Matthias C. Rillig Mastodon stats

Typical public response is below the network baseline, sparse, or concentrated in a few posts.

• 30 of 40 posts received interactions
• 1.5 median interactions per post
• 0.12% median interactions per follower

Some sampled media attachments were missing descriptions.

• 1 of 11 attachments described
• 9% media-description coverage

The captured sample is stale or too irregular to show a reliable publishing rhythm.

• Newest visible post is 51 days old
• 13 posts published in the 30-day window
• 3.0 visible posts per week

The profile uses Mastodon fields and verified links to establish identity.

• 0 verified links
• 4 public profile fields
• Public destination link found

Identifies an ecology professor and Berlin lab focused on soil, global change, biodiversity, fungi, and academic-life communication.

• States “Professor (Ecology).”
• Names Freie Universität Berlin and the lab.

The account is available to Mastodon discovery surfaces and uses searchable post signals.

• Profile directory enabled
• Public indexing disabled
• 100% of sampled posts used hashtags

All 12 sampled posts support the stated ecology, soil, fungi, biodiversity, pollution, global-change, or research-communication themes.

• Multiple posts examine soil origins, persistence, carbon, and ecology.
• Mycorrhizal fungi and belowground microbiomes receive repeated coverage.
• Microplastics, nanoplastics, climate change, plants, and ecosystems match listed topics.

The public profile has enough identity detail to evaluate quickly.

• Bio found
• Avatar found
• 4 public profile fields

Sampled original posts consistently provide visible text context.

• 40 of 40 posts included text
• 40 of 40 posts included at least 60 characters