Bruce Davie

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Followers
813
Account age
3 yrs

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I spent the last two days hiking with @Christybon across the Bogong high plains from Cope Hut to the Fainters. Day 1 started with perfect weather as we followed the Australian Alps walking track for the first 10km. #hiking #bushwalking #Bogong 1/n67 views I spent the last two days hiking with @Christybon across the Bogong high plains from Cope Hut to the Fainters. Day 1 started with perfect weather as we followed the Australian Alps walking track for the first 10km. #hiking #bushwalking #Bogong 1/n Thanks to the person on the Fediverse who posted a guide on how to draw a black cat starting with a potato. Here is my effort (from memory, having lost the toot). #catsofmastodon #drawing57 views Thanks to the person on the Fediverse who posted a guide on how to draw a black cat starting with a potato. Here is my effort (from memory, having lost the toot). #catsofmastodon #drawing My wife went swimming in Footscray this morning so I had her drop me off by the pool and then I ran home along the Maribyrnong river and up the Stockyard trail, back through Royal Park to the inner North. Brilliant day for a run and a nice change of scenery. #melbourne #running30 views My wife went swimming in Footscray this morning so I had her drop me off by the pool and then I ran home along the Maribyrnong river and up the Stockyard trail, back through Royal Park to the inner North. Brilliant day for a run and a nice change of scenery. #melbourne #running Woke up around sunrise the next day and walked to the saddle between Fainters North and South. After a beautiful sunrise, and a rainbow, the rain arrived so we returned to camp for a damp breakfast and packed up for return trip. No detour via Jaithmathang on the return, saving a few hours. A lot of 27 views Woke up around sunrise the next day and walked to the saddle between Fainters North and South. After a beautiful sunrise, and a rainbow, the rain arrived so we returned to camp for a damp breakfast and packed up for return trip. No detour via Jaithmathang on the return, saving a few hours. A lot of

📊 Post engagement

20
Avg engagement / post
2.5%
Engagement vs followers
Nov 2022
On Mastodon since

🔥 Top post: I spent the last two days hiking with @Christybon across the Bog · 67 likes + reposts

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence
0.7 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly images
Recent: 0 text · 12 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
1.1×
Follows 740 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.

Recent posts

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🔥 Top post I spent the last two days hiking with @Christybon across the Bogong high plains from Cope Hut to the Fainters. Day 1 started with perfect weather as we followed the Australian Alps walking track for the first 10km. #hiking #bushwalking #Bogong 1/n ★ 67
I’ve got a few ideas about how Kangaroo Island got its name #MacropodsOfMastodon #straya ★ 4 Roughly the same view yesterday with kangaroos #MacropodsOfMastodon ★ 1 Sunrise on Kangaroo Island #sunrise #straya ★ 1 My wife went swimming in Footscray this morning so I had her drop me off by the pool and then I ran home along the Maribyrnong river and up the Stockyard trail, back through Royal Park to the inner North. Brilliant day for a run and a nice… ★ 30 Thanks to the person on the Fediverse who posted a guide on how to draw a black cat starting with a potato. Here is my effort (from memory, having lost the toot). #catsofmastodon #drawing ★ 57 Well, now I’m glad I didn’t save this 2011 wine for a special occasion. I’ll never look down on a screw top wine again. ★ 9 Generative "AI" has no idea what it is doing, a story in four images. The first image is my original drawing (a Venn diagram) with a white background. The second is the same image after I removed the background using GIMP, i.e., made the b… ★ 8 Belatedly adding this photo of @Christybon making her way through the scrub on our descent from Mt. Jaithmathang. It was like this for most of the 3 hour bush bash, except sometimes the bushes were up to @Christybon head height. #bushbash … ★ 5 Woke up around sunrise the next day and walked to the saddle between Fainters North and South. After a beautiful sunrise, and a rainbow, the rain arrived so we returned to camp for a damp breakfast and packed up for return trip. No detour … ★ 27 We had lunch on the first day at the summit of Mt. Jaithmathang (1852m) and then followed a set of GPS waypoints along the ridge to avoid backtracking. Without doubt the hardest bush bash I’ve ever done. Took about 3 hours to cover 4km. Ce… ★ 11 First batch of #hotcrossbuns for the season. Some work to be done on my cross technique #baking #sourdough ★ 20

🐘 Community & instance

Home server
aus.social
A Australia 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 20 views per post.
📤Posts about 0.7× per week.

🛡️ Audience credibility

89/100 Excellent
  • Est. 99% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
  • Strong engagement (~2.5% of followers engage each post) — an active, real audience.
  • Verified account.
  • 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

Computer scientist/engineer/author/runner/cyclist. Former SF resident reunited with the world's finest coffee town. Co-founder/publisher at Systems Approach, LLC. Co-author of "Computer Networks: A Systems Approach" among other computing books. Occasional contributor to The Register. Searchable. Header photo: Melbourne city skyline seen through the trees from Yarra Bend. #nobridge

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I’ve got a few ideas about how Kangaroo Island got its name #MacropodsOfMastodon #straya Roughly the same view yesterday with kangaroos #MacropodsOfMastodon Sunrise on Kangaroo Island #sunrise #straya My wife went swimming in Footscray this morning so I had her drop me off by the pool and then I ran home along the Maribyrnong river and up the Stockyard trail, back through Royal Park to the inner North. Brilliant day for a run and a nice change of scenery. #melbourne #running Thanks to the person on the Fediverse who posted a guide on how to draw a black cat starting with a potato. Here is my effort (from memory, having lost the toot). #catsofmastodon #drawing Well, now I’m glad I didn’t save this 2011 wine for a special occasion. I’ll never look down on a screw top wine again. Generative "AI" has no idea what it is doing, a story in four images. The first image is my original drawing (a Venn diagram) with a white background. The second is the same image after I removed the background using GIMP, i.e., made the background layer transparent. The third image is an effort by Belatedly adding this photo of @Christybon making her way through the scrub on our descent from Mt. Jaithmathang. It was like this for most of the 3 hour bush bash, except sometimes the bushes were up to @Christybon head height. #bushbash #bushwalking 5/5

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