Joe Brockmeier
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Followers
2.2K
Account age
3 yrs

Known for

📊 Post engagement

95
Avg engagement / post
4.3%
Engagement vs followers
Nov 2022
On Mastodon since

🔥 Top post: I really, truly hate how accurate this is. #politics #democrats · 497 likes + reposts

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence
4 / week
Posts several times a week.
Content mix
Mostly images
Recent: 0 text · 11 image · 1 video.
Follower / following
2.1×
Follows 1K back. A more reciprocal / networked account.
🔥 Top post I really, truly hate how accurate this is. #politics #democrats ★ 497
A Sam and a Willow for #caturday #catsofmastodon ★ 40 May we all meet the chaos clear-eyed and well-rested. #xkcd #timechange #daylightsavings ★ 15 Went to get a tshirt this morning. Sir Wobbles was in the drawer almost immediately. #cats #catsofmastodon ★ 147 The upstairs trio have become, shall we say, accustomed to receiving treats when I’m in the kitchen. Here they are, just watching me expectantly until I do the right thing… #catsofmastodon #cats #TripleCat ★ 159 Sir Wobbles helping me recuperate. #catsofmastodon #caturday ★ 83 Radar dealing with being outranked. #catsofmastodon #dogsofmastodon ★ 35 Meg wanted a disaster/apocalypse movie for the fourth, so we watched “2012”. She was pleased with the amount of destruction, but declared it the dumbest movie ever. I think I’ve seen dumber movies, but I’ll confess I’m having trouble reme… ★ 2 Well, one bright spot for today: I got my digital copy of the July issue of @clarkesworld right on schedule. Punting it over to my eReader to read tonight. The cover looks fantastic, and I'm eager to get started on the stories... #Scifi … ★ 14 Believe it or not, sometimes I take pictures of things that aren’t cats. These are Meg’s fuchsias, they just struck me as especially nice today. ★ 23 Sam gets a pill every morning. Sam does not like getting a pill every morning. He is hiding from Meg under the couch. We’ll see if that strategy pays off… #catsofmastodon #cats ★ 43 Sir and Cupcake doing their Statler and Waldorf impression. Then Sir decides it’s time to sprawl out. “Personal space? Never heard of it.” #catsofmastodon #caturday ★ 76

🐘 Community & instance

Home server
hachyderm.io
A tech & engineering server — its members and audience skew toward that niche, so expect a community-aligned, engaged following.
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 95 views per post.
📤Posts about per week.

🛡️ Audience credibility

80/100 Excellent
  • Est. 97% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
  • Strong engagement (~4.3% of followers engage each post) — an active, real audience.
  • Established account (3+ years old).
Est. authentic audience
97%
Fake-follower risk
Low
Data confidence
High

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

About

Longtime open-source user, advocate, and contributor. I’ve been working with and writing about Linux and open source since 1999. Now writing for LWN.net (@lwn). Become a subscriber here if you're not already! https://lwn.net/subscribe/ I post about Linux, free and open-source software (FOSS), music, cats, politics, writing, and anything else that comes to mind. Hates gen-AI slop. "When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade, without further introduction." Mark Twain

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