Byron Tau

@ByronTau · washington, d.c. · joined 04 Sep 2008

propublica national security reporter formers: ap, wsj, politico, notus. author of 'means of control,' buy: https://t.co/AqikZqNtg3 signal: byrontau.01

48 782Followers

4 062Following

1 195Posts total

142.5KViews on collected posts

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Byron Tau@ByronTau29 Jun

A 6-3 Supreme Court this morning finds that "an individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy in his cell-phone location information" which requires a warrant to obtain. https://t.co/ZpxcAlhI6K 1.9K views · 11 likes · 2 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Byron Tau@ByronTau2 Jun

NEW from @KFFHealthNews and @AP: From festering infections to untreated cancer, ICE detainees across the US describe medical neglect in hundreds of court filings we reviewed over the past months. Link below. 3.7K views · 7 likes · 6 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Byron Tau@ByronTau26 Apr

An unusual request but if there were any Android users who attended the Substack party tonight at the Renwick who might be willing to donate some of their user data for investigative reporting, hit me up on Signal at byrontau.01. 4.4K views · 12 likes · 4 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Byron Tau@ByronTau13 Feb

@ByronTau @jbarro @asymmetricinfo Hmm I hadn’t realized they were on there but they appear to be fairly common on the “nacho recipes” google results, unlike olives on tacos which you will not find unless you add the world olives and get weirdo results. 862 views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Byron Tau@ByronTau13 Feb

@jbarro @bendreyfuss @asymmetricinfo And nachos have always been an American-Mexican fusion food, a bridge across countries if you will. https://t.co/zVIQHLdJia 1K views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Byron Tau@ByronTau13 Feb

@jbarro @bendreyfuss @asymmetricinfo GUYS, the reason olives became associated with white people Mexican food is because they are a common American tavern *nacho* topping. That's how they migrated to the taco salad! 13.5K views · 50 likes · 1 reposts · 5 replies Open on X →

Byron Tau@ByronTau6 Apr 2024

@ByronTau Two copies spotted on the New Book shelf at the Hyattsville MD library....I bought my own copy and passed it along to a colleague https://t.co/WIrHAwVHoH

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Byron Tau@ByronTau7 Mar 2024

@ByronTau Loving this book. Would love to do an interview with you when I'm done reading it! 645 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Byron Tau@ByronTau27 Feb 2024

@ByronTau Congratulations! 888 views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Byron Tau@ByronTau27 Feb 2024

It's publication day for Means of Control. https://t.co/aire1PgBYq Here it is at every stage. From left to right: June 2021 book proposal, Jan 2022 outline and reporting plan, October 2022 first draft, Fall 2023 galley and then the finished book. On shelves today! https://t.co/J

115.5K views · 238 likes · 44 reposts · 30 replies Open on X →

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1 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. ordinary reach for its size, weaker reaction than most.

Median views1 895this account928median for 10K–100K

Reach, %3.88%this account3.52%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.84%this account1.95%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	1 895	928	2.04×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	3.88%	3.52%	1.10×
Engagement rate	0.84%	1.95%	0.43×

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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

115.5K27 Feb

888

6457 Mar

606 Apr

13.5K13 Feb

862

4.4K26 Apr

3.7K2 Jun

1.9K29 Jun

Last 10 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.28%27 Feb

0.34%

0.31%7 Mar

3.33%6 Apr

0.42%13 Feb

0.29%

0.46%

0.38%26 Apr

0.38%2 Jun

0.84%29 Jun

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.95%.

What the audience does

Likes65.8%331 in total

Reposts11.3%57 in total

Replies8.0%40 in total

Quotes3.4%17 in total

Bookmarks11.5%58 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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