#defectivebydesign
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #defectivebydesign 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 · mastodon.online (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-09-28 05:42 UTC8 uses by 8 unique accounts across the window. Real per-day counts, not estimates. Newest bar is today so far.
Related hashtags
measured · mastodon.online (Mastodon public search API) · fetched 2026-09-28 05:42 UTCNo related tags with measured usage found for #defectivebydesign.
Live pulse
measured · mastodon.online (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-09-28 05:42 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 40 public posts (spanning ~695 hours).
Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 05:00
Languages: English (40)
Avg boosts / post: 0.5
Top of the latest posts
Cutting out DRM-saddled digital goods is possible, and we have a few ideas to get you started: https://www.defectivebydesign.org/guide #DRM #DefectiveByDesign
‼️ ANDROID CRISIS (109 days left for phase II (-13 days left for phase I)) I am still skeptical on playing with Shizuku, but I have been looking around the app. SwiftBackup alone might be enough for my needs, unless some app really locks do
‼️ ANDROID CRISIS (119 days left for phase II (-3 days left for phase I)) I am currently on day 1 of my semi-vacation. I am still looking for help in backing up appdata, but there isn't much I can do in terms of experimentation until Septem
What “defectivebydesign” means
WikipediaDefective by Design (DBD) is a grassroots anti-digital rights management (DRM) initiative by the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and CivicActions. Launched in 2006, DBD believes that DRM makes technology deliberately defective, negatively affects digital freedoms, and is "a threat to innovation in media, the privacy of readers, and freedom for computer users." The initiative regularly campaigns against the use of DRM by the media industry and software industry to increase awareness of the anti-DR
“Defective by Design” on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) →#defectivebydesign across platforms
every network with a public tag surfaceFollow #defectivebydesign 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/defectivebydesign