#FirstLines
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #FirstLines from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.
Own #firstlines
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Day-by-day usage
measured · mas.to (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-09-30 12:24 UTC0 uses by 0 unique accounts across the window. Real per-day counts, not estimates. Newest bar is today so far.
Related hashtags
measured · mas.to (Mastodon public search API) · fetched 2026-09-30 12:24 UTCLive pulse
measured · mas.to (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-09-30 12:24 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 36 public posts (spanning ~31968 hours).
Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 11:00
Languages: English (36)
Avg boosts / post: 0.3
Top of the latest posts
#FirstLines What are your favorite first lines in a #novel ? " The sea is high again today, with a thrilling flush of wind. In the midst of winter you can feel the inventions of spring…. I return link by link along the iron chains of memory
I have discovered the greatest first lines ever written, from the start of “The Journal of a Disappointed Man” by B.F. Cummings: “January 3. Am writing an essay on the life-history of insects and have abandoned the idea of writing on ‘How C
One of the things I collect is first lines of books. Here's one from one I haven't read: There's a time and a place for erect nipples, but the back of a Seattle police car definitely isn't it. Things We Do In The Dark by Jennifer Hillier #b
#firstlines across platforms
every network with a public tag surfaceFollow #firstlines 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/firstlines