#snowdriftDilemma
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #snowdriftDilemma 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 2026-08-03 03:14 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 2026-08-03 03:14 UTCNo related tags with measured usage found for #snowdriftdilemma.
Live pulse
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-08-03 03:14 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 3 public posts (spanning ~2666 hours).
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Languages: English (3)
Avg boosts / post: 0.3
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Top of the latest posts
Common occurance: #spyware is discovered in #FOSS apps often yrs after insertion. E.g. OSMand’s snooping code was just discovered ~7 years after injection. Is there a database anywhere to track such cases? We could use some 10,000 foot view
@Hyolobrika @cy Let’s be clear-- I would never advocate Windows. What I am saying is that Windows has some security advantages (and disadvantages) over linux, & linux users should be aware of it. Some of the linux disadvantages are inherent
@cnx It’s a #snowdriftDilemma, of sorts. I propose we call it “snowdrift pushing” when a developer tries using this irrational line of reasoning to shutdown a #bug report. #snowdriftPushing
#snowdriftdilemma across platforms
every network with a public tag surfaceFollow #snowdriftdilemma 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/snowdriftdilemma