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David Gorski, MD, PhD

@gorskon · Detroit, Michigan, USA · joined 26 Oct 2009

Surgeon/scientist promoting science-based medicine and deconstructing quackery. Editor, Science-Based Medicine blog. Also: @gorskon.bsky.social. (He/him.)

72 909Followers
1 899Following
109 082Posts total
34.5KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Yup, more or less. The idea is that AI is inevitable, and the only way to make sure it doesn't kill us is to be the ones to develop it—and faster than everyone else. These AI companies are full of this belief system, which has its roots in 1990s-2000s rationalism. 2.2K views · 21 likes · 5 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →
Vaccines do not cause breast cancer, and the amount of radiation used in mammograms is so small that the additional lifetime risk due to screening is minimal. 5.5K views · 174 likes · 36 reposts · 20 replies Open on X →
I do so love to bask in the adulation of my fans. 2.5K views · 19 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →
Definitely the same vibes. 2.4K views · 27 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →
An anti-vax organization is holding a conference in Pennsylvania just after two infants died from measles during a very large, ongoing measles outbreak. Gives vibes of when the NRA goes to town after a mass shooting... https://t.co/QpPITQEnJU
4K views · 41 likes · 10 reposts · 19 replies Open on X →
Vaccines do not fucking cause breast cancer. https://t.co/DkaHGz8sGp
8.8K views · 264 likes · 28 reposts · 21 replies Open on X →
Coming from antivaxxers, every accusation is a confession. Because the creed of antivaxxers is that, a priori, vaccines are dangerous and ineffective. No real study needed. No amount of evidence can change that. No amount of scientific evidence can persuade them. 6.4K views · 157 likes · 29 reposts · 90 replies Open on X →
@gorskon Left can’t meme. Also, over 100k tweets. Are you a doctor or a ‘paid voice of science’ Remember when you idiots declared science settled? And then we find out transmission wasn’t even tested 👍 You ARE the exact enemy the left screams about. 🤫 2.8K views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views3 358this account990median for 10K–100K
Reach, %4.61%this account3.66%median for 10K–100K
Engagement, %1.54%this account1.61%median for 10K–100K
MetricThis accountMedian for 10K–100KRatio
Median views per post3 3589903.39×
Reach (views ÷ followers)4.61%3.66%1.26×
Engagement rate1.54%1.61%0.96×

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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

2.8K26 Aug
6.4K28 Aug
8.8K7 Sep
4K8 Sep
2.4K
2.5K
5.5K
2.2K16 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

0.07%26 Aug
4.43%28 Aug
3.62%7 Sep
1.84%8 Sep
1.18%
0.79%
4.23%
1.24%16 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.61%.

What the audience does

Likes70.4%703 in total
Reposts10.9%109 in total
Replies15.4%154 in total
Quotes1.6%16 in total
Bookmarks1.6%16 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.

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