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Mastodon @codedbydan@mas.to

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Followers

329

Account age

3 yrs

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Known for

8 views it’s always a good day when i get to hang out with this lil guy #birds #birdsofmastodon #BirdsOfFediverse

📊 Post engagement

Avg engagement / post

2.1%

Engagement vs followers

Nov 2022

On Mastodon since

🔥 Top post: you lovely people on the fedi found me the best #vpn i’ve ever u · 21 likes + reposts

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence

0.59 / week

A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.

Content mix

Mostly text

Recent: 11 text · 1 image · 0 video.

Follower / following

0.6×

Follows 567 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.

Recent posts

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🔥 Top post you lovely people on the fedi found me the best #vpn i’ve ever used: @mullvadnet and now I am turning to #askFedi again about #eSIM when travelling in #europe / #eu. i’ve seen a lot of ads for #saily, but i’m curious if there’s a hidden gem out there? #technology #travel #sim #… ★ 21

I've been a fan of #OpenSource and #FOSS for a while now, but I've never had a project of my own to collaborate with others. My project “clings”, a feature-rich cli for Things 3 on macOS has 20 stars, 9 forks, and 3 contributors! I know t… ★ 5 #stlwx only knocked out "half" of our power. Apparently there are two phases of a breaker box, and the transformer out on the utility pole helps regulate that? Very interesting that some areas of the house work fine, while others don't. W… ★ 2

it’s always a good day when i get to hang out with this lil guy #birds #birdsofmastodon #BirdsOfFediverse ★ 8 This gives me a #selfhosted idea: - A pi-hole (DNS management) alternative or plugin that blocklists websites that do not meet a certain standard of #a11y, non-enshitification, et.c - The block page is not just empty, it could search news … ★ 7 It seems as though there are a lot of news outlets that are, in my opinion: user hostile. Lots of pop-ups, ads, opt-in to cookies, give us your email, etc. I would personally be willing to pay $0.25 - $0.99 per article (If it was easy/pri… ★ 6 i really, really, don't understand why anyone would want to live on #mars i’m already so tired of ads on ios, and next they’re coming to maps! ★ 1 We should do this for more things! https://letsbuyspiritair.com/ Just submitted my pledge! #spirit #spiritairlines #letsbuyspiritair "Will consumers see any of that money land in their pockets? Probably not, economics and legal experts say." I don't know why I expected anything other than this outcome. https://www.npr.org/2026/04/19/nx-s1-5786635/tariff-refunds-customs… Super exciting to see others interested in my “Things 3” CLI for #macOS called “clings”. Check it out: https://github.com/dan-hart/clings #indiedev #cli #things #things3 ★ 3 RE: https://floss.social/@fdroidorg/116086115016017602 this! and after, we should do apple! I know that is almost guaranteed not to happen, but with enough pressure, maybe?! #apple #google #hopeful

🐘 Community & instance

Home server

mas.to

A large general-interest Mastodon server. On the fediverse the server a creator picks hints at their community — this one spans all topics.

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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 7 views per post.

📤Posts about 0.6× per week.

🕵️ Fake follower check

Estimated

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 (~2.1% 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.

💚 Brand affinity

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About

Lead Mobile Engineer @ Under Armour 📱 Volunteer Mentor @  #LaunchCode 🚀 (https://www.launchcode.org/) Living in  St. Louis, MO 🇺🇸 (#StLouis #MO)  Interested in  #Swift, #iOS, #iosdev, and #photography / #cinematography 📸 Trying to make apps more accessible. #a11y ♿