Wes Hardaker

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Followers
103
Account age
3 yrs

Known for

My self-conversation at 05:15 Wise self: You should go hiking Lazy self: Nah, it looks cold, dark and foggy Wise self: You should go hiking Lazy self: Well, ok... but lets not carry the big camera Wise self: You might miss something important Lazy self: But my shoulder hurts Wise self: GET IN THE CAR Always listen to your wise self #wildlife #wildlifeWednesday #nature #photography #photomonday #b502 views My self-conversation at 05:15 Wise self: You should go hiking Lazy self: Nah, it looks cold, dark and foggy Wise self: You should go hiking Lazy self: Well, ok... but lets not carry the big camera Wise self: You might miss something important Lazy self: But my shoulder hurts Wise self: GET IN THE CAR Always listen to your wise self #wildlife #wildlifeWednesday #nature #photography #photomonday #b Lines and Squares Tokyo, JP #textureTuesday #texture #photography #photomonday19 views Lines and Squares Tokyo, JP #textureTuesday #texture #photography #photomonday Your Long Journey Begins Here Tokyo, JP #photography #photomonday #fotografie #fotomontag #blackandwhite More recent work: https://photos.capturedonearth.com/TemporaryExhibits/Recent19 views Your Long Journey Begins Here Tokyo, JP #photography #photomonday #fotografie #fotomontag #blackandwhite More recent work: https://photos.capturedonearth.com/TemporaryExhibits/Recent Portals Tokyo, JP #textureTuesday #texture #photography12 views Portals Tokyo, JP #textureTuesday #texture #photography

📊 Post engagement

58
Avg engagement / post
56.3%
Engagement vs followers
Nov 2022
On Mastodon since

🔥 Top post: My self-conversation at 05:15 Wise self: You should go hiking La · 502 likes + reposts

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence
1.5 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly images
Recent: 5 text · 7 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
0.6×
Follows 169 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.

Recent posts

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🔥 Top post My self-conversation at 05:15 Wise self: You should go hiking Lazy self: Nah, it looks cold, dark and foggy Wise self: You should go hiking Lazy self: Well, ok... but lets not carry the big camera Wise self: You might miss something important Lazy self: But my shoulder hurts Wi… ★ 502
Does anyone know how many decision-reversal calls each FIFA world peace prize recipient gets? ★ 7 Not sure how I didn't tag this with #cat and #caturday too... duh... (though I did actually run out of room completely in the description, down to 0 characters left) ★ 1 Night Howler Tennessee Valley, CA, US #photoMonday #photography #wildlife #photomonday #wildlifeWednesday ★ 8 Portals Tokyo, JP #textureTuesday #texture #photography ★ 12 Took me a while today to convince my brain that somehow "suspense reports" was not the right terminology for what I was thinking about. ("expense reports" seem far more boring). ★ 1 Mere mortals will never experience the joy of refactoring a pile of spaghetti code into a new, cleanly designed class or interface that properly encapsulates all functionality. Lines and Squares Tokyo, JP #textureTuesday #texture #photography #photomonday ★ 19 Your Long Journey Begins Here Tokyo, JP #photography #photomonday #fotografie #fotomontag #blackandwhite More recent work: https://photos.capturedonearth.com/TemporaryExhibits/Recent ★ 19 I don't know if you saw this one too @davidrevoy ? (in book 2) ★ 1 At least I always win the arguments in my head. Slow Change China Camp State Park, CA, US #textureTuesday #photography #texture ★ 10

🐘 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 58 views per post.
📤Posts about 1.5× per week.

🛡️ Audience credibility

89/100 Excellent
  • Est. 99% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
  • Strong engagement (~0.6× 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

If a photographer and a computer scientist had a tug-of-war it would look like my brain. Diverse post warning: Dear reader, if you follow me expect posts you like and don't like. Currently trying to make the Internet better at Google. Affiliated Scientist at USC/ISI. Creator of Net-SNMP. DNS Root Server Operator. Photographer of the pretty, the wild and the small. Ex photography teacher. Hiker. Game maker.

📸 Gallery

My self-conversation at 05:15 Wise self: You should go hiking Lazy self: Nah, it looks cold, dark and foggy Wise self: You should go hiking Lazy self: Well, ok... but lets not carry the big camera Wise self: You might miss something important Lazy self: But my shoulder hurts Wise self: GET IN THE CAR Always listen to your wise self #wildlife #wildlifeWednesday #nature #photography #photomonday #b Night Howler Tennessee Valley, CA, US #photoMonday #photography #wildlife #photomonday #wildlifeWednesday Portals Tokyo, JP #textureTuesday #texture #photography Lines and Squares Tokyo, JP #textureTuesday #texture #photography #photomonday Your Long Journey Begins Here Tokyo, JP #photography #photomonday #fotografie #fotomontag #blackandwhite More recent work: https://photos.capturedonearth.com/TemporaryExhibits/Recent I don't know if you saw this one too @davidrevoy ? (in book 2) Slow Change China Camp State Park, CA, US #textureTuesday #photography #texture

🔀 Audience overlap

Estimated

Estimated shared audience with similar creators — useful for avoiding overlap (or doubling down) when planning a campaign.

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