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Laurie Macfarlane

@L__Macfarlane · Edinburgh, Scotland · joined 24 Nov 2010

Co-director @FutureEconScot. Fellow @IIPP_UCL. Co-author Rethinking the Economics of Land and Housing

23 031Followers
7 837Following
19 594Posts total
70.9KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

@L__Macfarlane What is maddening is the nationalists trying to find fault with the comparisons to England. The results are damning without comparisons. Year on year falls in standards. There is no excuses here, no deflecting. It’s shameful outcome made worse by the insulting SNP 313 views · 9 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →
From here: https://t.co/1JsN9l52Kp 1.1K views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →
Pisa results aren’t everything, but something has clearly gone wrong with Scotland’s education system over the last 20 years. Scotland used to top these charts - and it’s an area where blaming Westminster doesn’t wash. Serious change needed. https://t.co/HNmjO82gCg
50.4K views · 162 likes · 40 reposts · 49 replies Open on X →
The combined budgets of these bodies is less than £250m. By merging them into a single body, you might make 5-10% efficiency savings, if lucky. This is peanuts in the context of Scotland's £5bn budget gap. Hard to see how this achieves much. 8.2K views · 49 likes · 10 reposts · 17 replies Open on X →
New Scottish Government consultation out today on price caps on essential food items. Deadline for responding 25 November. https://t.co/tiAKUuFKkh 1.2K views · 6 likes · 4 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →
I’m honoured to have been appointed to Scotland’s third Just Transition Commission. Scotland stands at a critical juncture in its transition to a net zero economy, and over the next five years ambition must be matched by delivery. Crucially, a just transition isn't just about 2.3K views · 66 likes · 8 reposts · 6 replies Open on X →
The North Sea is in long-term decline - and climate policy isn’t the reason. New licenses won’t reverse that trend. Like it or not, Scotland must plan for life beyond fossil fuels. New analysis from @juanpedrocastr3 👉 https://t.co/jq9t4pgiyH https://t.co/3pogeptxfL
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7.3K views · 41 likes · 19 reposts · 25 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 views2 339this account999median for 10K–100K
Reach, %10.16%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K
Engagement, %0.97%this account1.92%median for 10K–100K
MetricThis accountMedian for 10K–100KRatio
Median views per post2 3399992.34×
Reach (views ÷ followers)10.16%3.62%2.81×
Engagement rate0.97%1.92%0.51×

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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

7.3K27 Aug
2.3K28 Aug
1.2K1 Sep
8.2K
50.4K8 Sep
1.1K
313

Last 7 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

1.22%27 Aug
3.42%28 Aug
0.97%1 Sep
0.94%
0.52%8 Sep
0.09%
3.19%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.92%.

What the audience does

Likes60.2%334 in total
Reposts14.6%81 in total
Replies17.8%99 in total
Quotes3.1%17 in total
Bookmarks4.3%24 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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