skew toward that niche, so expect a community-aligned, engaged following.
✅ 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
May 2018
An OG fediverse account from Mastodon's early years — a long, established presence.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2018 — 8 years ago.
👁️Averages 117 views per post.
📤Posts about 0.4× per week.
🏅Earned the 10K Followers for passing 10K followers.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated81/100
Excellent
Credibility score
97%
Real
Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 97% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Engagement (~0.3% of followers engage each post) is around typical for Mastodon.
- Organic base — far more followers than accounts it follows.
- Verified account.
- Established account (8+ years old).
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
About
The official Fosstodon account for the instance. This account’s DMs are not regularly monitored. For assistance with your Fosstodon account, contact us at https://hub.fosstodon.org
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