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Followers
699
Account age
6 yrs
💰 Suggested sponsorship rate
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📊 Post engagement
Recent posts · likes + reposts
Apr 10latest
11
Avg engagement / post
2–7
Typical post (engagement)
1.6%
Engagement vs followers
39/100
Variable reach
Aug 2020
On Mastodon since
Half of recent posts land between 2 and 7 likes + reposts (median 4) — reach is spiky, driven by the occasional post that pops.
🔥 Top post: Today @DigInfFund published my final report where I try to answe · 44 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
0.75 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 9 text · 3 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
0.8×
Follows 869 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.
Recent posts
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RE: https://mastodon.world/@DigInfFund/117008916100453551
Nice summary
> While we criticize Europe’s reliance on US tech power, simply replicating the same models but with a European stamp is not enough and would actively harm communities and undermine broader development. Instead, a break from the extractive…
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always grateful when reviewer comments give me an excuse to read about the history of British cybernetics
Love spending a day at the beech
> indie videogame making revolves around figuring out how to be in between and work around different pieces of software as much as competing schedules. This comic article seeks to graphically investigate and represent those in-betweens an…
With a German keyboard enabled, Anthropic autocorrects to "Antiheld"
> The #FOSS space today is littered with a litany of local groups, projects, and teams, all working towards roughly common goals with relatively little coordination or overlap. This has real consequences: it is incredibly difficult for pro…
imagine running a marathon in under two hours (!)
and not finishing in first place
“Today, wars are proliferating and the major powers are rearming, yet the streets remain strangely quiet. … Pacifist engagement – which is stigmatised by a media that is quick to conflate it with support for Hamas, the Iranian regime or th…
all you had to do was pay us enough to live
Photo post
always grateful when reviewer comments give me an excuse to read about the history of British cybernetics
Love spending a day at the beech
> indie videogame making revolves around figuring out how to be in between and work around different pieces of software as much as competing schedules. This comic article seeks to graphically investigate and represent those in-betweens an…
With a German keyboard enabled, Anthropic autocorrects to "Antiheld"
> The #FOSS space today is littered with a litany of local groups, projects, and teams, all working towards roughly common goals with relatively little coordination or overlap. This has real consequences: it is incredibly difficult for pro…
imagine running a marathon in under two hours (!)
and not finishing in first place
“Today, wars are proliferating and the major powers are rearming, yet the streets remain strangely quiet. … Pacifist engagement – which is stigmatised by a media that is quick to conflate it with support for Hamas, the Iranian regime or th…
all you had to do was pay us enough to live
🐘 Community & instance
Home server
post.lurk.org
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✅ 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
Aug 2020
An OG fediverse account from Mastodon's early years — a long, established presence.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2020 — 6 years ago.
👁️Averages 11 views per post.
📤Posts about 0.8× 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 (~1.6% 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
educator. sociologist. programmer. lurker.
“Look at the mustard on my face, but listen to my words!” —Britta Perry
“Sometimes this mustard feeling clutches me also.” —Barbara Guest
“‘Very true,’ said the Duchess: ‘flamingoes and mustard both bite. And the moral of that is—“Birds of a feather flock together. ”’” —Lewis Carroll
Moved here from @jboy. Academic stuff mostly via @d12n.
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