The author built most of their following on Mastodon (they are one of the folks running one of the larger instances, Fosstodon), and has 22k+ followers there. (

The author built most of their following on Mastodon (they are one of the folks running one of the larger instances, Fosstodon), and has 22k+ followers there. (And presumably, that audience got it posted here.) Although their goal, given their post history, is not to get lots of people to read their blog - but to start writing, and to potentially have the right people read your blog. (And vice versa, to get the right blogs for them to actuallt get written.)