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Grant Smith Ellis ✓

@GrantSmithEllis

Disabled. A journalist at heart and in practice. Voted @NE_CANN Best News and Information Source. Views = own.

24 829Followers
6 124Following
66 993Posts total
558.2KViews on collected posts

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Clerk reads through the requirements of the rules for sealing of not-guilty. Rob will be on probation for two year and pay a $50 fee. The restrictions regarding Anne Marie McInnis and Bloomingdales will stay in place for two years, including conditions related to Rob linking to 7.8K views · 307 likes · 15 reposts · 52 replies Open on X →
@GrantSmithEllis Imagine killing a little boy, walking away with zero consequences, and then making it so that the boy’s father can never say your name again?!🤯 15.9K views · 208 likes · 21 reposts · 24 replies Open on X →
All charges that led to not-guilty findings will be sealed unless Rob doesn't want that to happen. 5.3K views · 177 likes · 7 reposts · 8 replies Open on X →
Rob Thomson stands with Bradl. Judge imposes the following sentence; 2 years of probation on the following conditions: Stay away/no contact with Anne Marie. Maintain medical treatment. Continue with medical treatment for brain jury. Rob is ordered not to post of any kind. 32K views · 421 likes · 34 reposts · 74 replies Open on X →
Judge notes Rob has no record in Massachusetts and he has no aggravating factors there. 5.4K views · 165 likes · 6 reposts · 3 replies Open on X →
Judge is back on the bench. 5.1K views · 122 likes · 4 reposts · 7 replies Open on X →
Judge has to go through some records to confirm Rob's full history. She will step off the bench for just a few minutes. 11.7K views · 199 likes · 8 reposts · 29 replies Open on X →
The biggest issue Mr. Thomson has is with executive function. He has trouble with tasks that require operating in a straight line. Mr. Bradl has noticed this while working with his client. It's hard, because of Rob's TBI, for him to keep his focus. He also has executive 11.4K views · 255 likes · 11 reposts · 16 replies Open on X →
Judge asks if Mr. Bradl wants to tell Judge more about Rob as a person? Bradl says Rob is 51 years old, he lost his son, he is disabled, he is raising his daughter, and he is doing his best. The mitigating factors here are that Rob lost his son and Rob had a brain jury. He 9K views · 252 likes · 15 reposts · 17 replies Open on X →
Bradl hopes that the court will consider Rob Thomson's loss of his son's Eddie's life. So often in trials, Bradl says, we see trials based on ill motives. Here, the evidence was ample and well-taken that Mr. Thomson was doing this for purposes of keeping his son's memory alive, 8.8K views · 209 likes · 10 reposts · 7 replies Open on X →
Bradl says the only conviction here is for a link to Bloomingdales on social media. As such, that is the only focus of sentencing. With respect to that RO violation, there was no evidence Mr. Thomson use of that constituted a violation of addendum A. There was no resultant 9.4K views · 252 likes · 19 reposts · 10 replies Open on X →
Mullen wants Rob banned from posting Anne Marie McInnis's name or picture on social media. 29.9K views · 126 likes · 7 reposts · 45 replies Open on X →
Mullen wants three years of probation for the single guilty on one HPO count. 11K views · 132 likes · 9 reposts · 27 replies Open on X →
Judge says posts have continued throughout this entire trial about this case. Judge says that the judicial system needs to protect jurors. Juror names will be impounded for two weeks, unless there is good cause to extend the impoundment. And, with that, Mullen on sentencing. 8.3K views · 135 likes · 4 reposts · 6 replies Open on X →
Before sentencing, Judge wants to address a few issues. Judge says she had to shut down the Zoom because someone posted screenshots of the Zoom. Judge says she saw a post from X of a still image. Also, Judge says Mullen brought attention to the Judge a post on social media 16.2K views · 178 likes · 4 reposts · 16 replies Open on X →
Mullen moves for sentencing. Judge asks if Anne Marie McInnis has an impact statement? No, she does not. Mullen does not need to speak with her. 9.7K views · 187 likes · 11 reposts · 13 replies Open on X →
