Connor O’Brien ✓

@cojobrien · Washington, DC · joined 26 Oct 2011

Fellow @IFP. Thinking about: high-skilled immigration reform, building pro-family cities, and the godforsaken New York Mets. Definite optimist.

13 053Followers

2 577Following

5 617Posts total

114.8KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

6 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views14 589this account949median for 10K–100K

Reach, %111.77%this account3.23%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.62%this account2.00%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	14 589	949	15.4×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	111.77%	3.23%	34.6×
Engagement rate	0.62%	2.00%	0.31×

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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

38.4K25 Aug

40.6K31 Aug

5.5K1 Sep

1.1K2 Sep

17.5K3 Sep

11.6K4 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

0.27%25 Aug

0.59%31 Aug

0.66%1 Sep

1.05%2 Sep

0.99%3 Sep

0.23%4 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 2.00%.

What the audience does

Likes76.2%492 in total

Reposts8.7%56 in total

Replies5.4%35 in total

Quotes1.4%9 in total

Bookmarks8.4%54 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

Hot off the presses: everything you wanted to know about the proposed H-1B fee rule, including its highly suspect legal basis: https://t.co/vjAGjmbueA 11.6K views · 20 likes · 6 reposts · 0 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

.@Jason is far off the mark here and has not read the details of the fee rule. The H-1B fee will generate ZERO dollars to train American workers. The rule explicitly directs all revenues to immigration-related functions at DHS, DOJ, DOL, and DOS. 17.5K views · 150 likes · 19 reposts · 5 replies 03 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Long night at the Table of Success. 1.1K views · 11 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 02 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

While positive (albeit reflexive and insincere) defenses of the O-1A visa category are appreciated, you should probably check whether "if they're talented, they can just get an O-1" is actually true before you say it. It's usually not true. 5.5K views · 32 likes · 4 reposts · 0 replies 01 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

On the O-1 visa: "Many of America's best immigrants would not have been eligible. What's the best way to identify exceptional people?" Absolutely correct that the criteria for O-1 visa do not encompass all the top talent whose presence would massively and unambiguously benefit 40.6K views · 202 likes · 20 reposts · 13 replies 31 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

Accepting H-1B petitions in the order that will maximize tax revenue: 1. Raises average pay by >50% (>$50k), better protecting US workers and selecting higher-skilled workers 2. Kills the outsourcing model 2. Raises tens of billions of dollars in new tax revenue over a d 38.4K views · 77 likes · 7 reposts · 16 replies 25 Aug 2026 · Open on X →