Stuart Gray

Mastodon @stuartgray@mastodonapp.uk

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Followers

159

Account age

3 yrs

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📊 Post engagement

Avg engagement / post

0.6%

Engagement vs followers

Nov 2022

On Mastodon since

🔥 Top post: The bad bits so far: * A total lack of Privacy. Everything (Post · 2 likes + reposts

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence

0.82 / week

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

Content mix

Mostly text

Recent: 12 text · 0 image · 0 video.

Follower / following

0.2×

Follows 775 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.

Recent posts

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🔥 Top post The bad bits so far: * A total lack of Privacy. Everything (Posts, Lists, Blocks, etc...) is always Public except Mutes & DMs (which aren't secure). * "Federation" appears impractical for all but well funded orgs. Full self-hosting appears costly and likely impractical. * Lack o… ★ 2

Another ToS update, this time Mozilla’s Firefox, and yet *another* misguided, misinformed and predictable outcry over “OMG they’re stealing our data’s!”, many from people who *really* should know better. Companies operate in various countr… Presumably the usual anti-capitalists on here will also be moaning about... checks notes... Mastodon seeking to raise money too ($5M USD) Funnily enough, I've yet to hear any of those complainers describe how to run a tech service at scale… I see the usual Mastodon folks are whining about “regular” people (who couldn’t care less about federation, let alone know what it is) trying to create a better, less toxic social media site that doesn’t rely on billionaires. 🤷‍♂️ I especi… Not a bad article about the continuing problems with Microsoft’s Recall, but it completely misses the “network effect” problem, which you have no control over i.e. other peoples computers. If you put sensitive information into a form or we… some level of privacy baked in e.g. private accounts, lists, bookmarks etc.., it's hard to see how it could ever be my sole social platform. Nobody works or operates in public *all* the time, 24/7. Maybe that's a good thing? Maybe it helps… ★ 1 I want to like Bluesky, overall the content & tone feels both more relaxed, grown up(?), perhaps more professional in nature and definitely reminds me of the best bits of Pre-Musk Twitter. However, the lack of privacy is a serious negative… First up the, good bits: * A familiar Twitter-like UI & experience. This is subjective but I just prefer the look, feel, and interactions of Bluesky. * The topics, posters, and content are better aligned with my world view & interests. Aga… ★ 1 I made an account on Bluesky at the start of the year intending to check it out but... life got in the way, and Mastodon was mostly good enough as a refuge from X at the time. With the sudden influx of users in recent days I started to hav… Ahh, I see Microsoft is in the “blame the users” phase aka “you’re using it wrong”. Microsoft: There’s nothing wrong with Copilot, it works perfectly fine in our hypothetically perfect simulated environment. It’s the real world network con… This Ben Affleck interview is one of the most insightful and informative descriptions of what current AI (LLMs, Image & Video gen), can and can’t do and the likely impacts. Yes, it focuses on on the film industry but Bens take applies just… ★ 1 Aha! An update on my mysterious Bluesky followers despite an empty profile... First of all, the majority have come in the last few days. Perhaps no suprise, give the widely reported mass exodus wave of users from Twitter (X) to Bluesky fol…

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Home server

mastodonapp.uk

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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 1 views per post.

📤Posts about 0.8× per week.

🕵️ Fake follower check

Estimated

66/100

Good Credibility score

89%

Real Real audience

Low Fake-follower risk

High Data confidence

Est. 89% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
Engagement (~0.6% of followers engage each post) is around typical for Mastodon.
Established account (3+ years old).

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

About

#UK #Software #Developer, #IT #Architect, #Web #Geek, #Python. Keen interest in #DigitalRights and #Privacy. Long-term interest in #AI, #MachineIntelligence, #MachineLearning, #ProcGen, #LLMs, #NLP, #DeepLearning, #ComputerVision, #ImageGeneration. Long time #Gamer, mostly #FPSs, #RPGs, #MMOs. Wannabe #GameDev, tinker with #Unity, combining #ProcGen & #AI in fun and sometimes #NSFW ways. #SciFi lover, #Trekkie, #StarWars, #Culture, & many more. #Book lover, #Centrist, #ProEU, #Rejoiner.

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Martin Vassor 14%

t-beest 13%

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