Judge thanks jurors for their service. Judge says she has noticed all jurors have paid close attention. Judge says all parties and the courts are thankful for their service. Judge says that all jurors have paid attention and focused on the evidence presented. Judge says that 9.2K views · 249 likes · 10 reposts · 12 replies Open on X →
BREAKING NEWS🚨🚨🚨 The verdict in the Rob Thomson trial is as follows; Guilty on 1 count of HPO violation. Not guilty on all other counts, including witness intimidation. Count 1 HPO violation: Not guilty Count 2 HPO violation: Not guilty Count 3 HPO violation: Not guilty htt
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We're just waiting now as the parties take their seats. Judge says, "Okay, so we have a verdict. We'll now bring the jury in." 12K views · 210 likes · 12 reposts · 35 replies Open on X →
Judge takes the bench. 10.1K views · 148 likes · 9 reposts · 6 replies Open on X →
Court officer tells us we are about to hear the verdict read. Court officer asks for no outbursts. 9.2K views · 157 likes · 9 reposts · 10 replies Open on X →
There's a lot of movement in the courtroom. Clerks heading in and out, court officers moving about. We still do not have our jurors. 10.7K views · 173 likes · 5 reposts · 16 replies Open on X →
I say out loud to Emily See; "Ya' know, The Office is a great show." She breaks down laughing. I nod in approval. 11.3K views · 230 likes · 4 reposts · 8 replies Open on X →
The detective who runs the Stoughton Police explorers program has returned to the courtroom. I think he is a bit of a Dilbert character myself. Some call him Dwight Shrute. 10.1K views · 150 likes · 6 reposts · 8 replies Open on X →
Okay, we just got the cellphone warning in the courtroom and there are a lot of very intense men standing around grilling the gallery. I imagine this is all about to go down. 10.5K views · 154 likes · 7 reposts · 10 replies Open on X →
While we're waiting, I hear in the courtroom; "Ya' know, Billy Bulger was offered a judgeship and he turned it down!" Okay then. 9.4K views · 143 likes · 4 reposts · 7 replies Open on X →
I believe they are going to get the jurors now. Hold please. 10.5K views · 176 likes · 8 reposts · 18 replies Open on X →
We are still waiting for the jury in the courtroom. There are four court officers and the chief clerk standing around the juror box. The parties and counsel remain at counsel table. Three victims advocate sit behind the state. Rob has three rows of supporters. 10.6K views · 169 likes · 10 reposts · 5 replies Open on X →
Rob and Eddie's angels were at a restaurant down the street. They had just opened their food at the table when they got the news that a verdict was reached (via the Towel Signal). They sprinted back to the courtroom and arrived just now. They are in full Angels mode. 17.9K views · 265 likes · 10 reposts · 8 replies Open on X →
BREAKING NEWS: A verdict has been reached in the Rob Thomson trial. I am now in the courtroom and the parties gather awaiting Judge and the jury. Tense scenes as Kevin Mullen chats with security in the back. Tim Bradl, Courtney Healey and Rob sit at the defense table. 46.6K views · 288 likes · 22 reposts · 30 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

34 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown to more people than peers of the same size.

Median views10 488this account924median for 10K–100K
Reach, %42.24%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K
Engagement, %1.86%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K
MetricThis accountMedian for 10K–100KRatio
Median views per post10 48892411.3×
Reach (views ÷ followers)42.24%3.62%11.7×
Engagement rate1.86%1.52%1.22×

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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

8.3K15 Sep
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Last 14 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

1.74%15 Sep
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Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.

What the audience does

Likes85.6%6 805 in total
Reposts5.4%426 in total
Replies7.7%611 in total
Quotes0.8%62 in total
Bookmarks0.6%45 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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