tootsnoop 2026.7.16

* tootsnoop - You Mastodon message statistics tool

# #+BEGIN_SRC sh :results output :wrap src
# uv run ./tootsnoop/__init__.py --help
# #+END_SRC

: usage: tootsnoop [-h] --days DAYNUMBER --count COUNTNUMBER [--flop FLOPNUMBER]
:                  [--flop-threshold SUMNUMBER] [--flop-min-age HOURS] [--inactive]
:                  [--verbose]
:
: This tool prints a brief statistics about your Mastodon messages of the latest DAYNUMBER days.
:
: The output constist of:
: - timestamp (now)
: - number of toots retrieved
: - your current number of followers
: - the totals of boosts, favorites and replies of that period
: - top COUNTNUMBER most boosted messages (or less if no more found)
: - top COUNTNUMBER most favored messages (or less if no more found)
: - top COUNTNUMBER most replied messages (or less if no more found)
: - optionally: FLOPNUMBER least successful messages (see --flop)
:
: Only your own messages are analyzed. Not taken into account are:
: - your boosts of other people's messages: those reactions belong to the original author
: - your direct messages: they are private and can not even be boosted
: Those messages are missing from all sections, including the number of retrieved toots.
:
: The list of least successful messages is restricted to messages that can be compared
: with each other fairly. It holds public messages only and no replies to other
: people (but the messages of your own threads). Other visibilities can not be boosted by
: everybody and a reply to somebody else was never meant to be spread, so both would end
: up in that list no matter how good they were.
:
: Example usages:
:   uv run tootsnoop --days 7 --count 10
:       … prints the topmost 10 entries for the last 7 days
:   uv run tootsnoop --days 7 --count 10 --flop 5
:       … additionally lists the 5 least successful messages
:   uv run tootsnoop --days 7 --count 10 --flop 5 --flop-threshold 2
:       … same, but only messages with at most 2 boosts+favorites+replies in total
:   uv run tootsnoop --days 7 --count 10 --flop 5 --flop-min-age 24
:       … same, but ignores messages younger than 24 hours for the flop list
:
: One-time setup:
:
: 1. Configure you access token:
:    - Login to your Mastodon instance in your web browser.
:    - Go to Preference → Development and click on "New Application".
:    - Enter "tootsnoop" as the name of the new application and modify the scopes:
:      - You will need only read permissions, no write permissions.
:    - Submit and click on "tootsnoop".
:    - Copy your new Access Token.
:    - Paste this Access Token into a "access_token.txt" file in the main directory of this tool.
: 2. Configure your mastodon instance:
:    - Paste the main URL of your Mastodon instance into a "instance_url.txt" file in the main
:      directory of this tool.
:      - It looks like: "https://graz.social"
:
: options:
:   -h, --help            show this help message and exit
:   --days DAYNUMBER      Number of days to look back
:   --count COUNTNUMBER   Number of topmost entries to show
:   --flop FLOPNUMBER     Number of least successful public entries to show (omit to skip
:                         this section)
:   --flop-threshold SUMNUMBER
:                         Only list messages whose sum of boosts, favorites and replies is
:                         less or equal than SUMNUMBER (requires --flop)
:   --flop-min-age HOURS  Ignore messages younger than HOURS for the flop list because
:                         they had little time to gather reactions (requires --flop;
:                         default: all messages of the period are taken into account)
:   --inactive            Generate inactive time-stamps instead of active (using square
:                         brackets instead of angle brackets)
:   --verbose             Enable verbose mode
:
: :copyright: (c) by Karl Voit <tools@Karl-Voit.at>
: :license: GPL v3 or any later version
: :URL: https://gitlab.com/publicvoit/tootsnoop
: :bugreports: via https://gitlab.com/publicvoit/tootsnoop/-/issues
: :version: 2026-07-16
: ·

Setup with [[https://docs.astral.sh/uv/][uv]]:

1. Install uv itself
2. Use =uv --project /path/to/tootsnoop run path/to/tootsnoop/__init__.py= command from above to run =tootsnoop=

Or:

Install via pip:

: pip install tootsnoop

... and start =tootsnoop -h=

* Example Output

: uv run tootsnoop --days 7 --count 10

<2026-07-16 Thu 16:41> Summary of Mastodon Activity over the last 7 days:

