#redherring
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #redherring 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 · mastodon.social (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-10-14 07:54 UTC1 uses by 1 unique accounts across the window. Real per-day counts, not estimates. Newest bar is today so far.
Related hashtags
measured · mastodon.social (Mastodon public search API) · fetched 2026-10-14 07:54 UTCLive pulse
measured · mastodon.social (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-10-14 07:54 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 40 public posts (spanning ~19510 hours).
Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 08:00
Languages: English (25) · Dutch (10) · German (3) · Spanish (1)
Avg boosts / post: 1.2
Top of the latest posts
Dit noemen we een #redherring Elke keer als de vleeslobby gezeur over namen aanzwengelt zijn ze een sinister zaakje aan het regelen om miljardensubsidies veilig te stellen of regels over gezondheid dwars te bomen. https://nos.nl/artikel/258
You may have come across the I-have-nothing-to-hide argument as a response to concerns about digital mass surveillance. It's a red herring; the real argument is about who gets to choose what to share. https://theprivacydad.com/i-have-nothin
Zoiets moet een keer naar buiten gebracht worden, dus wanneer doe je dat? Op de avond van de verkiezingsuitslagen. De ultieme #redherring. Van elke vier woorden die de #BBB spreekt zijn er vijf gelogen. https://www.naturetoday.com/intl/nl/n
What “redherring” means
WikipediaA red herring is something that misleads or distracts from an important question, a relevant argument, or the solving of a mystery or crime. It may be either a logical fallacy or a literary device that leads readers or audiences toward a false conclusion. A red herring may be used intentionally, as in mystery fiction or as part of rhetorical strategies, or may be used in argumentation inadvertently.
“Red herring” on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) →#redherring across platforms
every network with a public tag surfaceFollow #redherring 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/redherring