#basic
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #basic from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.
Own #basic
This #name is available to claim. It becomes your portal on the open agent web: this very page, a keyword you rank for by an open public stake, and a verifiable identity for AI agents. Nobody else sells a page like this for every #name.
Day-by-day usage
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-09-11 12:15 UTC9 uses by 7 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 2026-09-11 12:15 UTCLive pulse
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-09-11 12:15 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 40 public posts (spanning ~624 hours).
Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 04:00
Languages: English (28) · Spanish (6) · German (3) · Portuguese (1) · French (1) · Chinese (Taiwan) (1)
Avg boosts / post: 1.6
Top of the latest posts
Save the date: On 21.10.2026 (18:00) I will speak about the history and technology of #Apple 's #BASIC dialects for #8Bit and #16bit computers at the @ocm ... The talk will be in German and will be streamed on YouTube. #RetroGaming #Compute
The two types of programming languages are C and BASIC. Python? BASIC. Rust? C. COBOL? BASIC. Java? C. Despite using C-style syntax, Go is a BASIC. #programming #Rust #Rustlang #Go #Golang #Java #Python #BASIC #C #COBOL
OH! I didn't know this. I learned a lot from Tim Hartnell's books. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Hartnell RIP. #retrocomputing #basic
What “basic” means
Wiktionarybasic/ˈbeɪsɪk/
- nounA necessary commodity, a staple requirement.
- adjectiveNecessary, essential for life or some process.
#basic across platforms
every network with a public tag surfaceFollow #basic 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/basic