Ben McCombe ✓

@BenMcCombe

History, politics, economics, science, music and most importantly, debating with strangers online. Often US-focused. @unimelb alum

1 416Followers

4 026Following

22 251Posts total

1MViews on collected posts

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Ben McCombe ✓@BenMcCombe18 Jul

@BenMcCombe I like how the blue angels and everyone involved is like “holy shit, what a fuck up” while the secdef and head of the Air Force are praising it and demanding more. We are a clown country ran by retards. 1.9K views · 149 likes · 1 reposts · 5 replies Open on X →

Ben McCombe ✓@BenMcCombe18 Jul

Seen here: 60.7K views · 185 likes · 14 reposts · 4 replies Open on X →

Ben McCombe ✓@BenMcCombe18 Jul

He was shaken up by the incident & hasn't flown since. Hopefully, he can get back into the air as soon as possible once the review is over & any issues are rectified. Seems like a good man who made an error, owned up to it & is holding himself accountable. This is the way. 45.6K views · 1K likes · 55 reposts · 23 replies Open on X →

Ben McCombe ✓@BenMcCombe18 Jul

The Blue Angel pilot responsible for the low turning pass has spoken to Rep. Michelle Salzman. As was quite obvious, it wasn't a stunt or a deliberate low pass over the crowd as many think it was. He misjudged his turn onto the show line and overshot above the crowd. https://t.

897.2K views · 4K likes · 546 reposts · 293 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

4 posts from the last 90 days, next to the under 10K follower range. shown to more people than peers of the same size.

Median views53 160this account4 175median for under 10K

Reach, %3754.24%this account250.82%median for under 10K

Engagement, %1.47%this account1.41%median for under 10K

Metric	This account	Median for under 10K	Ratio
Median views per post	53 160	4 175	12.7×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	37.5× audience	2.5× audience	15.0×
Engagement rate	1.47%	1.41%	1.04×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

897.2K18 Jul

45.6K

60.7K

1.9K

Last 4 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.55%18 Jul

2.38%

0.34%

8.01%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for under 10K accounts is 1.41%.

What the audience does

Likes75.3%5 297 in total

Reposts8.8%616 in total

Replies4.6%325 in total

Quotes2.4%169 in total

Bookmarks9.0%630 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

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