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Followers
525
Account age
5 yrs
💰 Suggested sponsorship rate
$40 – $65 / sponsored post
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🧰 Free analysis for Joe Ferguson
Known for
📊 Post engagement
6
Avg engagement / post
1.1%
Engagement vs followers
Mar 2021
On Mastodon since
🔥 Top post: Happy php-8.6.0alpha1 day to everyone who's celebrating 🎉 #php · 27 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
2.4 / week
Posts several times a week.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 11 text · 1 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
3.1×
Follows 171 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.
Recent posts
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RE: https://phparch.social/@phparch/117010948867947764
Live Now!
#PHP 8.6 Deprecations are open for voting. Lots of things to review; might want to pack a snack when you vote: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/deprecations_php_8_6
#opensource #rfc
8.3 was arbitrary; nothing was stopping me from going to 8.5 other than phpBB/media wiki limitations.
Custom login auth forces everything to auth through phpBB, which is gated through a service key check: you have to be a service subscrib…
3 apps, all running on 5.6 before I started.
Now PHPBB and MediaWiki are extracted to subdomains, and the main site app at the root domain is also upgraded to 8.x.
Skipped 7.x entirely. 5.6 -> 8.3 + each app is isolated and can run on its …
I no longer maintain any PHP 5.x code. #legacy #php
RE: https://phpc.social/@merge/116892791788651534
Really enjoyed presenting this for MergePHP, if you manage #servers make sure you check out #ansible if you're not using any kind of configuration management tool
Bonus section showing off …
Five Million People in U.S. Trained in Mental Health First Aid
https://www.thenationalcouncil.org/news/five-million-people-trained-in-mental-health-first-aid/
#mentalhealth #mentalhealthfirstaid
RE: https://phpc.social/@longhorn/116822882086105571
CFP Closes today! Submit your talks! #phpc #speaking
If you have opinions on what should be in PHP properties robots.txt for our various sites or if we should block or guide LLM agents, I'd like to hear about it: https://github.com/php/infrastructure/issues/40#issuecomment-4836908034
#phpc #…
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🐘 Community & instance
Home server
phpc.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
Mar 2021
An established account with real history on the platform.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2021 — 5 years ago.
👁️Averages 6 views per post.
📤Posts about 2.4× 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 (~1.1% of followers engage each post) is around typical for Mastodon.
- Verified account.
- Established account (5+ years old).
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
About
DevOps Dev. PHP 8.6 Release Manager. Writer. Open Source, Linux, Python, PHP, Ansible, ❤️ DevOps. ⚽, 🏒, & 🏎 Fan. Trying to make a difference. Just happy to be here.
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