Edward Ongweso Jr ✓

@bigblackjacobin · Brooklyn, NY · joined 31 Jan 2013

co-host - @machinekillspod // The Tech Bubble - my tech newsletter // senior researcher - @SecurityContext // Luddite & decel // rep @ianbonaparte

64 867Followers

4 659Following

14 134Posts total

118.4KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views12 014this account2 578median for 10K–100K

Reach, %18.52%this account7.77%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.30%this account1.47%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	12 014	2 578	4.66×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	18.52%	7.77%	2.38×
Engagement rate	1.30%	1.47%	0.88×

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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

25.7K12 Aug

50.7K3 Sep

12K

18.9K4 Sep

7.1K

2.2K

1.8K

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

1.71%12 Aug

1.30%3 Sep

1.02%

1.41%4 Sep

5.01%

0.23%

0.93%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.47%.

What the audience does

Likes81.0%1 637 in total

Reposts7.4%149 in total

Replies3.3%67 in total

Quotes0.5%10 in total

Bookmarks7.8%158 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

The global supply chain is extractive! The idea behind these moves is to buy time to recalibrate it, no? Would you rather we let private monopolies set trade policy and come in to reshape your country’s economy? 1.8K views · 16 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 04 Sep 2026 Americans want a piece of the pie, suffering of the third world is just a small price they pay unwillingly in their crusade against private monopoly 2.2K views · 4 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 04 Sep 2026 Bernie is a Luddite which is why he’s correct. Whether or not you believe in the risk here, we should pursue safeguards and we should push for reforms that shift control over the direction of these technology from private to public hands! 7.1K views · 324 likes · 24 reposts · 5 replies 04 Sep 2026 Bernie is the only major politician trying to raise awareness of alignment risk, and he’s just being screamed at by the right for being a Luddite and the left for believing the hyperscaler hype. 18.9K views · 239 likes · 14 reposts · 10 replies 04 Sep 2026 on the 7th you should split an eighth, go to knockdown center, and make some new friends 12K views · 119 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 03 Sep 2026 I do think if we are doing suits, we gotta lean into a little more differentiation. I need someone to wear Huey Long suits. I need someone to wear painted suits. I need someone to Put On Some Color. 50.7K views · 605 likes · 8 reposts · 45 replies 03 Sep 2026 Mamdani inherited a sprawling surveillance state. What is he going to do with it? Wrote about the gang database, NYCHA surveillance cameras, Domain Awareness System, the POST Act, and more for @NYMag https://t.co/MZq17ppEPZ 25.7K views · 330 likes · 102 reposts · 5 replies 12 Aug 2026