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@dytolkienwisdom · The West · joined 01 Jan 2024

Drawing on the continuity between Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, Tolkien and others to gain insight from the past thus unraveling our ambiguous world.

12 960Followers

1 666Following

25 937Posts total

4.3KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown far beyond its own audience, and the audience reacts.

Median views771this account942median for 10K–100K

Reach, %5.95%this account3.24%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %2.73%this account1.99%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	771	942	0.82×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	5.95%	3.24%	1.84×
Engagement rate	2.73%	1.99%	1.37×

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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

1.4K4 Sep

6325 Sep

771

1.2K

2686 Sep

Last 5 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

2.73%4 Sep

5.85%5 Sep

7.91%

1.08%

0.75%6 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.99%.

What the audience does

Likes80.3%126 in total

Reposts11.5%18 in total

Replies3.8%6 in total

Quotes0.6%1 in total

Bookmarks3.8%6 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

Usury has always been a sin and it’s concerning how many Christians go along with it these days. 268 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 06 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Lust darkens the mind. This applies to both genders. 1.2K views · 11 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Tolkien was no da Vinci, but I've always appreciated the seeming joy that comes through in his paintings. I envision the good professor enjoying this creative process and though he was not spectacular, he was well above amateur level. Putting his literary creation on paper in h 771 views · 50 likes · 9 reposts · 2 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Tolkien does a masterful job of demonstrating the difference between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. The former is doing something for its own sake, such as doing what is right out of personal conviction that it is right. The latter is doing something for hopes of a reward h 632 views · 31 likes · 5 reposts · 1 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Where does Thorin Oakenshield rank amongst Tolkien's heroes of the Third Age? Arguably, he is very underappreciated. Consider the fact that he lost his home and many of his folk to a dragon attack when he was still quite young. He lost his father, grandfather, and magical ring, 1.4K views · 32 likes · 3 reposts · 2 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →