Pearls and Irritations ✓

@johnmenadue · Watsons Bay, Australia · joined 13 Mar 2013

John Menadue’s public policy journal. Progressive Australian analysis on politics, policy, world affairs, defence + society.

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18 879Posts total

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Pearls and Irritations ✓@johnmenadue8 Jul

Thailand is using its strong lottery culture to encourage informal workers to save for retirement – but questions remain about whether the scheme will change behaviour or fuel more gambling. https://t.co/1CsMkDi7Ni 934 views · 3 likes · 2 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Pearls and Irritations ✓@johnmenadue28 Apr

Court rulings have struck down NSW protest laws as unconstitutional, reaffirming that peaceful protest is a vital component of democratic life and cannot be curtailed by government overreach. https://t.co/4kbdf7XRB2 1.7K views · 75 likes · 49 reposts · 7 replies Open on X →

Pearls and Irritations ✓@johnmenadue28 Apr

In the latest in our Foreign Policy Rethink series, Mike Gilligan argues that Australia’s renewed focus on defence self-reliance is incompatible with its deepening commitment to AUKUS and nuclear submarines. https://t.co/Uba6m4MEjc 1.3K views · 30 likes · 27 reposts · 5 replies Open on X →

Pearls and Irritations ✓@johnmenadue28 Apr

Australian politics is shifting towards issue-based campaigning funded by small donors, leaving major parties struggling to adapt to a rapidly changing political environment. https://t.co/QB2mh0iujV 947 views · 13 likes · 17 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Pearls and Irritations ✓@johnmenadue28 Apr

The best way to stop the massive under-taxation of Australian LNG would be to fix the petroleum resource rent tax, but a quick second best would be a tax on export revenue. https://t.co/wFqiEMDAMw 726 views · 10 likes · 13 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

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

Median views934this account959median for 10K–100K

Reach, %6.10%this account3.33%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.64%this account1.86%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	934	959	0.97×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	6.10%	3.33%	1.83×
Engagement rate	0.64%	1.86%	0.34×

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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

72628 Apr

947

1.3K

1.7K

9348 Jul

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

3.31%28 Apr

3.17%

4.66%

7.92%

0.64%8 Jul

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.86%.

What the audience does

Likes50.0%131 in total

Reposts41.2%108 in total

Replies5.3%14 in total

Bookmarks3.4%9 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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