Matt Baer✓
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Followers
4.9K
Account age
9 yrs
💰 Suggested sponsorship rate
$40 – $65 / sponsored post
Estimated from audience size & typical reach — every deal is negotiable and held in SocialDB escrow.
📊 Post engagement
25
Avg engagement / post
0.5%
Engagement vs followers
May 2017
On Mastodon since
🔥 Top post: Can anyone recommend some relatively affordable managed #Mastodo · 116 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
0.51 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 12 text · 0 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
4.6×
Follows 1.1K back. A more reciprocal / networked account.
Recent posts
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The new WriteFreely user moderation features are up as a pull request now! Any feedback is welcome! As soon as we get that, I'll put out our v0.17.1 release.
https://writing.exchange/@writefreely/116942358055397806
In case you missed it, there was a critical #WriteFreely release sent out yesterday -- all admins should upgrade as soon as possible.
I'm working on another release today that patches one regression and makes it easier to clean up spam use…
RE: https://writing.exchange/@matt/116892063022007430
Thanks to everyone for the recommendations here!
We ended up working with @mastohost to drastically reduce our database storage, which brought costs down a ton (almost $200/mo).
Now we'…
We've already had to adjust our content retention settings to stay within our storage limits -- we currently delete content older than 5.5 years, which isn't ideal for an instance that's been running for 9 years. Still, our database grows …
I finally deleted #Threads recently because their algorithm is annoying, they gave up on #fediverse support, and their app is loaded with UX dark patterns.
I still use #Instagram because the people I meet in person do, and organizing http…
The point I'm at in life right now is that I'd rather be in real life than virtual. I get more satisfaction from human interactions than cyber ones. It's making it hard to exist in cyberspace, which overwhelms me, than meatspace, which is …
I've been wanting to write an essay on my thoughts on AI for a while now, after all these years in the hype cycle, drowning in slop.
So yesterday I finally sat down and wrote a long one summing up my criticisms and current outlook, after u…
(and my creaky bones)
Only remembering my age these days thanks to the shifting targeted advertisements I receive on my personal ad device.
Who else is in Montreal for #FediMTL? Let's meet up! I'm around until Wednesday.
Posting to the masses instead of texting a friend who would understand is just crowdsourcing human connection. Send toot.
🐘 Community & instance
Home server
writing.exchange
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
May 2017
An OG fediverse account from Mastodon's early years — a long, established presence.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2017 — 9 years ago.
👁️Averages 25 views per post.
📤Posts about 0.5× per week.
🛡️ Audience credibility
75/100
Good
- Est. 92% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Engagement (~0.5% of followers engage each post) is around typical for Mastodon.
- Verified account.
- Established account (9+ years old).
Est. authentic audience
92%
Fake-follower risk
Low
Data confidence
High
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
About
Photos, words, privacy, and the open web. Dreaming of another future. 📍 NYC
Founder @write_as :writeas: / https://musing.studio
Lead dev @writefreely :writefreely:
Co-organizer @nycphotostroll
Admin @ https://Writing.Exchange
Toots are searchable. #fedi22 #writing #stories #poetry #software #fediverse #web #photography
🔀 Audience overlap
EstimatedEstimated shared audience with similar creators — useful for avoiding overlap (or doubling down) when planning a campaign.
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