Followers
4,775
About this metric
Public follower count at check time.
Simon Tatham Mastodon stats
Mastodonsimontatham@hachyderm.io
Profile data checked Aug 6, 2026, 12:44 PM
Report generated Oct 6, 2026, 6:55 PM · Methodology
84/100
Mostly strong signals
Following
32
About this metric
Public following count at check time.
Posts
3,260
About this metric
Public post count reported by the network.
Typical post
59.5
About this metric
Median interactions across 40 sampled original posts.
Category scores
Out of 100Community response
Mixed
65/100
Posting rhythm
Mixed
75/100
Bio clarity
Strong
82/100
Topic consistency
Strong
85/100
Federated discovery
Strong
88/100
Post context
Strong
97/100
Profile basics
Strong
100/100
Media accessibility
Strong
100/100
Verified identity
Strong
100/100
Peer position
98 Mastodon profiles · Under 10K · updated Oct 6, 26Public engagement
89th percentile
Audit score
94th percentile
Bio and content
12 of 40 posts analyzedIdentifies a free-software developer and hobby mathematician, naming PuTTY and a portable puzzle collection as principal projects.
Audience
Programmers, free-software users, puzzle enthusiasts, and readers interested in mathematics, type theory, recursion, interfaces, and computing history.
Positioning
A technically rigorous personal profile centered on software development, mathematics, programming pedagogy, usability, and reflections on older computing projects.
Bio/content match
StrongNearly every sampled post concerns programming, software behavior, computing history, interfaces, recursion, type theory, or mathematical wordplay.
Public interactions on posts published in the last 30 days
21 posts in windowReply share
8%
Amplification
22%
Media descriptions
100%
Verified links
1
Profile directory
Listed
Network signals
Response consistency
78%
Sample: Median 59.5 / average 75.8
Hashtag coverage
18%
Sample: 7 of 40 posts
Verified links
1
Sample: 1 public profile fields
Profile discovery
On
Sample: Mastodon profile directory
Category details
Community response
Typical public response is below the network baseline, sparse, or concentrated in a few posts.
- 40 of 40 posts received interactions
- 59.5 median interactions per post
- 1.2% median interactions per follower
Posting rhythm
The captured sample shows frequent, current publishing.
- Newest visible post is 62 days old
- 21 posts published in the 30-day window
- 4.9 visible posts per week
Bio clarity
Identifies a free-software developer and hobby mathematician, naming PuTTY and a portable puzzle collection as principal projects.
- Calls himself a free-software developer and hobby mathematician.
- Names PuTTY as a major project.
- Names the Portable Puzzle Collection and explains what it is.
Topic consistency
Nearly every sampled post concerns programming, software behavior, computing history, interfaces, recursion, type theory, or mathematical wordplay.
- Several posts examine recursion examples and teaching methods.
- One post applies type theory to division on natural numbers.
- Three posts revisit a teenage WYSIWYG word processor and its usability decisions despite the requested format apparently being different—this clause is not allowed.
Federated discovery
The account is available to Mastodon discovery surfaces and uses searchable post signals.
- Profile directory enabled
- Public indexing enabled
- 18% of sampled posts used hashtags
Post context
Sampled original posts consistently provide visible text context.
- 40 of 40 posts included text
- 37 of 40 posts included at least 60 characters
Profile basics
The public profile has enough identity detail to evaluate quickly.
- Bio found
- Avatar found
- 1 public profile fields
Media accessibility
Every sampled media attachment had a description.
- 4 of 4 attachments described
- 100% media-description coverage
Verified identity
The profile uses Mastodon fields and verified links to establish identity.
- 1 verified links
- 1 public profile fields
- Public destination link found
Profile roast
A “free software developer” turning recursion and VGA nostalgia into sprawling wall-of-text posts makes this profile a nerd landfill.
simontatham@hachyderm.io · B · 84/100
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