Kevin Yank

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Mastodon @sentience@hachyderm.io
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Followers
454
Account age
3 yrs

Known for

@gruber Regarding your post about @thurrott writing a book on Markdown, I bet your younger self would have also been surprised to see this in iOS. :) (Settings → Apple Account → Sign-in & Security → Automatic Verification)1 views @gruber Regarding your post about @thurrott writing a book on Markdown, I bet your younger self would have also been surprised to see this in iOS. :) (Settings → Apple Account → Sign-in & Security → Automatic Verification)

📊 Post engagement

4
Avg engagement / post
0.9%
Engagement vs followers
Nov 2022
On Mastodon since

🔥 Top post: Very sad that #StarfleetAcademy will not continue after the (cli · 12 likes + reposts

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence
0.63 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 9 text · 3 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
0.9×
Follows 501 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.

Recent posts

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🔥 Top post Very sad that #StarfleetAcademy will not continue after the (cliffhanger!) ending of Season 2. It’s the best first season of #StarTrek in perhaps the franchise’s entire history, with a killer cast and fresh, well-scripted stories that blend old and new incredibly well. I will re… ★ 12
@tvforecastapp Any chance you might add Trakt check-in support? I’ve usually got the app open when I’m starting to watch a show, so my preference is to Check In so that my watch timestamp for an episode corresponds to when I finish the epi… @penaddict Hey Brad! Our local pen group meetup here in Melbourne, Australia has been recording its talks and posting them on YouTube. The latest one by a couple of local makers came out pretty well, and I thought it might be of interest t… ★ 1 @launchbar Is this something you need to fix, or more likely to be a problem with one of my installed actions? @jsnell Your account and @upgrade seem to have blurted out a bunch of old Upgrade episodes… @soapboxsoftware in Indigo for Mac, what is the “All” button at the top-right that turns into an “Undo” button when you click it? It doesn’t have a tooltip and I’m finding it quite inscrutable. @gruber Regarding your post about @thurrott writing a book on Markdown, I bet your younger self would have also been surprised to see this in iOS. :) (Settings → Apple Account → Sign-in & Security → Automatic Verification) ★ 1 @viticci Pocket Casts generated transcripts aren’t perfect. 😆 Artemis II crew’s message of hope and unity in their live interview with ABC News made me cry. #artemis2 #nasa ★ 4 With the launch of its new displays, particularly the Studio Display XDR, #Apple has lost me as an enthusiast customer. https://kevinyank.com/posts/apple-has-lost-me-as-an-enthusiast-customer/ ★ 3 @tg Trying Current, I’m having a little trouble getting my head around the “Mark Read” action that is the default swipe-left action. What is its intended use? The FAQ says “there’s no concept of read vs unread”, but that seems to not be tr… @eikedrescher FYI I’m a longtime Pocket Casts user trying Queue for the first time. The first feature that I don’t think I can give up from Pocket Casts is choosing the default playback speed per show. (I like 1.5× for most shows, but ther… ★ 1

🐘 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.
✅ 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 4 views per post.
📤Posts about 0.6× per week.

🛡️ Audience credibility

76/100 Good
  • Est. 85% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
  • Content engagement (~0.9% of followers) is around typical for Mastodon.
  • Verified account.
  • Established account (3+ years old).
Est. authentic audience
85%
Fake-follower risk
Low

Heuristic estimate from view-through, engagement vs size and recent growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.

About

Principal Architect (Front End Engineering) at Culture Amp. Fan of Star Trek (Subspace Radio: https://subspace.fm), performer at Impro Melbourne (https://www.impromelbourne.com.au), past CTO, author, podcaster at SitePoint. Privileged cis white man living on Wurundjeri land. Sovereignty was never ceded.

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@launchbar Is this something you need to fix, or more likely to be a problem with one of my installed actions? @gruber Regarding your post about @thurrott writing a book on Markdown, I bet your younger self would have also been surprised to see this in iOS. :) (Settings → Apple Account → Sign-in & Security → Automatic Verification) @viticci Pocket Casts generated transcripts aren’t perfect. 😆

🔀 Audience overlap

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