#plaintext

Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #plaintext from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.

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1
Uses / 7 days
Mastodon
1
Accounts / 7 days
Mastodon
40
Recent posts
Mastodon
~0/hr
Recent pace
Mastodon · last 40
1.1
Avg reactions / post
Mastodon · last 40
Reddit posts / month
Reddit search
Open-web mentions
hashtag.org Firehose

Day-by-day usage

measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-09-10 20:54 UTC
0
09-04
0
09-05
0
09-06
0
09-07
0
09-08
0
09-09
1
09-10

1 uses by 1 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 2026-09-10 20:54 UTC

Live pulse

measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-09-10 20:54 UTC

Everything below is measured over the latest 40 public posts (spanning ~2229 hours).

Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 03:00

00:0012:0023:00

Languages: English (35) · Spanish (4) · French (1)

Avg boosts / post: 1.6

Top of the latest posts

  • TIL `C-c C-t` calls "doc-view-open-text", which renders the plain text version of documents. It just opens a "pdf as text" and its insane as we can cook with this text comfortably. https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/D

    Annamalai N@[email protected]1032026-06-16 05:53 UTCView post →
  • Calling all old-school plain text enthusiasts who have no time for algorithms! Come and join us in the brand new Dark Forest Plain Text space. It's like the good old days of the internet never left. We're talking low-tech plain text, relyin

    Ellane@[email protected]892026-06-29 05:54 UTCView post →
  • There’s no denying it, try as I might to avoid the conclusion: Org mode makes more sense and fits better with my own self-proclaimed plain text philosophy than trying to force Obsidian into doing productivity gymnastics. So what’s holding m

    Ellane@[email protected]702026-08-09 23:42 UTCView post →

What “plaintext” means

Wiktionary · Wikipedia

plaintext

  • nounText or any data that is to be encrypted (as opposed to ciphertext).
Full entry on Wiktionary →

In cryptography, plaintext usually means unencrypted information pending input into cryptographic algorithms, usually encryption algorithms. This usually refers to data that is transmitted or stored unencrypted.

Plaintext” on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) →

#plaintext across platforms

every network with a public tag surface

Follow #plaintext 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/plaintext