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Followers
479.8K
Posts
36.3K
Following
845
Account age
15 yrs
💰 Suggested sponsorship rate
$2.7K – $4.4K / sponsored post
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Known for
5.4M views
Why do elite colleges pump students into the same five industries: law, medicine, tech, investing, and management consulting?
For answers, let’s turn to the philosopher René Girard.
5.2M views
Sam Altman's spent years refining his note-taking process. Here's exactly what he does.
2.7M views
I grew up in San Francisco, walking with my family by the Golden Gate Bridge. I still remember the thick and iconic chain railing that gave the place a sense of distinctiveness.
Now the chains are gone, and they've been replaced by a soulless metal railing that's colder than a
2.5M views
When a YouTube commenter comes out of nowhere and absolutely nails it
📊 Post performance
Recent posts · views
Dec 18latest
1.8M
Avg views / post
1.1M–2.7M
Typical post (views)
3.8×
Reach vs followers
68/100
Consistent reach
Jan 2011
On X since
Half of recent posts land between 1.1M and 2.7M views (median 2.5M) — a dependable floor a sponsored post can count on.
🔥 Top post: Why do elite colleges pump students into the same five industrie · 5.4M views
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
0.06 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly images
Recent: 3 video · 11 image · 4 text.
Follower / following
568×
Follows 845 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
Verification
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Recent posts
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🔥 Top post
Why do elite colleges pump students into the same five industries: law, medicine, tech, investing, and management consulting?
For answers, let’s turn to the philosopher René Girard.
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R.F. Kuang has written seven books, won the Nebula Award for Best Novel, and trained at some of the world's top universities: Cambridge, Oxford, and Yale.
Her wisdom-per-word ratio is also off the charts.
Some highlights from our conver…
I think about this YouTube comment almost every day
When a YouTube commenter comes out of nowhere and absolutely nails it
I grew up in San Francisco, walking with my family by the Golden Gate Bridge. I still remember the thick and iconic chain railing that gave the place a sense of distinctiveness.
Now the chains are gone, and they've been replaced by a soul…
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Sam Altman's spent years refining his note-taking process. Here's exactly what he does.
The 404 page on the Financial Times is a work of genius
The Paradox of Reading: The books you read will profoundly change you even though you'll forget the vast majority of what you read.
An all-time exchange in Jerry Seinfeld’s interview with the Harvard Business Review
The homogenization of tech logos.
Two interesting responses:
• "This is what happens when the creative dept is overrun by the marketing dept. Being data driven is the death of art." — @cfcreative_
• "All businesses are online now and sans serif is among the easiest font…
Something to factor into your answer: The homogenization doesn't end with logos. It's happening to phone booths, doorbells, street poles, and bookshelves too.
(h/t @culturaltutor)
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined X in 2011 — 15 years ago.
👁️Averages 1.8M views per post.
📤Posts about 0.1× per week.
💬8.23% engagement rate.
🏅Earned the 100K Followers for passing 100K followers.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated85/100
Excellent
Credibility score
91%
Real
Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 91% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Strong engagement (~3.8× of followers engage each post) — an active, real audience.
- Organic base — far more followers than accounts it follows.
- Verified account.
- Established account (15+ years old).
- 8.23% engagement is implausibly high for a X account this size (typ. ~2.2%) — a red flag for engagement pods or bought likes/comments.
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
About
"The Writing Guy" | Christian | Host: How I Write Podcast | I tweet about writing, beauty, and architecture | My writing: http://perell.com
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