#oldnewthing
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #oldnewthing 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 · mas.to (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-07-28 16:10 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 2026-07-28 16:10 UTCNo related tags with measured usage found for #oldnewthing.
Live pulse
measured · mas.to (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-07-28 16:10 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 18 public posts (spanning ~21213 hours).
Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 03:00
Languages: English (18)
Avg boosts / post: 1.8
Top of the latest posts
At #Microsoft in the 2000s, the Recycle Bin wasn't just an icon on the desktop. They had actual recycle bins throughout the campus too. When it came time to dispose of them, #RaymondChen saw to it that the recycle bins were, themselves, rec
Shh! 🤫 #Microsoft disavows all knowledge of this top-secret coffee maker. #RaymondChen declassifies the files in this installment of #OldNewThing. https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20220426-00/?p=106528 #IBM #retrocomputing
Once upon a time, when AI wasn't a thing and servers didn't usually have high-end GPUs, it was not uncommon for #Windows servers to be inadvertently brought down, not by bugs or hackers but by bored IT workers watching a fancy screen saver.
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