- Toots retrieved: 45
- Current number of followers: 3450
- 60 boosts, 91 favorites, 36 replies → Period totals over all 45 analyzed messages (public, unlisted and followers-only)
- 60 boosts, 79 favorites, 19 replies → Period totals over the 22 public messages

*Top 10 Most Boosted Messages*

-  13 Boosts: [[https://graz.social/users/publicvoit/statuses/116916868164249149][<2026-07-14 Tue 06:17>]] «Reproduce it yourself: show that [[https://graz.social/tags/xAI][#xAI]]'s [[https://graz.social/tags/Grok][#Grok]] Build CLI uploads your entire repository --- every tracked file plus full git history --- to xAI's cloud (POST /v1/storage, routed to the GCS bucket grok-code-session-traces), independent of what the agent reads, and that turning off "Improve the model" does not stop it.» • GitHub - cereblab/grok-build-exfil-repro\\ [[https://github.com/cereblab/grok-build-exfil-repro][https://github.com/cereblab/grok-build-exfil-repro]] • [[https://graz.social/tags/security][#security]] [[https://graz.social/tags/privacy][#privacy]] [[https://graz.social/tags/ai][#ai]] 
-  11 Boosts: [[https://graz.social/users/publicvoit/statuses/116906833376882076][<2026-07-12 Sun 11:45>]] [[https://graz.social/tags/DistroFighter][#DistroFighter]] --- find your Linux distro & desktop\\ [[https://distrofighter.com/][https://distrofighter.com/]] • This is a hilarious [[https://graz.social/tags/Linux][#Linux]] distribution + [[https://graz.social/tags/DesktopEnvironment][#DesktopEnvironment]] chooser [[https://graz.social/tags/game][#game]] 🤓 • For my preferences, Debian/KDE won. Just the environment I'm currently working with. 👍 • Finalists were Kubuntu (I've been using it for 15-20 years!) and Hyprland (which never crossed my path so far). 
-   9 Boosts: [[https://graz.social/users/publicvoit/statuses/116917827094906240][<2026-07-14 Tue 10:21>]] Happy Birthday [[https://graz.social/tags/LinuxCaf%C3%A9][#LinuxCafé]] [[https://graz.social/tags/Graz][#Graz]] im Juli! Wir sehen uns in einer Woche am 21. Juli ab 17:00 Uhr!\\ [[https://events.graz.social/p/Das-Linux-Cafe-wird-im-Juli-ein-Jahr-alt-CTA62T7Y3pwDvaKPm68PUN][https://events.graz.social/p/Das-Linux-Cafe-wird-im-Juli-ein-Jahr-alt-CTA62T7Y3pwDvaKPm68PUN]] • Wenn du Fragen zu freier Software hast, dein altes/langsames Windows-Notebook mit Linux ausprobieren möchtest, oder dich einfach mit netten Techniker:innen unterhalten möchtest: einfach im Café Kork vorbeischauen! 👋 • [[https://graz.social/tags/diday][#diday]] [[https://graz.social/tags/Linux][#Linux]] [[https://graz.social/tags/FOSS][#FOSS]] [[https://graz.social/tags/digitalesouveranitat][#digitalesouveranitat]] [[https://graz.social/tags/LinuxCafe][#LinuxCafe]] 
-   7 Boosts: [[https://graz.social/users/publicvoit/statuses/116908992628482759][<2026-07-12 Sun 20:54>]] Kleine Wagen, große Freiheit: [[https://graz.social/tags/Fahrradwohnwagen][#Fahrradwohnwagen]]-Treffen Waakhausen 2026\\ [[https://reisemobil-international.de/wohnwagen/kleine-wagen-grosse-freiheit-fahrradwohnwagen-treffen-waakhausen-2026/][https://reisemobil-international.de/wohnwagen/kleine-wagen-grosse-freiheit-fahrradwohnwagen-treffen-waakhausen-2026/]] • Coole Fotos aus einer sehr lässigen Community von Menschen, die sich einen [[https://graz.social/tags/DIY][#DIY]] [[https://graz.social/tags/Wohnwagen][#Wohnwagen]] fürs [[https://graz.social/tags/Fahrrad][#Fahrrad]] gebaut haben. • [[https://graz.social/tags/Camper][#Camper]] 
-   5 Boosts: [[https://graz.social/users/publicvoit/statuses/116900129296644466][<2026-07-11 Sat 07:20>]] "Dieser Hersteller stellt sich gegen den DÜMMSTEN TREND der Fahrradbranche" - [[https://graz.social/tags/SuperBicycles][#SuperBicycles]]\\ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sOkfpULh_Q][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sOkfpULh_Q]] • Interessanter [[https://graz.social/tags/Lastenrad][#Lastenrad]]-Hersteller aus Berlin: günstig, maximal gut wartbar, [[https://graz.social/tags/DIY][#DIY]]-affin mit viel Zubehör als 3D-Druck-Komponenten zum Selbermachen, Pläne im Netz, ... • [[https://graz.social/tags/SUPERmighty][#SUPERmighty]] als der [[https://graz.social/tags/Longjohn][#Longjohn]]-Klassiker aber immer noch kompakt.\\ [[https://graz.social/tags/SUPERmini][#SUPERmini]] als wendiges, kleines Lastenrad.\\ [[https://graz.social/tags/SUPERmightyjr][#SUPERmightyjr]] als Lastenrad für Kinder! 👍 • [[https://super-bicycles.com/][https://super-bicycles.com/]] • Händlernetz schaut ebenfalls bereits gut ausgebaut aus. 
