Gabe Gottlieb

@xgabegottliebx · Cincinnati, OH · joined 21 Nov 2016

Professor of Philosophy, Xavier University, editing at Marginalia, lots of German Idealism. Self-positing since the 70s. All opinions belong to my 'I think.'

14 386Followers

1 181Following

12 464Posts total

2MViews on collected posts

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Gabe Gottlieb@xgabegottliebx11 Sep

Was in an existentialism class, a student asked the Prof what Sarte would think about the attack on the WTC. Unaware, thinking about '93, he said, perhaps, Sartre would think it justified. Two hours later I was sitting in an empty Bukowski's, with a beer, watching in disbelief. 4.1K views · 88 likes · 1 reposts · 4 replies Open on X →

Gabe Gottlieb@xgabegottliebx11 Sep

@xgabegottliebx The boy died. The boy the girl scratched died. The boy the girl the cat bit scratched died. The cat bit the girl. The girl scratched the boy. The boy died. 123.2K views · 2.8K likes · 12 reposts · 12 replies Open on X →

Gabe Gottlieb@xgabegottliebx11 Sep

@xgabegottliebx The boy died. He was scratched by the girl the cat bit. 81.8K views · 958 likes · 2 reposts · 4 replies Open on X →

Gabe Gottlieb@xgabegottliebx11 Sep

@xgabegottliebx Isn't this an example of something that ungrammatical (in that no speaker would say it) while being meaningful. The opposite of "colorless green ideas sleep furiously"? 197.1K views · 1.2K likes · 0 reposts · 10 replies Open on X →

Gabe Gottlieb@xgabegottliebx11 Sep

You probably don't think this is grammatical, but it is: "The boy the girl the cat bit scratched died." 1.6M views · 26K likes · 377 reposts · 423 replies Open on X →

Gabe Gottlieb@xgabegottliebx10 Sep

Taking up a new hobby - going to produce a Ramsey sentence for the theory of evolution. 1.1K views · 12 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Gabe Gottlieb@xgabegottliebx10 Sep

I've been working on the alignment problem all morning and I think I've actually figured something out, something important. Unplug the servers. That aligns with my values and aims. Done and done. 978 views · 26 likes · 1 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Gabe Gottlieb@xgabegottliebx15 Jul 2022

Check out my essay on Fichte over at @aeonmag. My first piece of public philosophy. I offer a brief intro to Fichte and highlight some ideas that are, I think, worth developing more today. Many thanks to Nigel (@philosophybites) for his editorial support! https://t.co/Y3MKn5KemE 0 views · 577 likes · 109 reposts · 20 replies Open on X →

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

Median views81 834this account924median for 10K–100K

Reach, %568.84%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.67%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	81 834	924	88.6×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	5.7× audience	3.62%	157×
Engagement rate	1.67%	1.52%	1.10×

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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

97810 Sep

1.1K

1.6M11 Sep

197.1K

81.8K

123.2K

4.1K

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

2.97%10 Sep

1.31%

1.67%11 Sep

0.59%

1.18%

2.27%

2.28%

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

What the audience does

Likes84.9%31 032 in total

Reposts1.1%393 in total

Replies1.3%457 in total

Bookmarks12.8%4 677 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

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