#redherring
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #redherring from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.
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Day-by-day usage
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-10-10 11:44 UTC0 uses by 0 unique accounts across the window. Real per-day counts, not estimates. Newest bar is today so far.
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measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public search API) · fetched 2026-10-10 11:44 UTCLive pulse
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-10-10 11:44 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 40 public posts (spanning ~27698 hours).
Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 08:00
Languages: English (26) · Dutch (8) · German (4) · Spanish (1)
Avg boosts / post: 0.9
Top of the latest posts
You may have come across the I-have-nothing-to-hide argument as a response to concerns about digital mass surveillance. It's a red herring; the real argument is about who gets to choose what to share. https://theprivacydad.com/i-have-nothin
05.06.2025 Tell us about a character who has a secret. (Optional: drop hints and allow others to guess the secret.) I already dropped hints in parts of the answers I gave here. Beginning as soon as I started to answer Prompts back in 2023 a
So some days ago a thought intruded into my mind: "Culture is a 'Red Herring', a figment of the human imagination"... ___ #fz_drawing #fish #herring #sardine #RedHerring #shiny #bright #lights #hands #abstract #conceptual #sketch #illustrat
What “redherring” means
WikipediaA red herring is something that misleads or distracts from an important question, a relevant argument, or the solving of a mystery or crime. It may be either a logical fallacy or a literary device that leads readers or audiences toward a false conclusion. A red herring may be used intentionally, as in mystery fiction or as part of rhetorical strategies, or may be used in argumentation inadvertently.
“Red herring” on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) →#redherring across platforms
every network with a public tag surfaceFollow #redherring straight to each platform’s own tag page. Where a platform publishes open data we measure it above; the rest lock their numbers behind paid APIs, so we link rather than guess.
Every number above is measured from a named public API at the shown fetch time. Nothing is estimated or extrapolated. Platforms that lock their data behind paid APIs are not shown. Agents: the same numbers, as JSON, at /api/hashtags/redherring