-   4 Boosts: [[https://graz.social/users/publicvoit/statuses/116919168328421743][<2026-07-14 Tue 16:02>]] If you're using [[https://graz.social/tags/Windows][#Windows]] and a [[https://graz.social/tags/VPN][#VPN]] service in order to get some [[https://graz.social/tags/privacy][#privacy]], you may probably re-think and switch to a modern [[https://graz.social/tags/Linux][#Linux]] instead. • If you need further incentive for that step: • [[https://graz.social/tags/Microsoft][#Microsoft]] does generate a unique "Global Device ID" [[https://graz.social/tags/GDID][#GDID]]. This is not the bad news as all/most systems do have those (Linux: "man machine-id"). • The issue at hand is that Microsoft is transmitting that GDID with many network transmissions of yours and you can't prevent that from happening. • Using that ID, the FBI identified bad guys that were using VPN for their felonies. • While catching really bad guys is always a plus, it also proved that your privacy is ignored while [[https://graz.social/tags/surveillance][#surveillance]] is maximized when your activities may always be tracked down to your unique Windows ID. • PCMag article: [[https://www.pcmag.com/news/a-hackers-arrest-reveals-microsoft-can-track-users-via-a-windows-device][https://www.pcmag.com/news/a-hackers-arrest-reveals-microsoft-can-track-users-via-a-windows-device]] • Details from the court: [[https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndil/media/1450651/dl?inline][https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndil/media/1450651/dl?inline]] • [[https://graz.social/tags/Windows11][#Windows11]] [[https://graz.social/tags/Win11][#Win11]] 
-   3 Boosts: [[https://graz.social/users/publicvoit/statuses/116922704856094560][<2026-07-15 Wed 07:01>]] Stunning video footage recorded by a [[https://graz.social/tags/submarine][#submarine]] in 4000m depth around some hot springs. 😯 • It starts with my favorite creature from that clip. 🤩 • The Doldrums Fracture Zone | 4K ROV Highlights\\ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9EAwh-fY-Y][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9EAwh-fY-Y]] • We know almost nothing about the majority of our planet: the [[https://graz.social/tags/deepsea][#deepsea]] 
-   3 Boosts: [[https://graz.social/users/publicvoit/statuses/116900534104605803][<2026-07-11 Sat 09:03>]] Ich habe mich spaßhalber (ohne aktuellen Bedarf) über [[https://graz.social/tags/Tim][#Tim]] [[https://graz.social/tags/Graz][#Graz]] informiert: [[https://www.tim-oesterreich.at/graz/][https://www.tim-oesterreich.at/graz/]] (#Carsharing) • Registrierung 15€ + monatlich 9,50€ (bei [[https://graz.social/tags/Klimaticket][#Klimaticket]] entfallen beide)\\ Kleinwagen ab 5,90€/Stunde und 50km max (danach pro km 0,25€)\\ Mindestlaufzeit 1 Jahr. • Ohne vorhandenem Klimaticket möchte man das vermutlich nicht mal so nebenbei ausprobieren. • Leider hat die Android App recht schlechte Bewertungen im Play Store. Hat hier jemand Erfahrung mit dem Service (und der App) und möchte kurz berichten? • [[https://graz.social/tags/TimGraz][#TimGraz]] 
-   1 Boosts: [[https://graz.social/users/publicvoit/statuses/116925423949007218][<2026-07-15 Wed 18:33>]] Ein weiteres Indiz, dass unsere Regierungen keine Kontrolle und Macht mehr über die Megacorps haben: • Nobelpreisträger Hassabis schlägt unabhängige Organisation zur [[https://graz.social/tags/KI][#KI]] [[https://graz.social/tags/Regulierung][#Regulierung]] vor\\ [[https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000331545/nobelpreistraeger-hassabis-schlaegt-unabhaengige-organisation-zur-ki-regulierung-vor][https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000331545/nobelpreistraeger-hassabis-schlaegt-unabhaengige-organisation-zur-ki-regulierung-vor]] 
-   1 Boosts: [[https://graz.social/users/publicvoit/statuses/116905795049999631][<2026-07-12 Sun 07:21>]] Hackerangriff gegen argentinischen Fußballverband: Spuren nach [[https://graz.social/tags/%C3%84gypten][#Ägypten]]\\ [[https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000331103/hackerangriff-gegen-argentinischen-fussballverband-spuren-nach-aegypten?ref=rss][https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000331103/hackerangriff-gegen-argentinischen-fussballverband-spuren-nach-aegypten?ref=rss]] • Ich bin zwar kein Fußballfan aber wenn ich mal was davon sehe, habe ich ein Herz für die Underdogs. 🫶 • Allerdings ist man ein so schlechter Verlierer, hatte man den Sieg nie verdient. Go home [[https://graz.social/tags/Egypt][#Egypt]], you're drunk. 😞 • [[https://graz.social/tags/ArgEgy][#ArgEgy]] [[https://graz.social/tags/Sicherheit][#Sicherheit]] [[https://graz.social/tags/security][#security]] [[https://graz.social/tags/WM2026][#WM2026]] [[https://graz.social/tags/Phishing][#Phishing]] 

