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116
Account age
3 yrs
💰 Suggested sponsorship rate
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New blog post: WordPress Has Thousands of Maintainers. Does Your Replacement? https://www.freelock.com/blog/john-locke/2026-08/wordpress-has-thousands-maintainers-does-your-replacement #WordPress #AI #Security
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New blog post: The Night the Internet Tried to Kill Your Website https://www.freelock.com/newsletter/night-internet-tried-kill-your-website #Drupal #WordPress #Security
📊 Post engagement
2
Avg engagement / post
1.7%
Engagement vs followers
Nov 2022
On Mastodon since
🔥 Top post: kser.org just launched on Drupal 11 / CMS 2 — up from Drupal 5, · 2 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
0.84 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly images
Recent: 4 text · 8 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
0.5×
Follows 224 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.
Recent posts
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New blog post: WordPress Has Thousands of Maintainers. Does Your Replacement? https://www.freelock.com/blog/john-locke/2026-08/wordpress-has-thousands-maintainers-does-your-replacement #WordPress #AI #Security
New blog post: Zero to new Drupal site in 133 seconds https://www.freelock.com/blog/john-locke/2026-08/zero-new-drupal-site-133-seconds #Drupal #Development
New blog post: wp2shell Hit WordPress in 72 Hours. We Patched Before It Did. https://www.freelock.com/blog/john-locke/2026-07/wp2shell-hit-wordpress-72-hours-we-patched-it-did #WordPress #WP2Shell
New blog post: Tempting Fate: What Happened When One of Our "Protected" Sites Got Hacked https://www.freelock.com/blog/john-locke/2026-07/wordpress-hack-recovery #WordPress #Security #Hacked
New blog post: Against Inevitability https://www.freelock.com/blog/john-locke/2026-06/against-inevitability
We published our AI use policy today — what we actually use it for (writing, coding, security log analysis, Drupal automation), where we draw hard lines, and why we hold the whole thing with deep ambivalence.
Drupal's access model is exact…
New blog post: "Argo-nizing" Our Platform for AI Development https://www.freelock.com/blog/john-locke/2026-06/argo-nizing-our-platform-ai-development #AI #Drupal #DevOps
Trying out https://zen-browser.app/ -- didn't think I needed a new browser experience, but maybe this is getting my tabs under control?
New blog post: Every Night, Argo Watches https://www.freelock.com/blog/john-locke/2026-05/every-night-argo-watches #Drupal #WordPress #Security
New blog post: The Night the Internet Tried to Kill Your Website https://www.freelock.com/newsletter/night-internet-tried-kill-your-website #Drupal #WordPress #Security
RE: https://drupal.community/@talkingdrupal/116602456366658144
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🐘 Community & instance
Home server
drupal.community
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
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 2 views per post.
📤Posts about 0.8× per week.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated75/100
Good
Credibility score
92%
Real
Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 92% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Engagement (~1.7% of followers engage each post) is around typical for Mastodon.
- Verified account.
- Established account (3+ years old).
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
💚 Brand affinity
EstimatedBrands Freelock's audience is most likely to respond to — from detected sponsorships in this niche.
About
John Locke is the founder/president of Freelock, a Website Effectiveness Engineering firm based in Seattle, with a Drupal focus
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