#writethedocs
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #writethedocs 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.online (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-10-05 07:30 UTC3 uses by 3 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 2026-10-05 07:30 UTCLive pulse
measured · mastodon.online (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-10-05 07:30 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 40 public posts (spanning ~3703 hours).
Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 07:00
Languages: English (38) · German (2)
Avg boosts / post: 3.1
Top of the latest posts
Serious open source docs work has a cost. I wrote down every way that I know of that gets docs authors and maintainers paid. https://ddbeck.com/where-does-the-money-come-from/ #WriteTheDocs
It's the first of the month and you know what that means: time to document something with a README file https://github.com/ddbeck/readme-checklist #WriteTheDocs
Today I am thinking about what I need to do to prepare my presentation 'Acronyms, humour and navigating the unclear path' for the @writethedocs conference in Melbourne in December. This led me to review some of the blog posts written by @li
#writethedocs across platforms
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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/writethedocs