#hardball
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #hardball 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 · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-08-08 16:52 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 2026-08-08 16:52 UTCLive pulse
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-08-08 16:52 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 40 public posts (spanning ~9679 hours).
Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 10:00
Languages: English (39) · Spanish (1)
Avg boosts / post: 0.7
Top of the latest posts
I understand why people write these stories, but practically speaking, it only takes a few minutes to restore web pages from an archived copy. The orange fascist is also doing serious harm. Some of the damage is permanent. Some of the destr
Trump to AI-tech CEOs: 1: You need to come kiss the ring. 2: We need to renegotiate my cut. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/technology/trump-ai-executive-order.html #corruption #business #AI #WhiteHouse #hardball
Pluralistic: The Nuremberg Caucus (10 Feb 2026) https://web.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/10/miller-in-the-dock/
Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow – No trackers, no ads. Black type, white background. Privacy policy: we don't collect or retain any data at all ever period. [Unofficial]@[email protected]♥ 0↻ 02026-02-10 09:40 UTCView post →
What “hardball” means
Wiktionaryhardball
- nounIn baseball, a type of ball and baseball game, as opposed to softball.
- adjectiveBeing or exhibiting tough or ruthless behavior, especially in combat, politics or business.
#hardball across platforms
every network with a public tag surfaceFollow #hardball 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/hardball