Jim Spence ✓

@JimSpenceDundee · Dundee · joined 05 Feb 2011

Columnist at The Courier. Broadcaster and former Law Lecturer. ex BBC Sport Journo and former Dundee University. Free Thinker unencumbered by party loyalties.

83 078Followers

3 082Following

178 044Posts total

33.1KViews on collected posts

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Jim Spence ✓@JimSpenceDundee18 Sep

“The changes mean many roads policing officers now face drives of up to an hour to reach their base before starting their shifts behind the wheel. They're going to have to travel to and from Dalkeith before and after their shift, so there's a huge welfare concern here, which I 184 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Jim Spence ✓@JimSpenceDundee18 Sep

Closure of region's last road policing department a 'sad day' https://t.co/HnaU9wwz72 623 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Jim Spence ✓@JimSpenceDundee18 Sep

And also that the vast majority of Harris Tweed garments are also made outside of Scotland. 3.5K views · 18 likes · 4 reposts · 4 replies Open on X →

Jim Spence ✓@JimSpenceDundee18 Sep

Wait till the SNP learns half the wool used in Harris Tweed comes from England. As for Scotch, there is no requirement for barley to come from Scotland whereas all barley used in English Whisky will have to be English. Rest assured though: all the SNP's BS is 100% homegrown. 6.8K views · 60 likes · 5 reposts · 3 replies Open on X →

Jim Spence ✓@JimSpenceDundee18 Sep

There’s hope for all of us yet 😉 3.9K views · 21 likes · 2 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Jim Spence ✓@JimSpenceDundee18 Sep

I’ll check the diary Susan. Finest chapel in Dundee, should’ve been the cathedral😉 3.5K views · 6 likes · 1 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Jim Spence ✓@JimSpenceDundee18 Sep

Put brusquely and with brio, but belligerently brilliant all the same 😁 10.5K views · 60 likes · 5 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Jim Spence ✓@JimSpenceDundee18 Sep

@JimSpenceDundee we'd love to see you at St Mary's Forebank next weekend for Dundee Open Days if you have time. 10-4 on Saturday and 1.15 - 4 on Sunday. Thanks for replying - some great info came about because of that. 4.2K views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

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

Median views3 670this account924median for 10K–100K

Reach, %4.42%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.44%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	3 670	924	3.97×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	4.42%	3.62%	1.22×
Engagement rate	0.44%	1.52%	0.29×

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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

4.2K18 Sep

10.5K

3.5K

3.9K

6.8K

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623

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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

0.02%18 Sep

0.63%

0.26%

0.65%

1.01%

0.75%

0.16%

0.00%

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

What the audience does

Likes82.5%165 in total

Reposts8.5%17 in total

Replies6.0%12 in total

Quotes1.5%3 in total

Bookmarks1.5%3 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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