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Dave Cross

Dave Cross✓

Mastodon @davorg@fosstodon.org
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Followers
103
Account age
3 yrs
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The cover needs a few tweaks. But the first physical Perl School book is getting excitingly close.6 views The cover needs a few tweaks. But the first physical Perl School book is getting excitingly close. It's not every day you wake up and find you're featured on the front page of the site you use to sell your books! https://leanpub.com/4 views It's not every day you wake up and find you're featured on the front page of the site you use to sell your books! https://leanpub.com/ It's "checking out proofs" day here in Clapham. Real books available through Amazon imminently (probably later this week).2 views It's "checking out proofs" day here in Clapham. Real books available through Amazon imminently (probably later this week). For many years, I used this photo as part of the Magnum Solutions branding. It was on business cards, my website and talk slides. Google Photos "On This Day" has just reminded me that it was taken 20 years ago today. It's the Castlerigg Stone Circle, just outside of Keswick in the Lake District.2 views For many years, I used this photo as part of the Magnum Solutions branding. It was on business cards, my website and talk slides. Google Photos "On This Day" has just reminded me that it was taken 20 years ago today. It's the Castlerigg Stone Circle, just outside of Keswick in the Lake District.

📊 Post engagement

3
Avg engagement / post
2.9%
Engagement vs followers
Nov 2022
On Mastodon since

🔥 Top post: The cover needs a few tweaks. But the first physical Perl School · 6 likes + reposts

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence
0.14 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly images
Recent: 0 text · 11 image · 1 video.
Follower / following
2.9×
Follows 35 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.

Recent posts

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🔥 Top post The cover needs a few tweaks. But the first physical Perl School book is getting excitingly close. ★ 6
It's "checking out proofs" day here in Clapham. Real books available through Amazon imminently (probably later this week). ★ 2 I've just been sent a "Nigel Farage exposed the Bank of England's secret on Question Time" post - from a fake BBC News website. It's an obvious scam and it's easy to laugh. But there's an important question to answer here. How much longer … I've just been (mildly) bitten by a Markdown gotcha. Who can work out what problem this commit fixed? https://github.com/davorg/davecross.co.uk/commit/f8067d848417b5d3b082f8a336f744b494f83266 ★ 1 I'm rather enjoying this conversation with a scammer (even though I know it's, ultimately, pointless) 🙂 For many years, I used this photo as part of the Magnum Solutions branding. It was on business cards, my website and talk slides. Google Photos "On This Day" has just reminded me that it was taken 20 years ago today. It's the Castlerigg St… ★ 2 ▶ I understand that some of you will have objections to this (for perfectly reasonable reasons), but this is all AI. * Lyrics (ChatGPT - from an idea by me) * Song (Suno) * Image (DALL-E) * Lip sync (Runway) I think it's all pretty impressiv… When people have an unfortunate name and that leads to you getting an incredibly scary email 😕 It's not every day you wake up and find you're featured on the front page of the site you use to sell your books! https://leanpub.com/ ★ 4 Here's a great way to guarantee I'll never use your company again. ★ 2 The "call a general election" petition just passed 2,000,000 signatures. Still completely pointless though - parliament plays no part in the scheduling of general elections. I'm surprised that as many as 18% of Brits support Trump. I guess I don't talk to many Reform voters. https://yougov.co.uk/politics/articles/50752-who-did-britons-want-to-win-the-2024-us-presidential-election

🐘 Community & instance

Home server
fosstodon.org
A open-source software server — its members and audience skew toward that niche, so expect a community-aligned, engaged following.
✅ 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 3 views per post.
📤Posts about 0.1× 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 (~2.9% 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

I make things from software. Some of them are useful.

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It's "checking out proofs" day here in Clapham. Real books available through Amazon imminently (probably later this week). The cover needs a few tweaks. But the first physical Perl School book is getting excitingly close. I've just been sent a "Nigel Farage exposed the Bank of England's secret on Question Time" post - from a fake BBC News website. It's an obvious scam and it's easy to laugh. But there's an important question to answer here. How much longer will our finely-tuned bullshit detectors work against ever-im I've just been (mildly) bitten by a Markdown gotcha. Who can work out what problem this commit fixed? https://github.com/davorg/davecross.co.uk/commit/f8067d848417b5d3b082f8a336f744b494f83266 I'm rather enjoying this conversation with a scammer (even though I know it's, ultimately, pointless) 🙂 For many years, I used this photo as part of the Magnum Solutions branding. It was on business cards, my website and talk slides. Google Photos "On This Day" has just reminded me that it was taken 20 years ago today. It's the Castlerigg Stone Circle, just outside of Keswick in the Lake District. I understand that some of you will have objections to this (for perfectly reasonable reasons), but this is all AI. * Lyrics (ChatGPT - from an idea by me) * Song (Suno) * Image (DALL-E) * Lip sync (Runway) I think it's all pretty impressive. When people have an unfortunate name and that leads to you getting an incredibly scary email 😕

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