David Folkenflik

@davidfolkenflik · New York, N.Y. · joined 29 Dec 2007

My plagiarism defense will be that I didn't plagiarize @davidfolkenflik, my sentences merely overlapped with his.

115 978Followers

3 192Following

62 747Posts total

1.9MViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

7 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views51 700this account12 273median for 100K–1M

Reach, %44.58%this account3.89%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.26%this account1.25%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	51 700	12 273	4.21×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	44.58%	3.89%	11.5×
Engagement rate	0.26%	1.25%	0.21×

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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

120.3K11 Nov

1.5M28 Aug

27.6K

4.1K1 Sep

77.4K2 Sep

116K

51.7K

1.8K3 Sep

Last 8 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%11 Nov

0.26%28 Aug

1.09%

0.05%1 Sep

0.11%2 Sep

0.16%

2.08%

0.44%3 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.25%.

What the audience does

Likes72.3%4 298 in total

Reposts17.7%1 053 in total

Replies5.0%299 in total

Quotes3.6%216 in total

Bookmarks1.3%76 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

Guessing she's got a lot better chance than Kalshi would suggest here. But Senator Collins here is pulling the classic Nixon rhetorical move of saying she would not condescend to do the precise thing she then immediately and unsubtly does 1.8K views · 8 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 Now routinely found at the bottom of NPR stories online: https://t.co/EAUWYXSOTH 51.7K views · 978 likes · 87 reposts · 4 replies 02 Sep 2026 JUST IN: Susan Collins on campaigning against Troy Jackson: “I'm not going to bring up the fact that the mother of his two children is his second cousin” (POLITICO) 32% chance she wins the Maine Senate race https://t.co/W17UtL3Whi 116K views · 135 likes · 11 reposts · 36 replies 02 Sep 2026 Newest scam: An email purportedly from the host of a well-known NPR show, wanting to interview me about my research, with a good summary of one of my books. Strange that it came from a gmail address, but looked legit? I replied cautiously. /1 77.4K views · 60 likes · 6 reposts · 18 replies 02 Sep 2026 And there was to be much rejoicing in the land https://t.co/Jg8Sp8nW2y 4.1K views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 01 Sep 2026 What was that third one again? 27.6K views · 254 likes · 35 reposts · 13 replies 28 Aug 2026 "The FBI previously refused to hire job applicants if they admitted to hiring sex workers or stealing from an employer — or engaging in acts of bestiality. Today, those acts, which are mostly illegal across the country, are no longer automatic deal breakers for applicants to the 1.5M views · 2.6K likes · 886 reposts · 174 replies 28 Aug 2026 Ok folks! I’m now also over on the place where the skies are blue Same handle as ever Still here and on 🧵 s Come say hi 👋🏼 https://t.co/6xnZQM61Ze 120.3K views · 238 likes · 28 reposts · 54 replies 11 Nov 2024