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902
Account age
3 yrs
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📊 Post engagement
13
Avg engagement / post
1.4%
Engagement vs followers
Nov 2022
On Mastodon since
🔥 Top post: Koan #26 “I’m smart!” “Why?” “I flipped this coin, and it came u · 47 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
1.2 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 12 text · 0 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
0.6×
Follows 1.6K back. A more reciprocal / networked account.
Recent posts
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I don't know that things happen "for a reason." If you can only connect the dots looking backwards, do they constitute a "reason?"
Well, they do constitute a "path." This is your path.
Whatever good happens in future, your past will be …
Important (as ever) short piece from @doctorow on why housing is unaffordable and yet is apparently affordable “on average” —
https://pluralistic.net/2024/10/24/i-dream-of-gini/
Everyone expects tech support to be a nightmare.
What if you turned it into a pleasant surprise?
That's an easy way to thrill customers and stand out. For companies of any size.
https://longform.asmartbear.com/tech-support-is-sales/?utm_so…
If you have a Pixel, or are thinking of getting one, or want to feel good about yourself for not having gotten one, you’ll definitely want to read @doctorow on un-disable-able tracking:
https://pluralistic.net/2024/10/08/water-thats-not-we…
Every time you say “no” to a new thing, you’ve given yourself the gift of time, and attention, and energy, and focus.
The more “no,” the better.
Unless you’re in an “explore” phase in life, in which case, do the opposite.
Obsession brews in the quiet spaces — the walk, the shower, the drive, the middle of the night.
Then it explodes into the insight — during the podcast, during an unrelated comment, and again the middle of the night.
Obsession yields result…
Talk is cheap because supply exceeds demand.
Everyone says "have passion to succeed," but you also need competence. And luck. And something that other people actually value.
Passion is not sufficient, sorry.
Similes are like similes, but metaphors are metaphors.
It’s funny how often “growth” means “finally seeing and accepting the truth about ourselves or the world.”
Emotion growth, I guess?
"To experience time travel, read.
To achieve immortality, write."
—James Clear
🐘 Community & instance
Home server
noc.social
Their home server on the fediverse — the instance a creator picks signals the community they belong to.
✅ 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
Nov 2022
Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 13 views per post.
📤Posts about 1.2× per week.
🛡️ Audience credibility
89/100
Excellent
Credibility score
99%
Real
Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 99% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Strong engagement (~1.4% of followers engage each post) — an active, real audience.
- Verified account.
- Established account (3+ years old).
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
About
Founder of two unicorns (Smart Bear, WP Engine), writer for 15 years, breaks things down only to build back stronger.
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