James Heppell
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Followers
45
Account age
1 yrs

Known for

📊 Post engagement

1
Avg engagement / post
2.2%
Engagement vs followers
Nov 2024
On Mastodon since

🔥 Top post: #CoMaps vs #OrganicMaps commits over the past year. 2,064 commit · 2 likes + reposts

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence
5.9 / week
Posts several times a week.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 8 text · 4 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
0.2×
Follows 205 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.
🔥 Top post #CoMaps vs #OrganicMaps commits over the past year. 2,064 commits (average ~40/week) to 2,010 (average ~39/week) Pretty comparable overall, with some variation in when each project has been more active. ★ 2
Fwiw, I authored two of the CoMaps commits (changes to English strings), none of the Organic Maps ones. Approximately 0.1% of the total 👀 Note: I used an LLM to generate this comparison graph, so figures may not be 100% correct, but they seem to match up very closely with the commit graphs and numbers for both repositories. RE: https://mastodon.world/@webstandards/116957453462624066 I've got my ticket (11 left now!) https://youtu.be/zkfJgsvxEI8?si=-r4r1gE6zGRddVwo&t=398 Meta glasses in testing recording at all times with alert, Instagram AI photo editing of other people's posts akin to Twitter Grok CSAM ...and React is doing great things for them as ever; not reusing code from iOS for equal functionality, and providing a bad experience on Android and the web (ie 90% of the world). I decided to archive my Instagram posts: Website: can't archive at all Android: can only archive regular posts, not videos iOS: can archive all, plus more video options not found elsewhere Meta continuing with their favourite three-tier sy… ★ 1 There is a certain irony in it having been almost a 100 years since the tram network closed in Exeter. While there's certainly been other advances in transport in that time, it is sad that it's taken so long to go full circle to get back t… I walked past a line of buses in town recently, alternating between the new electric and old diesels and the new ones are so much quieter it's fantastic. They're also a much more comfortable ride - acceleration and hills especially are far… RE: https://rail.chat/@trainsocexeter/116911729843999892 Woo!! Featuring @anepina ★ 2 Bike ride yesterday from Barnstaple to Ilfracombe. I got a phone mount just before going on this, very useful for doing a route I don't know. This started on the Tarka trail along the coast, which is a nice flat shared bike/walking path. A… ★ 1 Experienced "Decryption failed" in #Vivaldi for the first time. Happened after updating, fixed after restarting... ★ 1

🐘 Community & instance

Home server
social.vivaldi.net
A the Vivaldi community 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 2024
An established account with real history on the platform.

💡 Facts

🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2024 — 1 year ago.
👁️Averages 1 views per post.
📤Posts about 5.9× per week.

🛡️ Audience credibility

79/100 Good
  • Est. 95% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
  • Strong engagement (~2.2% of followers engage each post) — an active, real audience.
  • Verified account.
Est. authentic audience
95%
Fake-follower risk
Low
Data confidence
Medium

Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.

About

Tech stuff, especially Web and platforms. Also music, writing, biology & anything else I'm finding interesting. Currently studying at the University of Exeter and volunteering at Open Web Advocacy.

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