*Top 10 Most Favored Messages*

-  11 Favorites: [[https://graz.social/users/publicvoit/statuses/116916868164249149][<2026-07-14 Tue 06:17>]] «Reproduce it yourself: show that [[https://graz.social/tags/xAI][#xAI]]'s [[https://graz.social/tags/Grok][#Grok]] Build CLI uploads your entire repository --- every tracked file plus full git history --- to xAI's cloud (POST /v1/storage, routed to the GCS bucket grok-code-session-traces), independent of what the agent reads, and that turning off "Improve the model" does not stop it.» • GitHub - cereblab/grok-build-exfil-repro\\ [[https://github.com/cereblab/grok-build-exfil-repro][https://github.com/cereblab/grok-build-exfil-repro]] • [[https://graz.social/tags/security][#security]] [[https://graz.social/tags/privacy][#privacy]] [[https://graz.social/tags/ai][#ai]] 
-  11 Favorites: [[https://graz.social/users/publicvoit/statuses/116908992628482759][<2026-07-12 Sun 20:54>]] Kleine Wagen, große Freiheit: [[https://graz.social/tags/Fahrradwohnwagen][#Fahrradwohnwagen]]-Treffen Waakhausen 2026\\ [[https://reisemobil-international.de/wohnwagen/kleine-wagen-grosse-freiheit-fahrradwohnwagen-treffen-waakhausen-2026/][https://reisemobil-international.de/wohnwagen/kleine-wagen-grosse-freiheit-fahrradwohnwagen-treffen-waakhausen-2026/]] • Coole Fotos aus einer sehr lässigen Community von Menschen, die sich einen [[https://graz.social/tags/DIY][#DIY]] [[https://graz.social/tags/Wohnwagen][#Wohnwagen]] fürs [[https://graz.social/tags/Fahrrad][#Fahrrad]] gebaut haben. • [[https://graz.social/tags/Camper][#Camper]] 
-   8 Favorites: [[https://graz.social/users/publicvoit/statuses/116900129296644466][<2026-07-11 Sat 07:20>]] "Dieser Hersteller stellt sich gegen den DÜMMSTEN TREND der Fahrradbranche" - [[https://graz.social/tags/SuperBicycles][#SuperBicycles]]\\ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sOkfpULh_Q][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sOkfpULh_Q]] • Interessanter [[https://graz.social/tags/Lastenrad][#Lastenrad]]-Hersteller aus Berlin: günstig, maximal gut wartbar, [[https://graz.social/tags/DIY][#DIY]]-affin mit viel Zubehör als 3D-Druck-Komponenten zum Selbermachen, Pläne im Netz, ... • [[https://graz.social/tags/SUPERmighty][#SUPERmighty]] als der [[https://graz.social/tags/Longjohn][#Longjohn]]-Klassiker aber immer noch kompakt.\\ [[https://graz.social/tags/SUPERmini][#SUPERmini]] als wendiges, kleines Lastenrad.\\ [[https://graz.social/tags/SUPERmightyjr][#SUPERmightyjr]] als Lastenrad für Kinder! 👍 • [[https://super-bicycles.com/][https://super-bicycles.com/]] • Händlernetz schaut ebenfalls bereits gut ausgebaut aus. 
-   6 Favorites: [[https://graz.social/users/publicvoit/statuses/116922704856094560][<2026-07-15 Wed 07:01>]] Stunning video footage recorded by a [[https://graz.social/tags/submarine][#submarine]] in 4000m depth around some hot springs. 😯 • It starts with my favorite creature from that clip. 🤩 • The Doldrums Fracture Zone | 4K ROV Highlights\\ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9EAwh-fY-Y][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9EAwh-fY-Y]] • We know almost nothing about the majority of our planet: the [[https://graz.social/tags/deepsea][#deepsea]] 
-   6 Favorites: [[https://graz.social/users/publicvoit/statuses/116919168328421743][<2026-07-14 Tue 16:02>]] If you're using [[https://graz.social/tags/Windows][#Windows]] and a [[https://graz.social/tags/VPN][#VPN]] service in order to get some [[https://graz.social/tags/privacy][#privacy]], you may probably re-think and switch to a modern [[https://graz.social/tags/Linux][#Linux]] instead. • If you need further incentive for that step: • [[https://graz.social/tags/Microsoft][#Microsoft]] does generate a unique "Global Device ID" [[https://graz.social/tags/GDID][#GDID]]. This is not the bad news as all/most systems do have those (Linux: "man machine-id"). • The issue at hand is that Microsoft is transmitting that GDID with many network transmissions of yours and you can't prevent that from happening. • Using that ID, the FBI identified bad guys that were using VPN for their felonies. • While catching really bad guys is always a plus, it also proved that your privacy is ignored while [[https://graz.social/tags/surveillance][#surveillance]] is maximized when your activities may always be tracked down to your unique Windows ID. • PCMag article: [[https://www.pcmag.com/news/a-hackers-arrest-reveals-microsoft-can-track-users-via-a-windows-device][https://www.pcmag.com/news/a-hackers-arrest-reveals-microsoft-can-track-users-via-a-windows-device]] • Details from the court: [[https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndil/media/1450651/dl?inline][https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndil/media/1450651/dl?inline]] • [[https://graz.social/tags/Windows11][#Windows11]] [[https://graz.social/tags/Win11][#Win11]] 
-   6 Favorites: [[https://graz.social/users/publicvoit/statuses/116906833376882076][<2026-07-12 Sun 11:45>]] [[https://graz.social/tags/DistroFighter][#DistroFighter]] --- find your Linux distro & desktop\\ [[https://distrofighter.com/][https://distrofighter.com/]] • This is a hilarious [[https://graz.social/tags/Linux][#Linux]] distribution + [[https://graz.social/tags/DesktopEnvironment][#DesktopEnvironment]] chooser [[https://graz.social/tags/game][#game]] 🤓 • For my preferences, Debian/KDE won. Just the environment I'm currently working with. 👍 • Finalists were Kubuntu (I've been using it for 15-20 years!) and Hyprland (which never crossed my path so far). 
-   5 Favorites: [[https://graz.social/users/publicvoit/statuses/116929338963418785][<2026-07-16 Thu 11:08>]] [[https://helmholtz.social/@Helmholtz_HIOH][@Helmholtz_HIOH]] Macht ruhig auch andere Plattformen. • Aber einen offenen Kanal solltet ihr anbieten, da die Fediverse-Alternativen nichts für Menschen mit RSS, E-mail, diversen körperlichen Einschränkungen, ... anbieten. 
-   5 Favorites: [[https://graz.social/users/publicvoit/statuses/116896392039254693][<2026-07-10 Fri 15:29>]] Wie lange noch werden wir diese coolen 6er-Abteile bei der [[https://graz.social/tags/%C3%96BB][#ÖBB]] vorfinden? • Obwohl: das war in einem [[https://graz.social/tags/NightJet][#NightJet]] - welche modernen Garnituren gibt's denn, wo man die Sitze zu drei Liegeflächen zusammenschieben kann? 🤔 
-   4 Favorites: [[https://graz.social/users/publicvoit/statuses/116929436598428875][<2026-07-16 Thu 11:33>]] [[https://graz.social/tags/OnePlus][#OnePlus]] verschwindet aus Europa als Marke und dafür wird [[https://graz.social/tags/Oppo][#Oppo]] als Handymarke stärker in Erscheinung treten: [[https://www.heise.de/news/Aus-fuer-OnePlus-Hersteller-zieht-sich-aus-Europa-und-Nordamerika-zurueck-11367112.html][https://www.heise.de/news/Aus-fuer-OnePlus-Hersteller-zieht-sich-aus-Europa-und-Nordamerika-zurueck-11367112.html]] • Ich bin dieser Firma nach wie vor böse, weil sie mehrfach bei der Auslieferung von [[https://graz.social/tags/Spyware][#Spyware]] ertappt wurden: [[https://karl-voit.at/2019/09/17/OnePlus5-review/][https://karl-voit.at/2019/09/17/OnePlus5-review/]] (2019). • Aber das alte, besonders dünne [[https://graz.social/tags/OnePlus5][#OnePlus5]] aus 2017-09 ist mit LineageOS bei einer anderen Person nach wie vor im täglichen Einsatz. Neun Jahre! Das ist schon sehr beeindruckend: [[https://karl-voit.at/2024/10/13/smartphone-price-stats/][https://karl-voit.at/2024/10/13/smartphone-price-stats/]] • [[https://graz.social/tags/publicvoit][#publicvoit]] 
-   4 Favorites: [[https://graz.social/users/publicvoit/statuses/116917827094906240][<2026-07-14 Tue 10:21>]] Happy Birthday [[https://graz.social/tags/LinuxCaf%C3%A9][#LinuxCafé]] [[https://graz.social/tags/Graz][#Graz]] im Juli! Wir sehen uns in einer Woche am 21. Juli ab 17:00 Uhr!\\ [[https://events.graz.social/p/Das-Linux-Cafe-wird-im-Juli-ein-Jahr-alt-CTA62T7Y3pwDvaKPm68PUN][https://events.graz.social/p/Das-Linux-Cafe-wird-im-Juli-ein-Jahr-alt-CTA62T7Y3pwDvaKPm68PUN]] • Wenn du Fragen zu freier Software hast, dein altes/langsames Windows-Notebook mit Linux ausprobieren möchtest, oder dich einfach mit netten Techniker:innen unterhalten möchtest: einfach im Café Kork vorbeischauen! 👋 • [[https://graz.social/tags/diday][#diday]] [[https://graz.social/tags/Linux][#Linux]] [[https://graz.social/tags/FOSS][#FOSS]] [[https://graz.social/tags/digitalesouveranitat][#digitalesouveranitat]] [[https://graz.social/tags/LinuxCafe][#LinuxCafe]] 

