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Followers
11.3K
Account age
3 yrs
💰 Suggested sponsorship rate
$63 – $103 / sponsored post
Estimated from audience size & typical reach — every deal is negotiable and held in SocialDB escrow.
Known for
📊 Post engagement
112
Avg engagement / post
1%
Engagement vs followers
Jun 2023
On Bluesky since
🔥 Top post: A screenshot of my Windows quick launch toolbar apps circa 2002 · 968 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
6.4 / week
Posts several times a week.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 6 text · 6 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
12×
Follows 931 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
Recent posts
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I'm very curious about who still visits www.compuserve.com to read the news or check their legacy CompuServe email addresses
I was a big fan of Dvorak's work, even when he was being cranky and pessimistic about things. Always fun to read. A pioneer and tech journalism legend, RIP
Activision Tennis is probably some of the most fun you can have, pound for pound, with the fewest number of pixels 😁
Slam! for Windows 3.1 is a very simple-looking air hockey game, but the satisfying realistic sound effects make it worth playing. Fun little game, great with the mouse
Agreed, the bland monochrome world is no fun
Halloween decor for sale in July is kinda scary 😜
I have this feeling that in 20 years all major holidays will be celebrated simultaneously
Hey, where does this tube…goOOOOOOOOOOOO
a cricket is just a grasshopper that tried to drink from the false grail
Lo, the understated beauty of a 1997 MapQuest map
fun fact: bed, bath, and beyond is the only major retail chain that embraces death as part of the shopping experience
Same energy
🦋 Handle & authenticity
✅ Domain-verified
@benjedwards.com
The handle is the domain benjedwards.com. On Bluesky a domain handle proves the owner controls that website — so this is verifiably the real benjedwards.com account, not an impersonator.
On Bluesky since
Jun 2023
An early adopter from the invite-only beta (before the Feb 2024 public launch) — an original, established account.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Bluesky in 2023 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 112 views per post.
📤Posts about 6.4× per week.
🏅Earned the 10K Followers for passing 10K followers.
🛡️ Audience credibility
86/100
Excellent
- Est. 99% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Strong engagement (~1.0% of followers engage each post) — an active, real audience.
- Organic base — far more followers than accounts it follows.
- Established account (3+ years old).
Est. authentic audience
99%
Fake-follower risk
Low
Data confidence
High
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
About
Tech reporter, tech historian. Bylines Fast Company / The Atlantic / Retronauts podcast. http://www.benjedwards.com Founder http://Vintagecomputing.com
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