#rtfm
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #rtfm from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.
Own #rtfm
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 · mastodon.online (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-09-26 18:25 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.online (Mastodon public search API) · fetched 2026-09-26 18:25 UTCLive pulse
measured · mastodon.online (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-09-26 18:25 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 40 public posts (spanning ~3843 hours).
Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 14:00
Languages: English (35) · German (4) · French (1)
Avg boosts / post: 0.7
Top of the latest posts
I burned the last 2 days trying to get some tools up and running, entirely because I was relying on either Copilot or Gemini to tell me what steps to take. Both kept sending me in circles and giving me the wrong instructions. I finally came
installing NixOS, declarative is the way #linux #nixOS #rtfm
@jalefkowit I had a similar experience. Early in my career, I asked colleagues questions about the technologies we were using. At first, they'd answer me. After a while, they only said #RTFM. It was a wake up call. It was good advice.
What “rtfm” means
WikipediaRTFM is an initialism and internet slang for the expression "read the fucking manual", typically used to reply to a basic question where the answer is easily found in the documentation, user guide, owner's manual, man page, online help, internet forum, software documentation or FAQ.
“RTFM” on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) →#rtfm across platforms
every network with a public tag surfaceFollow #rtfm 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/rtfm