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Followers

1.6K

Account age

3 yrs

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📊 Post engagement

Avg engagement / post

0.1%

Engagement vs followers

Oct 2022

On Mastodon since

🔥 Top post: At Trader Joe's, a coffee shop, a military hospital and a real e · 1 likes + reposts

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence

1.6 / week

A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.

Content mix

Mostly text

Recent: 12 text · 0 image · 0 video.

Follower / following

7.3×

Follows 225 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.

Recent posts

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🐘 Community & instance

Home server

mas.to

A large general-interest Mastodon server. On the fediverse the server a creator picks hints at their community — this one spans all topics.

✅ 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 1 views per post.

📤Posts about 1.6× per week.

🕵️ Fake follower check

Estimated

52/100

Fair Credibility score

76%

Mixed Real audience

Medium Fake-follower risk

High Data confidence

Est. 76% real, active audience · Medium fake-follower risk.
Low engagement (~0.1% of followers engage each post) — a sign of an inflated or inactive audience.
Verified account.
Established account (3+ years old).

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

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About

Media reporter at The Washington Post. Still freelancing about town. Slate contributing writer. Every contributing editor. GW adjunct professor of journalism. Reach out securely on Signal at scottnover.99.