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Eric The IT Guy

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Followers
505
Account age
6 yrs
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New IT Guy Show is live, and this one is about a tool a lot of us LOVE: @bitwarden . Password managers are one of those things everyone agrees you should use and nobody really wants to talk about. We got into why Bitwarden being open source actually matters, new features, and how it holds up when you take it into a team or an org instead of just your personal logins. Watch here: https://youtu.be/m15 views New IT Guy Show is live, and this one is about a tool a lot of us LOVE: @bitwarden . Password managers are one of those things everyone agrees you should use and nobody really wants to talk about. We got into why Bitwarden being open source actually matters, new features, and how it holds up when you take it into a team or an org instead of just your personal logins. Watch here: https://youtu.be/m chmod 777 The problem: solved. The security team: [distant screaming] Happy Monday. #MemeMonday #Linux #SysAdmin #InfoSec9 views chmod 777 The problem: solved. The security team: [distant screaming] Happy Monday. #MemeMonday #Linux #SysAdmin #InfoSec The four stages of running #Linux: It doesn't work. It doesn't work and I have no idea why. It works and I have no idea why. It doesn't work again. Happy Monday. #MemeMonday #SysAdmin #OpenSource6 views The four stages of running #Linux: It doesn't work. It doesn't work and I have no idea why. It works and I have no idea why. It doesn't work again. Happy Monday. #MemeMonday #SysAdmin #OpenSource How I've been unwinding after work lately: losing, slowly and completely, in RimWorld. For the uninitiated, it's a colony sim where you manage a handful of people trying to survive on a hostile planet. Things go fine for about an hour. Then a raid, a heat wave, and a random infection all show up the same afternoon. Nine out of ten. Would lose again. What are you playing lately? Always looking for 5 views How I've been unwinding after work lately: losing, slowly and completely, in RimWorld. For the uninitiated, it's a colony sim where you manage a handful of people trying to survive on a hostile planet. Things go fine for about an hour. Then a raid, a heat wave, and a random infection all show up the same afternoon. Nine out of ten. Would lose again. What are you playing lately? Always looking for

📊 Post engagement

Recent posts · likes + reposts
Aug 3latest
5
Avg engagement / post
2–6
Typical post (engagement)
1%
Engagement vs followers
66/100
Consistent reach
Apr 2020
On Mastodon since
Half of recent posts land between 2 and 6 likes + reposts (median 5) — a dependable floor a sponsored post can count on.

🔥 Top post: New IT Guy Show is live, and this one is about a tool a lot of u · 15 likes + reposts

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence
10.5 / week
Toots daily — consistently active for a campaign window.
Content mix
Mostly images
Recent: 3 text · 9 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
14×
Follows 35 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.

Recent posts

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🔥 Top post New IT Guy Show is live, and this one is about a tool a lot of us LOVE: @bitwarden . Password managers are one of those things everyone agrees you should use and nobody really wants to talk about. We got into why Bitwarden being open source actually matters, new features, and ho… ★ 15
New @fedora Podcast: how to actually get involved in #Fedora. Noah and I walk the doors in, from Matrix chat to Discourse, Fedora Magazine, the Join SIG, and This Week in Fedora. Ever wanted to contribute but didn't know where to start? ht… ★ 3 chmod 777 The problem: solved. The security team: [distant screaming] Happy Monday. #MemeMonday #Linux #SysAdmin #InfoSec ★ 9 How I've been unwinding after work lately: losing, slowly and completely, in RimWorld. For the uninitiated, it's a colony sim where you manage a handful of people trying to survive on a hostile planet. Things go fine for about an hour. The… ★ 5 Bonus: !! on its own repeats your last command, and !$ grabs the last argument you used, which is great for chaining commands on the same file. Laziness, once again, making me better at my job. #Linux #SysAdmin #CLI #Bash #Terminal ★ 6 #TechTipThursday: the Linux trick that saves you from retyping the whole command. You run something, the terminal says permission denied, and you realize you forgot sudo. Instead of pressing up and cursoring all the way to the front of the… ★ 2 Spent a while nodding along to Model Context Protocol like I knew what it meant. Then I actually sat down and figured it out: Turns out it's something sysadmins are going to be weirdly good at, because it's the same job we've always done: … ★ 2 You might work for a toxic company if: you're battling insomnia and their response is a Performance Improvement Plan. Not a check in. Not "hey, are you doing okay?" People go through things. Sleep, health, family, all of it. A decent compa… Not every marketing problem needs a full time hire. Maybe you've got a launch coming and no one to own the messaging. Maybe your docs are solid but your positioning is a mess. Maybe you need someone who can actually talk to your engineers … ★ 1 Wrote something new: what #PragmaticMarketing is, and why "your opinion, although interesting, is irrelevant." (Their words, not mine!) Spent years watching teams argue about features in a conference room, all of them sure they knew what c… I'll be on the radio this morning! I'm joining Noah Chelliah on Critical Thought (News Radio 1310 KNOX) to talk about passwords and technology; I should be on around 10:06am Central! We'll be talking passwords and Bitwarden! https://knoxra… The four stages of running #Linux: It doesn't work. It doesn't work and I have no idea why. It works and I have no idea why. It doesn't work again. Happy Monday. #MemeMonday #SysAdmin #OpenSource ★ 6

