#Automation

Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #Automation from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.

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103
Uses / 7 days
Mastodon
89
Accounts / 7 days
Mastodon
40
Recent posts
Mastodon
~0.6/hr
Recent pace
Mastodon · last 40
0.1
Avg reactions / post
Mastodon · last 40
Reddit posts / month
Reddit search
Open-web mentions
hashtag.org Firehose

Day-by-day usage

measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-09-07 22:51 UTC
17
09-01
18
09-02
12
09-03
13
09-04
12
09-05
12
09-06
19
09-07

103 uses by 89 unique accounts across the window. Real per-day counts, not estimates. Newest bar is today so far.

Related hashtags

measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public search API) · fetched 2026-09-07 22:51 UTC

Live pulse

measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-09-07 22:51 UTC

Everything below is measured over the latest 40 public posts (spanning ~62 hours).

Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 11:00

00:0012:0023:00

Languages: English (38) · Chinese (China) (1)

Avg boosts / post: 1.5

Top of the latest posts

  • "Thousands of University of Sydney staff walk off the job over AI and job security: ... management had rebuffed the union “at every opportunity” to enforce appropriate protections around the use of AI... Higher education is the canary in th

    teq@[email protected]292026-09-06 21:05 UTCView post →
  • I've tested Mitogen for Ansible. Now I can't tell Ansible is bad at loops anymore. It's bad at handling SSH connections by default. I feel like it runs at the speed of light now! https://mitogen.networkgenomics.com/ansible_detailed.html #an

    Julien Riou@[email protected]222026-09-06 06:26 UTCView post →
  • New plog bost: https://blog.antsu.net/getting-notified-about-stale-sensors-in-home-assistant/ #HomeAssistant #Automation

    Abomineve Homem das Naves@[email protected]012026-09-07 22:40 UTCView post →

What “automation” means

Wiktionary · Wikipedia

automation

  • nounThe act or process of converting the controlling of a machine or device to a more automatic system, such as computer or electronic controls.
Full entry on Wiktionary →

Automation describes a wide range of technologies that reduce human intervention in processes, mainly by predetermining decision criteria, subprocess relationships, and related actions, as well as embodying those predeterminations in machines. Automation has been achieved by various means including mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical, electronic devices, and computers, usually in combination. Complicated systems, such as modern factories, airplanes, and ships typically use combinations

Automation” on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) →

#automation across platforms

every network with a public tag surface

Follow #automation 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/automation