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960
Account age
3 yrs
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📊 Post engagement
4
Avg engagement / post
0.4%
Engagement vs followers
Oct 2022
On Mastodon since
🔥 Top post: Open source isn't always as open as it seems. Here's a session b · 7 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
1.7 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 11 text · 1 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
2.7×
Follows 350 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.
Recent posts
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🔍 We are looking for a venue for next year's #FOSSBack in Berlin!
As this year's location might not be available, we need a budget-friendly alternative for 200–300 people with space for 3 stages, catering, and a hallway track.
Any suggesti…
This is another session from our Human Factor track by Dawn Foster at #FOSSBack 2023 on "Contributor Growth Strategies for OSS Projects." A talk on how to build a long-term contributor strategy and measuring community sustainability over t…
Dawn Foster and Peculiar C. Umeh were at #FOSSBack 2025 and during their session "Data to Action: Build Healthy & Sustainable OSS Communities" they shared tools and techniques to build healthy and sustainable OSS projects, ways to interpre…
Shauna Gordon-McKeon (@shauna) joined us at #FOSSBack 2025 with an interesting session under the Human Factor Track on "Relationship Problems in Open Source" ands shared how common open source problems can be viewed through a relational le…
This session by Alexia Georghiou on "Resilience Practical Application & Science" from #FOSSBack 2021 under the Human Factor track is still as relevant as it was then. It covers the benefits of support, self care, and so much more.
Watch th…
Three speakers, Nina Rojc, Leia Ruffini, Kola Ojoodide joined us at #FOSSBack 2025 during their session "Bridging the Gap Between Designers & Open Source Communities" and shared their ongoing findings and early tools to make open source mo…
How often should you contribute to open source?
Ruth Ikegah during her session on "Best Practices for an Effective Open Source Contribution" at #FOSSBack 2023 suggests frequently, but that you should prioritize making valuable contribution…
Ruth Ikegah, Technical Content Manager and GitHub Star. Alongside Matt Cantu Snell , a graduate assistant with the University of Nebraska at Omaha, joined us at #FOSSBack 2022 with a session on "A Better DEI Badge - Made By You" A talk on …
So we are starting something. Every week, we will be sharing recordings from past FOSS Backstage editions, but this time, grouped by theme.
We are kicking off with the Starter Kit track, a set of talks for anyone who is new to open source …
Over the years, FOSS Backstage has hosted some of the most honest and practical conversations in open source. A lot of those conversations live in our archive, and we think more people should find them.
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This one reframes how you think about security.
Elio Qoshi and Anxhela Maloku introduced the concept of "usability vulnerabilities" at #FOSSBack 2026. Go watch it now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vctZaoDzq2k&list=PLq-odUc2x7i_CkIlwiKrI…
🐘 Community & instance
Home server
floss.social
Their home server on the fediverse — the instance a creator picks signals the community they belong to.
✅ 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
Oct 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 4 views per post.
📤Posts about 1.7× per week.
🛡️ Audience credibility
75/100
Good
Credibility score
92%
Real
Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 92% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Engagement (~0.4% of followers engage each post) is around typical for Mastodon.
- Verified account.
- Established account (3+ years old).
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
About
Community, Management, and Compliance – #FOSSBack is a two day conference dedicated to everything related to #FLOSS governance and open collaboration: open source project leadership, community management, project metrics, Open Source strategy for enterprise, #InnerSource/#OSPO, legal matters when dealing with #FOSS and many more. The next edition of FOSS Backstage will take place March 2027.
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