Politics & Education

@PoliticsAndEd · So Cal · joined 22 Sep 2013

Ryan Allen—Associate Professor, @SokaUniv. International ed, China, place & space. Read my long-form at College Towns.

14 513Followers

1 532Following

27 382Posts total

2.5KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Politics & Education@PoliticsAndEd21 Sep

Streets for All’s recent viral video criticizing LA’s palm trees was celebrated in urbanist circles but lampooned by others. I break with my fellow urbanists and defend the palm tree. It’s a debate between function-over-form vs. aesthetics. https://t.co/yL7D9xmFCk

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Politics & Education@PoliticsAndEd20 Sep

Bakersfield oil fields. This place could be a Dubai in California. https://t.co/r5AegOlfs5

537 views · 14 likes · 2 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Politics & Education@PoliticsAndEd19 Sep

Let’s race China to Mars. https://t.co/kyaXPMVIwf

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Politics & Education@PoliticsAndEd16 Sep

In 2012, Fisk University sold 50% of its stake in the painting to a museum for a much needed cash injection. Good art pays I guess. I cover this and more on College Towns: https://t.co/LvZWTFxIJi 83 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Politics & Education@PoliticsAndEd16 Sep

Radiator Building – Night, New York (1927) by Georgia O’Keeffe captures the simplistic beauty of the city. Just buildings and lights. https://t.co/u1jLFKENN8

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Politics & Education@PoliticsAndEd15 Sep

Adaptive Reuse Corner: Which one of these would you rather live in? A. Cafe B. Bank C. Church D. Mill E. Plane Vote on College Towns. https://t.co/uOrEeOlmX7

377 views · 1 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views457this account924median for 10K–100K

Reach, %3.15%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %2.19%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	457	924	0.49×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	3.15%	3.62%	0.87×
Engagement rate	2.19%	1.52%	1.44×

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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

37715 Sep

79416 Sep

60919 Sep

53720 Sep

12821 Sep

Last 6 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.80%15 Sep

2.90%16 Sep

0.00%

1.48%19 Sep

3.35%20 Sep

4.69%21 Sep

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

What the audience does

Likes71.7%43 in total

Reposts13.3%8 in total

Replies11.7%7 in total

Quotes1.7%1 in total

Bookmarks1.7%1 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.