Stephen Pimentel ✓

@StephenPiment · San Francisco Bay Area · joined 22 Oct 2012

Researcher and writer: @palladiummag, @unherd, @im_1776, @AntigoneJournal, @FDRLST. Classics, political philosophy, governance futurism.

13 749Followers

1 769Following

117 284Posts total

4.9KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

6 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. below its peers on both reach and engagement.

Median views240this account964median for 10K–100K

Reach, %1.74%this account3.25%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.29%this account2.01%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	240	964	0.25×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	1.74%	3.25%	0.54×
Engagement rate	1.29%	2.01%	0.64×

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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

3.9K27 Aug

140

2495 Sep

258

230

204

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

1.38%27 Aug

2.86%

1.20%5 Sep

1.94%

0.87%

0.00%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 2.01%.

What the audience does

Likes72.0%59 in total

Reposts8.5%7 in total

Replies1.2%1 in total

Bookmarks18.3%15 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.

Latest posts

Jensen’s line to Dwarkesh about a loser mindset correctly characterizes a great deal of life. 204 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Almost no uses of the phrase “Platonic form” have anything to do with Plato. 230 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

The Silver Lyre of Bronze Age Ur, 2600 BC https://t.co/V6FTlCam3v 258 views · 5 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Saw a writer refer to “some Catholic version of Mardi Gras.” Dude, that’s the original Mardi Gras. 249 views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Special thanks to the @palladiummag editor who provided detailed feedback on an earlier draft. Il miglior fabbro. 140 views · 4 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 27 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

My article on what is at stake in the Odyssey. Civilization must be actively recovered through cunning and endurance. Remember what matters and read reality clearly. It is best to live in an expansive age; the second best is to battle all the way home. https://t.co/Wr4gjhsQnZ 3.9K views · 45 likes · 7 reposts · 1 replies 27 Aug 2026 · Open on X →