🐘 Community & instance

Home server
mastodon.social
A large general-interest Mastodon server. On the fediverse the server a creator picks hints at their community — this one spans all topics.
✅ 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
Apr 2020
An OG fediverse account from Mastodon's early years — a long, established presence.

💡 Facts

🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2020 — 6 years ago.
👁️Averages 5 views per post.
📤Posts about 10.5× per week.

🕵️ 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 (~1.0% of followers engage each post) — a sign of an inflated or inactive audience.
  • Verified account.
  • Established account (6+ years old).

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

About

Technical Storyteller | Linux & Open Source Advocate | Product Marketing | Educator | Host of The IT Guy Show | Former Red Hat, GitLab

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New @fedora Podcast: how to actually get involved in #Fedora. Noah and I walk the doors in, from Matrix chat to Discourse, Fedora Magazine, the Join SIG, and This Week in Fedora. Ever wanted to contribute but didn't know where to start? https://podcast.fedoraproject.org #FedoraPodcast #Linux #OpenSource chmod 777 The problem: solved. The security team: [distant screaming] Happy Monday. #MemeMonday #Linux #SysAdmin #InfoSec How I've been unwinding after work lately: losing, slowly and completely, in RimWorld. For the uninitiated, it's a colony sim where you manage a handful of people trying to survive on a hostile planet. Things go fine for about an hour. Then a raid, a heat wave, and a random infection all show up the same afternoon. Nine out of ten. Would lose again. What are you playing lately? Always looking for #TechTipThursday: the Linux trick that saves you from retyping the whole command. You run something, the terminal says permission denied, and you realize you forgot sudo. Instead of pressing up and cursoring all the way to the front of the line, just type: sudo !! The double bang means "the last command I ran," so this reruns it with sudo in front. Small thing, but you'll reach for it constantly. Spent a while nodding along to Model Context Protocol like I knew what it meant. Then I actually sat down and figured it out: Turns out it's something sysadmins are going to be weirdly good at, because it's the same job we've always done: build a system, expose it safely, hand over exactly the access needed and nothing more. Take a look: https://itguyeric.com/blog/what-is-mcp-for-sysadmins/ #MCP # You might work for a toxic company if: you're battling insomnia and their response is a Performance Improvement Plan. Not a check in. Not "hey, are you doing okay?" People go through things. Sleep, health, family, all of it. A decent company notices and gives you a little room. A toxic one sees a dip in output and reaches for the folder. How a company treats you on your worst week tells you everyt New IT Guy Show is live, and this one is about a tool a lot of us LOVE: @bitwarden . Password managers are one of those things everyone agrees you should use and nobody really wants to talk about. We got into why Bitwarden being open source actually matters, new features, and how it holds up when you take it into a team or an org instead of just your personal logins. Watch here: https://youtu.be/m Wrote something new: what #PragmaticMarketing is, and why "your opinion, although interesting, is irrelevant." (Their words, not mine!) Spent years watching teams argue about features in a conference room, all of them sure they knew what customers wanted. Pragmatic Marketing is the antidote to that. It's a framework built on a simple, yet revolutionary 😉 idea: go TALK to the market instead of trus

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