*Top 10 Most Replied Messages*

-   4 Replies: [[https://graz.social/users/publicvoit/statuses/116900534104605803][<2026-07-11 Sat 09:03>]] Ich habe mich spaßhalber (ohne aktuellen Bedarf) über [[https://graz.social/tags/Tim][#Tim]] [[https://graz.social/tags/Graz][#Graz]] informiert: [[https://www.tim-oesterreich.at/graz/][https://www.tim-oesterreich.at/graz/]] (#Carsharing) • Registrierung 15€ + monatlich 9,50€ (bei [[https://graz.social/tags/Klimaticket][#Klimaticket]] entfallen beide)\\ Kleinwagen ab 5,90€/Stunde und 50km max (danach pro km 0,25€)\\ Mindestlaufzeit 1 Jahr. • Ohne vorhandenem Klimaticket möchte man das vermutlich nicht mal so nebenbei ausprobieren. • Leider hat die Android App recht schlechte Bewertungen im Play Store. Hat hier jemand Erfahrung mit dem Service (und der App) und möchte kurz berichten? • [[https://graz.social/tags/TimGraz][#TimGraz]] 
-   4 Replies: [[https://graz.social/users/publicvoit/statuses/116896392039254693][<2026-07-10 Fri 15:29>]] Wie lange noch werden wir diese coolen 6er-Abteile bei der [[https://graz.social/tags/%C3%96BB][#ÖBB]] vorfinden? • Obwohl: das war in einem [[https://graz.social/tags/NightJet][#NightJet]] - welche modernen Garnituren gibt's denn, wo man die Sitze zu drei Liegeflächen zusammenschieben kann? 🤔 
-   2 Replies: [[https://graz.social/users/publicvoit/statuses/116906833376882076][<2026-07-12 Sun 11:45>]] [[https://graz.social/tags/DistroFighter][#DistroFighter]] --- find your Linux distro & desktop\\ [[https://distrofighter.com/][https://distrofighter.com/]] • This is a hilarious [[https://graz.social/tags/Linux][#Linux]] distribution + [[https://graz.social/tags/DesktopEnvironment][#DesktopEnvironment]] chooser [[https://graz.social/tags/game][#game]] 🤓 • For my preferences, Debian/KDE won. Just the environment I'm currently working with. 👍 • Finalists were Kubuntu (I've been using it for 15-20 years!) and Hyprland (which never crossed my path so far). 
-   2 Replies: [[https://graz.social/users/publicvoit/statuses/116897544640120126][<2026-07-10 Fri 20:22>]] 🤣😆😜\\ Die europäische [[https://graz.social/tags/Automobilindustrie][#Automobilindustrie]] überlegt jetzt, für chinesische Konzerne [[https://graz.social/tags/Autos][#Autos]] zu fertigen: [[https://orf.at/stories/3435810/][https://orf.at/stories/3435810/]] • Ich würde sagen, das war ein ziemlich teurer Selbstmord auf Raten mit Ansage. 🤷‍♂️ • Well done, [[https://graz.social/tags/Verpenner][#Verpenner]]. Episches Versagen unter Beobachtung und wider jede Menge Warnungen. 🙄 
-   2 Replies: [[https://graz.social/users/publicvoit/statuses/116896250671238875][<2026-07-10 Fri 14:53>]] [[https://chaos.social/@hackmas][@hackmas]] Wird's auch irgendwann Shirts geben mit einer anderen Farbe als Hintergrund? Sorry, ich persönlich finde diese Farbe so gar nicht berauschend. • Alternativ: ihr stellt die Motive via CC online und ich mach' mir wie beim CCC Congress das Shirt selbst und spende euch den Gegenwert. 
