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Followers
392
Account age
1 yrs
💰 Suggested sponsorship rate
$40 – $65 / 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
Aug 25latest
2
Avg engagement / post
1–2
Typical post (engagement)
0.5%
Engagement vs followers
74/100
Very consistent reach
Nov 2024
On Mastodon since
Half of recent posts land between 1 and 2 likes + reposts (median 2) — a dependable floor a sponsored post can count on.
🔥 Top post: How to help someone switch to Linux (and make it stick) #linux # · 4 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
20.9 / week
Toots daily — consistently active for a campaign window.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 12 text · 0 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
0.3×
Follows 1.4K back. A more reciprocal / networked account.
Recent posts
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Chinese AI Models Overtake American Rivals https://techstrong.ai/articles/chinese-ai-models-overtake-american-rivals/ via @sjvn #AI #China
Getting started with #ufw #firewalls #linux #security #infosec
https://allthingsopen.org/articles/getting-started-ufw-uncomplicated-firewall-strategy
Automating file edits with Bash
#linux #bash #commandline
https://www.both.org/?p=14548
Open source is the only resume that actually matters | We Love Open Source • All Things Open https://allthingsopen.org/articles/kubernetes-open-source-resume-career #opensource #ai
Exploring Container Technology: Setting Up a WordPress Blog with Podman – The Future is Open https://donwatkins.info/2026/08/26/exploring-container-technology-setting-up-a-wordpress-blog-with-podman/ #Linux #containers #WordPress #Opensour…
Tradeoffs in programming #OpenSource
https://www.both.org/?p=14541
Glad to get my Linux laptop back. Too many weeks using a MacBook Air. Now I can build and learn again.
I just named my computer Ontario.
From 22 contributors to 200+ learners: Equipping the next generation #OpenSource #linux
https://allthingsopen.org/articles/chaoss-educational-resources-equipping-next-generation
A hands-on look at using strlcat and strlcpy to prevent buffer overflows
https://allthingsopen.org/articles/strlcat-strlcpy-prevent-buffer-overflows
Hide text with this 1-line command
https://www.both.org/?p=14510
🐘 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.
On Mastodon since
Nov 2024
An established account with real history on the platform.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2024 — 1 year ago.
👁️Averages 2 views per post.
📤Posts about 20.9× per week.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated38/100
Low
Credibility score
68%
Mixed
Real audience
Medium
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 68% real, active audience · Medium fake-follower risk.
- Low engagement (~0.5% of followers engage each post) — a sign of an inflated or inactive audience.
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
About
#FOSS #writer #Linux #libraries #nerd #fedi22 #oer #linux #python #educator #edtech #stem #steam #libraries #wordpress #AI #GenerativeAI #artificalintelligence
🔀 Audience overlap
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