#gimmick
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #gimmick from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.
Own #gimmick
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 2026-09-28 11:15 UTC0 uses by 0 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 2026-09-28 11:15 UTCLive pulse
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-09-28 11:15 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 40 public posts (spanning ~21721 hours).
Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 16:00
Languages: English (32) · German (4) · French (1) · Italian (1)
Avg boosts / post: 0.3
Top of the latest posts
@leyrer Das Foto erinnert mich irgendwie an ein Yps-Gimmick von vor 100 Jahren: Das geheime Spionage-Periskop. #GPN24 #Yps #Gimmick
oh awesome, new build of #coolretroterm its been ported to qt6! #terminal #retro #gimmick #linux #macOS https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term/releases/tag/2.0.0-beta1
@amirrajan You could always do this in earlier versions, with a tiny amount of work 😜 . Set PYTHONSTARTUP to point to a file containing this: class Quit(SystemExit): def __repr__(self): raise self exit = Quit() Then try typing just `exit`
What “gimmick” means
Wiktionary · Wikipediagimmick/ˈɡɪm.ɪk/
- nounA trick or device used to attain some end.
- verbTo rig or set up with a trick or device.
A gimmick is a novel device or idea designed primarily to attract attention or increase appeal, often with little intrinsic value. When applied to retail marketing, it is a unique or quirky feature designed to make a product or service "stand out" from its competitors. Product gimmicks are sometimes considered mere novelties, and tangential to the product's functioning. Gimmicks are occasionally viewed negatively, but some seemingly trivial gimmicks of the past have evolved into useful, permanen
“Gimmick” on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) →#gimmick across platforms
every network with a public tag surfaceFollow #gimmick 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/gimmick