-   2 Replies: [[https://graz.social/users/publicvoit/statuses/116891783541254514][<2026-07-09 Thu 19:57>]] [[https://fedi.mayer.rocks/@ralph][@ralph]] [[https://freie-re.de/@qbi][@qbi]] Ich hatte vor 10-15 Jahren ein paar Jahre auch macOS und Emacs hatte noch auf keinen meiner Systeme (seit den 90ern) ein Problem mit Stabilität. 🤷 • Obsidian hat coole Features aber ist closed source (wird dir irgendwann wegbrechen) und verwendet ein Speicher-Format, das mir viel zu viele Probleme mit sich bringt:\\ [[https://www.karl-voit.at/2025/08/17/Markdown-disaster/][https://www.karl-voit.at/2025/08/17/Markdown-disaster/]] Daher kann ich vorm lock-in mit Markdown nur warnen. • Orgdown ist da deutlich leistungsfähiger, zukunftssicher, standardisierter und hat daher deutlich weniger Probleme, wenn man die Daten außerhalb vom PKM weiterverwendet. • HTH YMMV 
-   1 Replies: [[https://graz.social/users/publicvoit/statuses/116929881943790009][<2026-07-16 Thu 13:26>]] [[https://kirche.social/@jakob_thoboell][@jakob_thoboell]] [[https://chaos.social/@thefeiter][@thefeiter]] Naja. • Ich erkenne keinen unmittelbaren Unterschied bezüglich Vernetzung und Denken wenn man docx und Textmarkup vergleicht. • (Ich gehe jetzt mal davon aus, dass hier mit dem Begriff "Markup-Sprachen" sowas wie Orgdown oder Markdown gemeint ist ...) • Man kann auch mit docx ein vernetztes Knowledge-Management bauen. Rein vom Konzept und Prinzip ist hier kein Unterschied in diesem Punkt. Nur die passende Technik bedient sich etwas umständlicher im Word. • Mir kommt also in dem Kontext vor, dass hier das Speicherformat mit der Art und Weise, wie man darin Daten verlinkt (oder auch nicht) vermischt wird. 
-   1 Replies: [[https://graz.social/users/publicvoit/statuses/116925423949007218][<2026-07-15 Wed 18:33>]] Ein weiteres Indiz, dass unsere Regierungen keine Kontrolle und Macht mehr über die Megacorps haben: • Nobelpreisträger Hassabis schlägt unabhängige Organisation zur [[https://graz.social/tags/KI][#KI]] [[https://graz.social/tags/Regulierung][#Regulierung]] vor\\ [[https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000331545/nobelpreistraeger-hassabis-schlaegt-unabhaengige-organisation-zur-ki-regulierung-vor][https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000331545/nobelpreistraeger-hassabis-schlaegt-unabhaengige-organisation-zur-ki-regulierung-vor]] 
-   1 Replies: [[https://graz.social/users/publicvoit/statuses/116925369880407734][<2026-07-15 Wed 18:19>]] RE: [[https://social.coop/@scottjenson/116856536251575471][https://social.coop/@scottjenson/116856536251575471]] • [[https://mastodon.social/@Merritt][@Merritt]] [[https://social.coop/@scottjenson][@scottjenson]] • Well ... [[https://graz.social/@scottjenson@social.coop/116856536810308713][https://graz.social/@scottjenson@social.coop/116856536810308713]] 🤷 • So, what's the situation? May we welcome Scott in Graz or not? 
-   1 Replies: [[https://graz.social/users/publicvoit/statuses/116922704856094560][<2026-07-15 Wed 07:01>]] Stunning video footage recorded by a [[https://graz.social/tags/submarine][#submarine]] in 4000m depth around some hot springs. 😯 • It starts with my favorite creature from that clip. 🤩 • The Doldrums Fracture Zone | 4K ROV Highlights\\ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9EAwh-fY-Y][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9EAwh-fY-Y]] • We know almost nothing about the majority of our planet: the [[https://graz.social/tags/deepsea][#deepsea]] 

