Ray Powell ✓

@GordianKnotRay · Stanford University · joined 22 May 2009

https://t.co/rn0ADorvlK Director / Co-host of @IndoPacPodcast #osint #southchinasea #grayzone #podcast

21 912Followers

3 899Following

15 224Posts total

404.5KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Ray Powell ✓@GordianKnotRay8 Sep

🤦‍♂️ If this kind of thin-skinned jingoistic 🇨🇳 wolf-warrior crap wasn't so on-brand you could be forgiven for thinking it was all a set-up. Truly, who could have thought it was a winning plan to deliver the 🇵🇭#Philippines' defense secretary -- a man well known for his media sav

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Ray Powell ✓@GordianKnotRay4 Sep

Pretty much what I've been seeing: "...what the numbers actually show is a world adjusting to the new reality of great-power competition, feeling forced to choose one side without the luxury of liking it." 🇺🇸🇨🇳 1.3K views · 9 likes · 5 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Ray Powell ✓@GordianKnotRay3 Sep

“Fears that public opinion has tilted toward China are overblown.” Read @AdamYLiu1 on why most of the world still prefers to partner with the United States. https://t.co/RFwE7T1HuK 10.3K views · 34 likes · 5 reposts · 4 replies Open on X →

Ray Powell ✓@GordianKnotRay28 Aug

🇨🇳#China's state media tabloid @globaltimesnews seizes the opportunity of the horrific 🇳🇵#Nepal mudslide disaster to rail against "🇹🇼#Taiwan independence separatist forces ... exploiting the tragedy to advance divisive agendas", before reminding us that "Taiwan is also an https:/

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Ray Powell ✓@GordianKnotRay28 Aug

#Opinion: Recently, a severe mudslide struck the #Gyirong border port between #China and #Nepal. However, some “Taiwan independence” separatist forces have turned the natural disaster into a tool for political manipulation, exploiting the tragedy to advance divisive agendas and h

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Ray Powell ✓@GordianKnotRay22 Aug

"IS THE ALLEGATION TRUE?". That's the question 🇨🇳@Chinaembmanila's spokesperson Ji Lingpeng asks the 🇵🇭#Philippines' public to evaluate (below). The answer is so blatantly & obviously 🚫"NO! IT'S DISINFORMATION!" that no professional diplomat should want to be associated with htt

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Ray Powell ✓@GordianKnotRay22 Aug

An article on the Manila Times on August 15 alleged that “the Teodoro-led raid on Sanjia in May was an integral part already — albeit unspecified — of the Paparo report.” It revealed that “the Pentagon released a plan to convert the 3,000-hectare Phividec industrial estate — htt

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Ray Powell ✓@GordianKnotRay16 Sep 2024

I'm deeply gratified for opportunity to help @60Minutes bring the story of the 🇵🇭#Philippines' valiant struggle to the world. 331.1K views · 2.1K likes · 574 reposts · 570 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

7 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views11 472this account924median for 10K–100K

Reach, %52.35%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.04%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	11 472	924	12.4×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	52.35%	3.62%	14.5×
Engagement rate	1.04%	1.52%	0.68×

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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

331.1K16 Sep

12.4K22 Aug

11.5K

19.7K28 Aug

3.5K

10.3K3 Sep

1.3K4 Sep

14.7K8 Sep

Last 8 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

1.00%16 Sep

0.40%22 Aug

1.04%

0.38%28 Aug

1.67%

0.44%3 Sep

1.11%4 Sep

2.96%8 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.

What the audience does

Likes63.4%2 729 in total

Reposts16.7%717 in total

Replies14.3%616 in total

Quotes0.8%33 in total

Bookmarks4.9%211 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.