Keri Blakinger

@keribla · joined 04 Sep 2009

Reporter @propublica. Fellow @newamerica. Priors: @marshallproj @latimes @HoustonChron. Author: Corrections in Ink. Journalist, felon. (I promise I don't bite)

59 181Followers

2 492Following

44 607Posts total

27.3KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

7 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. ordinary reach for its size, weaker reaction than most.

Median views1 941this account942median for 10K–100K

Reach, %3.28%this account3.24%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.46%this account1.99%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	1 941	942	2.06×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	3.28%	3.24%	1.01×
Engagement rate	1.46%	1.99%	0.73×

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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

1.9K4 Sep

18.4K

1.4K5 Sep

619

202

2.6K

2.1K6 Sep

Last 7 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

1.46%

0.35%5 Sep

0.32%

1.98%

1.17%

4.82%6 Sep

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

What the audience does

Likes82.7%421 in total

Reposts5.1%26 in total

Replies3.3%17 in total

Quotes0.2%1 in total

Bookmarks8.6%44 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

Happy Labor Day weekend from me and this amazing knockoff Lego set that probably should not exist https://t.co/vBR3tkSjiF 2.1K views · 87 likes · 9 reposts · 6 replies 06 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

excellent read about last year's Burning Man homicide https://t.co/JA8sDQ1Xxp 2.6K views · 28 likes · 3 reposts · 0 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@keribla I love that they are evolving from the CO’s spitting out their chew in the visit room in front of me and then later giving the spit jar to incarcerated ppl to dry it out and make cigarettes with. 202 views · 4 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@keribla Randilee Giamusso is such an unserious name that I’m doubting that it’s even real. 619 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@keribla And why are they suspending it? 1.4K views · 4 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

After BOP decided to pause allowing prisoners to buy nicotine pouches, I asked them why they allowed it in the first place & they said to combat criminal orgs trafficking contraband. I told someone who'd been incarcerated there this and they asked if that meant the staff.. 18.4K views · 249 likes · 14 reposts · 4 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Hey quick question how do you think Medusa feeds all those snakes. Like what are the logistics does she dip her head in a tank of mice every few days 1.9K views · 47 likes · 0 reposts · 6 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

THREAD: When I got arrested, a woman I met my first day in jail told me I should take notes on everything and someday write a book. A decade later, I FINALLY have – and now you can buy it here. I wish she had lived to see this. https://t.co/oYo31iYVkr 0 views · 4.5K likes · 678 reposts · 201 replies 18 Sep 2021 · Open on X →