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Followers

12.5K

Account age

3 yrs

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Known for

"What does it feel like when an AI version of you takes your job?" writes Lucia Moses for Business Insider.
"That was the strange reality facing actor Ashley BeLoat when she came across an AI-generated remake of a series she had starred in."
https://www.businessinsider.com/actors-see-ai-versions-of-their-performances-in-new-shows-2026-7#:~:text=It's%20part%20of%20a%20wider,fought%20to%20attract%20

6 views "What does it feel like when an AI version of you takes your job?" writes Lucia Moses for Business Insider. "That was the strange reality facing actor Ashley BeLoat when she came across an AI-generated remake of a series she had starred in." https://www.businessinsider.com/actors-see-ai-versions-of-their-performances-in-new-shows-2026-7#:~:text=It's%20part%20of%20a%20wider,fought%20to%20attract%20

📊 Post engagement

Avg engagement / post

0.1%

Engagement vs followers

Mar 2023

On Mastodon since

🔥 Top post: An eye implant that can help blind people see again is poised to · 25 likes + reposts

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence

16.5 / week

Toots daily — consistently active for a campaign window.

Content mix

Mostly text

Recent: 11 text · 1 image · 0 video.

Follower / following

25×

Follows 502 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.

Recent posts

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🔥 Top post An eye implant that can help blind people see again is poised to hit the market in Europe. U.S.-based Science Corporation has received approval from the European Union to treat patients with its vision-restoring bionic eye. Read more from @Futurism: https://flip.it/aDW1mc #Tech … ★ 25

Despite concerns about AI overviews, some nonprofit news outlets see a surge in search traffic, reports @niemanlab. "In the second quarter of 2026, some nonprofit newsrooms saw their coverage of the primaries — especially voter guides — pa… ★ 6 Russia has charged Telegram founder Pavel Durov with aiding terrorism, claiming the popular messaging app had been used by Ukrainian spies to organise attacks. If convicted, the billionaire could face up to life in prison. https://flip.it/… ★ 3 How did private Claude chats end up in Google Search results and what can you do to prevent yours from leaking all over the web: https://flip.it/c6F56o #Claude #Anthropic #AI ★ 8 Google has introduced video selfie authentication for account login and recovery. PC World tells us why you should stick to established authentication methods: https://flip.it/LZjXHv #Tech #Google #Security ★ 8 Spending too much time on your phone? Just rely on your willpower. And when that fails in about three seconds, consider trying a cheap physical key to lock those addicting apps and get back to more important things. How it works: Physicall… ★ 5

"What does it feel like when an AI version of you takes your job?" writes Lucia Moses for Business Insider. "That was the strange reality facing actor Ashley BeLoat when she came across an AI-generated remake of a series she had starred in… ★ 6 Outside of Anonymous, a well-known group of hacktivists, there's one name that has become synonymous with hacktivism: Phineas Fisher. Here's what to know about the most prolific and public hacker who humiliated controversial spyware makers… ★ 9 Could alien signals be hiding in old telescope data? Researchers are looking beyond the radio frequencies they’ve focused on for decades and focusing on narrow-band signals. @Gizmodo has more, including why scientists are excited about thi… ★ 10 Last month’s earthquakes in Venezuela killed over 5,000 people and another 16,000 injured. Rescuers from around the world not only used trained dogs, seismic and acoustic listening devices, and thermal imaging cameras to search for signs … ★ 10 An Atlanta man was arrested last year as he arrived back in the U.S. because he allegedly provided border officials with a passcode that wiped the contents of his phone. The Justice Department is prosecuting him on destruction of data whil… ★ 14 Leaked document shows the surveillance tech at ICE’s fingertips in the U.S. @404mediaco reports: https://flip.it/lGcEP2 #ICE #Privacy #Technology ★ 12

🐘 Community & instance

Home server

flipboard.social

Their home server on the fediverse — the instance a creator picks signals the community they belong to.

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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

Mar 2023

An established account with real history on the platform.

💡 Facts

🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2023 — 3 years ago.

👁️Averages 10 views per post.

📤Posts about 16.5× per week.

🏅Earned the 10K Followers for passing 10K followers.

🛡️ Audience credibility

58/100

Fair Credibility score

81%

Real Real audience

Low Fake-follower risk

High Data confidence

Est. 81% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
Low engagement (~0.1% of followers engage each post) — a sign of an inflated or inactive audience.
Organic base — far more followers than accounts it follows.
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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Brands Flipboard Tech Desk's audience is most likely to respond to — from detected sponsorships in this niche.

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