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14 views
Random wild burb. I think I’ve trained them to understand when I randomly put out food. #brisbane #australia #birds
4 views
He’s full of seed now, so that’s good.
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One of the irritations of recent weeks has been automated responses to my newsletters by, I assume, AI bots. They send a "less than 49 character" reply, which is quite annoying. Every so often I go through and unsubscribe them.
Anyway - an (imperfect) sieve filter script is below that sorts these annoying responses into a different folder.
📊 Post engagement
Recent posts · likes + reposts
Oct 14latest
7
Avg engagement / post
2–10
Typical post (engagement)
0.4%
Engagement vs followers
56/100
Consistent reach
Feb 2023
On Mastodon since
Half of recent posts land between 2 and 10 likes + reposts (median 4) — a dependable floor a sponsored post can count on.
🔥 Top post: RE: https://flipboard.social/@newsguyusa/117438675073084685 Over · 23 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
22.6 / week
Toots daily — consistently active for a campaign window.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 9 text · 3 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
0.9×
Follows 1.8K back. A more reciprocal / networked account.
Recent posts
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@hacks4pancakes Interesting to read about digital nomad visa requirements.
So far as I can see, accepting payment for speaking at a conference in the US is almost impossible for anyone who isn’t a US citizen. (No conference organiser is g…
Just refreshed my YouTube playlist of live news TV channels. There are really quite a few these days, including BBC News (which I can link to the Asia Pacific version, but not the other ones quite yet).
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…
A slightly more perfect one - and a blog post where I can put these, which is handy.
https://james.cridland.net/blog/2026/handy-sieve-examples/
One of the irritations of recent weeks has been automated responses to my newsletters by, I assume, AI bots. They send a "less than 49 character" reply, which is quite annoying. Every so often I go through and unsubscribe them.
Anyway - an…
Also, this helped me spot an remove a few @Podnews bits of code I had to put in when I was hosting Sounds Profitable; that'll conserve server memory a little more and stop some un-needed if/then clauses. I have so much of that cruft still …
Nice little tool that looks through your websites <HEAD> and tells you if anything is wrong or unneeded. Just went through my personal website and @Podnews and slimmed down the HTML a little.
https://deadhead.cevdet.ch/
/via @piccalilli
He’s full of seed now, so that’s good.
Random wild burb. I think I’ve trained them to understand when I randomly put out food. #brisbane #australia #birds
Wow. A poor look for YouTube.
http://youtube.com/post/UgkxcoCcNWKdWsNBu7mbs2val4Siyi-V-rv4
If you're interested... yes, I did go down this rabbit hole, and yes, it's probably Claude, or another AI agent.
https://james.cridland.net/blog/2026/google-redirects-url-ust/
And that means that there looks to be a relatively foolproof me…
So, @Podnews has some video this week, in a pilot from Liquid Studios. You’ll find it on Spotify, LinkedIn, on new podcast apps like Truefans and Pocket Casts, and on YouTube. (Not on Apple Podcasts, sadly - they use a proprietary system).…
One of the irritations of recent weeks has been automated responses to my newsletters by, I assume, AI bots. They send a "less than 49 character" reply, which is quite annoying. Every so often I go through and unsubscribe them.
Anyway - an…
Also, this helped me spot an remove a few @Podnews bits of code I had to put in when I was hosting Sounds Profitable; that'll conserve server memory a little more and stop some un-needed if/then clauses. I have so much of that cruft still …
Nice little tool that looks through your websites <HEAD> and tells you if anything is wrong or unneeded. Just went through my personal website and @Podnews and slimmed down the HTML a little.
https://deadhead.cevdet.ch/
/via @piccalilli
He’s full of seed now, so that’s good.
Random wild burb. I think I’ve trained them to understand when I randomly put out food. #brisbane #australia #birds
Wow. A poor look for YouTube.
http://youtube.com/post/UgkxcoCcNWKdWsNBu7mbs2val4Siyi-V-rv4
If you're interested... yes, I did go down this rabbit hole, and yes, it's probably Claude, or another AI agent.
https://james.cridland.net/blog/2026/google-redirects-url-ust/
And that means that there looks to be a relatively foolproof me…
So, @Podnews has some video this week, in a pilot from Liquid Studios. You’ll find it on Spotify, LinkedIn, on new podcast apps like Truefans and Pocket Casts, and on YouTube. (Not on Apple Podcasts, sadly - they use a proprietary system).…
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On Mastodon since
Feb 2023
An established account with real history on the platform.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2023 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 7 views per post.
📤Posts about 22.6× per week.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated52/100
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
Passionate about audio · Editor of Podnews https://podnews.net · Host of the Podnews Weekly Review https://weekly.podnews.net · Personal/radio blog: https://james.cridland.net · These messages self-destruct
I also have a thing for craft beer, and did so before it was quite as trendy as today.
I live in Meanjin/Brisbane QLD Australia - in Bardon 4065 - on the land of the Turrbul and Jagera people. I'm British and moved here ten years ago.
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