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43.3K
Account age
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Known for
📊 Post engagement
41
Avg engagement / post
0.1%
Engagement vs followers
Nov 2024
On Bluesky since
🔥 Top post: THE CULT OF THE ENHANCED SELF The post-pandemic fitness craze, · 160 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
2.4 / week
Posts several times a week.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 8 text · 4 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
384×
Follows 113 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
Recent posts
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New pod: The incredible @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social on:
- the subtle art of translation
- a review of Nolan's Odyssey
- how Homer's Odysseus is a more heroic version of the Talented Mr. Ripley while Nolan's Odysseus is a more traumatized …
New pod/newsletter: Once you learn what the "uni-context" is, you won't stop seeing it everywhere
www.derekthompson.org/p/a-philosop...
The scientific case against moderate drinking has been massively oversold.
No, alcohol is not a medicine. And no, there is not strong evidence that ~1 drink a day has a clear lifetime mortality risk.
open.substack.com/pub/derektho...
New pod: How Israel is transforming American politics, with Peter Beinart
www.youtube.com/watch?v=papq...
America, 1926: An absurdly deep dive into what America was like 100 years ago
www.derekthompson.org/p/america-19...
New newsletter: The rise and rise of the solo act
The data is in: Solo entrepreneurs and tiny startups are becoming much more common and much more profitable. This has huge implications for the future of firms, wealth, social life, and ev…
New pod: 4 TRILLION DOLLARS. 3 COMPANIES. 0 PROFITS.
SpaceX, Anthropic, and maybe OpenAI could all IPO in the same 12 month window for more than $1 trillion apiece. None of them are profitable.
The rise of the trillion-dollar, zero-prof…
One year ago, I quit The Atlantic to start a Substack.
Today, I write about:
- the state of the business
- what I’ve learned
- the difference between viral essays in The Atlantic vs the Substack ecosystem
www.derekthompson.org/p/the-der…
Happy Fathers Day to the best and most involved generation of dads in recorded history
www.derekthompson.org/p/why-do-ric...
www.derekthompson.org/p/why-do-ric...
New pod: THE TRUMP CORRUPTION SCANDAL DRAFT, with Isaac Saul
This is the most corrupt administration in US history, with too many scandals to track. So Isaac and I ranked the worst of the absolute worst with a draft. Very fact-packed, ver…
America's health craze isn't so healthy.
Diet, exercise, and discipline are virtues. Longer lives are good. But today's craze of health-maximization has an antisocial streak. At its extremes, it verges on a cult of self enhancement, which…
🦋 Handle & authenticity
Bluesky handle
@dkthomp.bsky.social
A default .bsky.social handle — genuine, but not domain-verified. Confirm identity before a high-value deal.
On Bluesky since
Nov 2024
Joined after Bluesky opened to the public — a settled account with a real history.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Bluesky in 2024 — 1 year ago.
👁️Averages 41 views per post.
📤Posts about 2.4× per week.
🏅Earned the 10K Followers for passing 10K followers.
🛡️ Audience credibility
44/100
Fair
Credibility score
73%
Mixed
Real audience
Medium
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 73% real, active audience · Medium fake-follower risk.
- Low engagement (~0.1% of followers engage each post) — a sign of an inflated or inactive audience.
- Organic base — far more followers than accounts it follows.
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
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