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Ars Technica

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Followers
2.2M
Posts
152K
Following
1.2K
Account age
19 yrs
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📊 Post performance

7.6K
Avg views / post
0.4%
Reach vs followers
Jan 2007
On X since

🔥 Top post: eBay, former execs pay $56M to settle “bloody pig mask” harassme · 45K views

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence
128.6 / week
A very active account — multiple posts a day, an always-on feed.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 0 video · 0 image · 18 text.
Follower / following
1.8K×
Follows 1.2K back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
Verification
✓ X Premium
A paid X Premium (Blue) verified account.

Recent posts

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🔥 Top post eBay, former execs pay $56M to settle “bloody pig mask” harassment case 45K❤ 25🔁 11
Who wins and who loses after US bans foreign robots? 1.9K❤ 1🔁 2 Comcast store punished low sales by smashing pies in workers' faces, lawsuit claims 3.3K❤ 3🔁 2 Customize Ars your way with an Ars Pro subscription 3K❤ 1 Google begins global rollout of age verification API in Google Play 4.2K❤ 5🔁 6 Elon Musk’s xAI is trying to sue its way out of a Grok reckoning 7.6K❤ 9🔁 2 Quantum computing roundup: Still more technologies making waves 4.9K❤ 5🔁 2 Actually, Starliner might fly into space this year 7K❤ 12🔁 2 Anthropic is finding bugs faster than Microsoft can fix them 10.6K❤ 28🔁 10 New AMD Linux patch boosts low-end gaming performance on Steam Deck 8.9K❤ 7 Gaming and IRL worlds collide in Jumanji: Open World trailer 7.7K❤ 4🔁 2 What happens when you put AI to work deciphering lost languages? 5.7K❤ 4🔁 3 Tested: Google SynthID works great, but labeling AI content may be a losing game 7.2K❤ 10🔁 9

💡 Facts

🗓️Joined X in 2007 — 19 years ago.
👁️Averages 7.6K views per post.
📤Posts about 128.6× per week.
💬0% engagement rate.
🏅Earned the 1M Followers for passing 1M followers.

🕵️ Fake follower check

Estimated
46/100
Fair Credibility score
69%
Mixed Real audience
Medium Fake-follower risk
High Data confidence
  • Est. 69% real, active audience · Medium fake-follower risk.
  • Low engagement (~0.4% of followers engage each post) — a sign of an inflated or inactive audience.
  • Organic base — far more followers than accounts it follows.
  • Verified account.
  • Established account (19+ years old).
  • 0% engagement — below the ~10.8% typical for this size.

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

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Original news, reviews, analysis of tech trends, and expert advice on the most fundamental aspects of tech.

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