Michael Tomasky

@mtomasky · Washington DC · joined 21 Mar 2010

Editor, The New Republic (https://t.co/p5uYcEn10x), Democracy journal (https://t.co/ebHnxGYn0G).

29 123Followers

1 321Following

16 418Posts total

4.9KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Michael Tomasky@mtomasky29 Aug

@mtomasky This is why Tabitha's kids can see a way for DSA. 3 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Michael Tomasky@mtomasky14 Aug

@mtomasky It's not the billionaires that need to be under attack, according to Democrat socialists, it's the monster corporations that are unchecked by what was done in the past to stop monopolies, which nowadays is subverted. Since Democrat Socialists don't address that, many re 5 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Michael Tomasky@mtomasky11 Aug

@mtomasky Spot on in terms of the state of American capitalism, but how much “resurgent socialism” is, essentially, an affirmation that capitalism is out of control, and how much of what is surging is a thought-through socialist program? 34 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Michael Tomasky@mtomasky11 Aug

If the form of capitalism that we have now in this country continues unchecked and unchanged, socialism’s popularity will rise and rise. https://t.co/jomxiWHLgJ 1.1K views · 14 likes · 5 reposts · 4 replies Open on X →

Michael Tomasky@mtomasky10 Aug

These fraud-idiot free marketeers who bomb us with their propaganda and sing the praises of Adam Smith ought to take 10 minutes to go read about what an inveterate foe of monopoly Smith was. https://t.co/En6SN49C72 743 views · 5 likes · 4 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Michael Tomasky@mtomasky31 Jul

The Todd Blanche nomination mess in the Senate is truly one of those pass-the-popcorn moments for Democrats and liberals. But this fracas is more than mere entertainment. https://t.co/Tni78mU0k8 911 views · 5 likes · 1 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Michael Tomasky@mtomasky28 Jul

The party is on the cusp of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Seems to me that’s when a party needs to act. I know—we’re talking about the Democrats. Sigh. https://t.co/H0RytLhXHt 1K views · 7 likes · 0 reposts · 3 replies Open on X →

Michael Tomasky@mtomasky27 Jul

The Democratic Party is broke. Not just broke. In debt. To the tune of $2 million. The Republican National Committee, by contrast, has $128.5 million cash on hand. https://t.co/1PoM0WgbjH 1.1K views · 10 likes · 4 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. right around the median for its follower range.

Median views827this account924median for 10K–100K

Reach, %2.84%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.14%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	827	924	0.90×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	2.84%	3.62%	0.78×
Engagement rate	1.14%	1.52%	0.75×

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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

1.1K27 Jul

1K28 Jul

91131 Jul

74310 Aug

1.1K11 Aug

514 Aug

329 Aug

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

1.60%27 Jul

1.06%28 Jul

0.88%31 Jul

1.21%10 Aug

2.13%11 Aug

2.94%

0.00%14 Aug

0.00%29 Aug

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.

What the audience does

Likes57.5%42 in total

Reposts19.2%14 in total

Replies13.7%10 in total

Quotes5.5%4 in total

Bookmarks4.1%3 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.