Faiz Siddiqui ✓

@faizsays · Washington D.C. · joined 04 Aug 2009

Tech reporter @washingtonpost. HUBRIS MAXIMUS: The Shattering of Elon Musk out NOW (St. Martin's). @faizsays.bsky.social | DMs open, Signal at 513-659-9944

12 611Followers

2 401Following

13 737Posts total

3.1MViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views53 677this account1 328median for 10K–100K

Reach, %425.64%this account4.18%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.30%this account1.94%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	53 677	1 328	40.4×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	4.3× audience	4.18%	102×
Engagement rate	0.30%	1.94%	0.16×

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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

25.4K22 Apr

2.8M25 Aug

77526 Aug

154.5K3 Sep

103.3K

3844 Sep

53.7K

4.9K

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

1.24%22 Apr

0.10%25 Aug

0.00%26 Aug

0.30%3 Sep

3.16%

2.08%4 Sep

1.07%

0.04%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.94%.

What the audience does

Likes77.2%5 878 in total

Reposts5.1%387 in total

Replies7.5%570 in total

Quotes8.0%612 in total

Bookmarks2.2%168 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

Reminds me of Musk on humanoid robots: "if we don’t [build it] someone else would. … I guess we should make it and make sure it’s safe." has no one come up with a more compelling argument yet 4.9K views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 04 Sep 2026 this is where i scratch my head at a "pause" discussion across all the AI companies no one is forcing you to keep moving forward except yourselves even in the face of what you position as existential threats 53.7K views · 478 likes · 60 reposts · 25 replies 04 Sep 2026 So Tesla self-certified the Cybercab as complaint with federal vehicle safety standards despite its lack of a steering wheel or pedals. NHTSA has questions https://t.co/bWL5gViMzc 384 views · 4 likes · 2 reposts · 2 replies 04 Sep 2026 the fact that multiple Tesla influencers are using the Cybercab launch to criticize the working class people shuttling them to the event is a little on the nose, a real tell into how antisocial a phenomenon this is 103.3K views · 3K likes · 148 reposts · 71 replies 03 Sep 2026 Of all days to get the Uber from hell. First driver can’t speak English, can’t initiate the ride, then kicks me out. Second driver treats the front entrance like it’s classified. Meanwhile Tesla is launching Cybercab in Austin today — no wheel, no pedals, just a vehicle that h 154.5K views · 354 likes · 28 reposts · 78 replies 03 Sep 2026 SpaceX set the stage for this by declaring a total addressable market of $28.5 trillion, mostly fueled by AI (the biggest current driver of its losses) 775 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 26 Aug 2026 According to WSJ, Anthropic will likely tell investors that its potential revenue is above $30 trillion. https://t.co/K76qzyvBml 2.8M views · 1.7K likes · 128 reposts · 373 replies 25 Aug 2026 I assure you the release of my book HUBRIS MAXIMUS: The Shattering of Elon Musk on the same day as this is an insane coincidence but I will promote the hell out of it regardless https://t.co/ITzY02GLeR 25.4K views · 269 likes · 21 reposts · 21 replies 22 Apr 2025