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📊 Post engagement
8
Avg engagement / post
0.1%
Engagement vs followers
Nov 2024
On Mastodon since
🔥 Top post: So proud of Dr. Ifat Gazia, my student and dear friend, who rece · 23 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
0.42 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 11 text · 1 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
23×
Follows 289 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
Recent posts
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So proud of Dr. Ifat Gazia, my student and dear friend, who received a standing ovation for her keynote this morning at DiGRA 2026 (the Digital Games Research Association annual conference) in Ireland. Ifat's dissertation (defended late last year) is about digital erasure - how …
Sometimes the body tells the mind to sit down and shut up. That's been the story of my summer, recounted here: https://ethanzuckerman.com/2026/08/10/the-eyes-have-had-it-a-mental-health-update-from-the-summer-of-sue/
The case for AI sovereignty is easier to make the more the Trump administration screws with Anthropic - my latest for Prospect: https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/technology/74050/trump-anthropic-ban-ai-sovereignty
I'm very grateful to DiGRA for showcasing three brilliant young scholars in this keynote session and for giving Ifat time to tell the story of her work, her Uighur collaborators and the ways in which game spaces can be a venue for connecti…
"The loyal client" is a concept that's been important to our lab over the past five years as we've tried to make social media better: it's the idea that the tools you use to access social media should meet your needs, not those of the plat…
I have the cover story this month in Prospect, titled "Social Media in the Dock". It's an examination of recent court decisions in California and New Mexico and their implications. https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/technology/inform…
Enjoyed this interview with InnovEU about the possibility of taxpayer-supported social media platforms and digital public infrastructure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_M7cU_8ofk&list=PLhPsYe80-Wq1bOuVZmZGso_Kr3W8biIpx&index=5
Had such a good time with Dexter and The Kill Switch podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=wbCtoLvgc4Q So appreciate getting to talk about internet economics in detail with a smart, thoughtful journalist.
Had a great time talking with Zachey Kliger about Meta's failed Metaverse bet, why Gen Z is suspicious of social media, and why XR is more interesting than VR: https://kligerscorner.com/blog/ethan-zuckerman-metaverse-ai/
Howard French on his new book, "The Second Emancipation", speaking at UMass Amherst: https://ethanzuckerman.com/2026/03/24/howard-french-the-second-emancipation/
"If, however, Trump is a fascist president, that does not mean that America is a fascist country." Excellent Jonathan Rausch essay, "Yes, It's Fascism" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/america-fascism-trump-maga-ice/685751/
New course, new blog post: "Where Should We Live?" - Will Climate Change Alter Where Americans Choose to Live? https://ethanzuckerman.com/2026/01/21/where-should-we-live-a-new-class-on-cities-migration-and-climate-change/
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social.coop
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On Mastodon since
Nov 2024
An established account with real history on the platform.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2024 — 1 year ago.
👁️Averages 8 views per post.
📤Posts about 0.4× per week.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated44/100
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.
About
UMass Amherst, Global Voices, Berkman Klein Center. Formerly MIT Media Lab, Geekcorps, Tripod.com
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