Paul Bakaus ✓

@pbakaus · San Francisco, CA · joined 03 Feb 2008

Renaissance geek (creativity × culture × tech). Product engineer before it was cool. Made @impeccable_ai, @radiant_shaders, @jqueryui | x-@google, @zynga

20 564Followers

676Following

16 083Posts total

95.3KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views3 676this account1 089median for 10K–100K

Reach, %17.88%this account3.50%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.62%this account2.00%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	3 676	1 089	3.38×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	17.88%	3.50%	5.11×
Engagement rate	0.62%	2.00%	0.31×

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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

21.8K22 Aug

20.3K23 Aug

11.4K25 Aug

27K28 Aug

2.8K

1.6K

2.3K1 Sep

4.6K

2.7K2 Sep

880

Last 10 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.09%22 Aug

0.24%23 Aug

0.58%25 Aug

0.94%28 Aug

0.40%

0.71%

1.24%1 Sep

0.61%

0.62%2 Sep

0.80%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 2.00%.

What the audience does

Likes62.5%424 in total

Reposts2.5%17 in total

Replies5.9%40 in total

Quotes1.5%10 in total

Bookmarks27.6%187 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

looking forward to this one! 880 views · 6 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 02 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Another edition of @Dessn_ai's Creative Machines - this time in SF! Kicking off with a fireside with two incredible, high-craft founders, @moeamaya and @pbakaus 🤩 Followed by fun trivia and a demo from our lovely users at @Color to finally see @k_grajeda's beautiful https://t.c 2.7K views · 7 likes · 2 reposts · 4 replies 02 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

this is very cool but the voiceover is incredibly…um…optimistic. no, this will not replace the need for stable user interfaces. cute demos like these dramatically misunderstand, or worse, belittle UI design. and this is commentary from somebody who loves the vision of 4.6K views · 25 likes · 0 reposts · 3 replies 01 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

those who try to shame you for attempting inbox zero live a pitiful existence there’s nothing more critical for mental load than closing open loops, and every read-but-unanswered email is an open loop that will live somewhere in your brain rent free. inbox zero ftw 2.3K views · 20 likes · 1 reposts · 7 replies 01 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@pbakaus This was fixed apparently! thanks @dkundel https://t.co/0SAMcvjvnR 1.6K views · 10 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 28 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

what OpenAI should do to fix: 1. strip any formatting from the freeform invitation copy 2. ensure there's explanatory official copy *before* the freeform copy the scammer can insert 2.8K views · 11 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 28 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

insane scam that uses OpenAI's *official* email infra: 1. scammer creates a openai org that has a name like "OpenAI x X Partnership" 2. scammer somehow manipulates the HTML email to hide the top, show only what they want, have tons of whitespace below, so gmail truncates the htt 27K views · 233 likes · 7 reposts · 13 replies 28 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

Be careful out there! Breaking down this very sophisticated and convincing phishing attempt that abuses @OpenAI systems to send the email out from their actual verified domain! This is how the email looks on the browser in light mode (below is what you see in dark mode on the 11.4K views · 51 likes · 4 reposts · 9 replies 25 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

this is one of my highly unpopular oss projects that i’m personally using even more often than @impeccable_ai 😅 20.3K views · 44 likes · 2 reposts · 2 replies 23 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

Anyone using https://t.co/eMB2cBCwsk by @pbakaus ? 👀 21.8K views · 17 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 22 Aug 2026 · Open on X →