Steven Capsuto - Alt. Channels

Mastodon @stevencapsuto@techhub.social

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Followers

367

Account age

3 yrs

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I’m traveling in California. Here's the obligatory cheesy pic in front of the "Brady Bunch house" in Studio City. 😃 // Estoy de viaje en California. Aquí tenéis la inevitable foto sacada delante de la casa de "La tribu de los Brady", en Studio City.

4 views I’m traveling in California. Here's the obligatory cheesy pic in front of the "Brady Bunch house" in Studio City. 😃 // Estoy de viaje en California. Aquí tenéis la inevitable foto sacada delante de la casa de "La tribu de los Brady", en Studio City.

📊 Post engagement

Avg engagement / post

0.5%

Engagement vs followers

Nov 2022

On Mastodon since

🔥 Top post: I’m traveling in California. Here's the obligatory cheesy pic in · 4 likes + reposts

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence

1.9 / week

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

Content mix

Mostly text

Recent: 11 text · 1 image · 0 video.

Follower / following

1.5×

Follows 247 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.

Recent posts

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🔥 Top post I’m traveling in California. Here's the obligatory cheesy pic in front of the "Brady Bunch house" in Studio City. 😃 // Estoy de viaje en California. Aquí tenéis la inevitable foto sacada delante de la casa de "La tribu de los Brady", en Studio City. ★ 4

Incidentally, even though these specials aired in prime time in a fairly censored era... In 2026, YouTube won't let me monetize this video, apparently because CBS insisted on showing S&M gear (in its eagerness, in 1980, to link the Gay Ri… ★ 3 New video: "When CBS 'Did' the Gays." The story behind two infamous prime-time CBS News documentaries -- THE HOMOSEXUALS (1967) and GAY POWER, GAY POLITICS (1980) -- and how they ended up being as biased as they were. Made just 13 years ap… ★ 4 A 5-hour YouTube video?! Yup, but it's by Matt Baume and is therefore worth watching from start to finish, even if you have to view it in installments. Smart, entertaining, and important! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4F2ozwvybw&t=1s Video is the future, man! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLdTUdTAF4c ★ 1 Here's June Lockhart, gently challenging homophobia on a 1970 talk show. One of the other guests is Rev. Troy Perry. Lockhart, best known for the TV series "Lost in Space" and "Lassie," would have turned 101 years old today. She died last … I love good queer romance films, and this week I really enjoyed a very sweet gay-teen romance I saw for the first time: the Brazilian film "The Way He Looks" (2014). Very well made (though I have doubts about the plausibility of the final … ★ 1 RE: https://kolektiva.social/@MikeDunnAuthor/116755213486956727 Important history... ★ 1 June 15: Today in Queer TV History - HAPPILY DIVORCED with Fran Drescher (2011) and LOVE, VICTOR (2020). https://youtube.com/shorts/PS1wWnsN-Kc Happy Pride! My latest video: Philadelphia LGBT Pride 2004. (19 min.) I shot this 22 years ago for my friend Kay, who was one of the grand marshals that year. Perhaps some of you will spot yourselves here. 😀 https://youtu.be/kLbo5WS3TNw ★ 2 "Luddite" doesn't properly mean "fuddy-duddy who can't grasp tech and dislikes anything new." The Luddites were workers-rights activists who, when industries developed machines to replace workers, broke in at night and smashed the machines… ★ 2 I hate the insinuation that a corporation not celebrating Pride implies bigotry. It feels awfully close to "If you refuse to celebrate Christmas, you just hate Christians." There are plenty of companies whose owners and leaders actively wi… ★ 3

🐘 Community & instance

Home server

techhub.social

A tech 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 2 views per post.

📤Posts about 1.9× per week.

🛡️ Audience credibility

66/100

Good Credibility score

89%

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High Data confidence

Est. 89% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
Engagement (~0.5% of followers engage each post) is around typical for Mastodon.
Established account (3+ years old).

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About

Author: ALTERNATE CHANNELS: QUEER IMAGES ON 20TH-CENTURY TV. The lead historical consultant for VISIBLE: OUT ON TELEVISION on Apple TV+. Speaker: Video-illustrated talks about LGBTQ images on U.S. TV in the 1950s-2020s. In my day job, I'm a translator. NYC.