* Optional: Listing Least Popular Messages
:PROPERTIES:
:CREATED:  [2026-07-16 Thu 18:27]
:END:

Besides your most popular messages, you may be interested in the other end of the scale: the messages that did *not* work out. Add =--flop FLOPNUMBER= to get an additional section listing your least successful messages:

: uv run tootsnoop --days 7 --count 10 --flop 5

The messages are sorted by the *sum of their boosts, favorites and replies*, lowest first. Messages with the same sum are listed oldest first: they had the most time to gather reactions and therefore are the more meaningful flops.

Each entry shows that sum followed by a breakdown of =B=oosts, =F=avorites and =R=eplies:

*5 Least Successful Public Messages*

-   0 (B:0 F:0 R:0): [[https://graz.social/users/publicvoit/statuses/116917931559185927][<2026-07-14 Tue 10:47>]] [[https://graz.social/tags/Graz][#Graz]]|er Glacis ist wochenlang Großbaustelle und wird gesperrt\\ [[https://steiermark.orf.at/stories/3362427/][https://steiermark.orf.at/stories/3362427/]] • Radweg bleibt offen. 
-   1 (B:0 F:0 R:1): [[https://graz.social/users/publicvoit/statuses/116896043154784469][<2026-07-10 Fri 14:01>]] [[https://en.osm.town/@opencage][@opencage]] At least in my Mastodon clients, your geoweirdness-threads appear in random order. • Are you aware of that issue? 
-   1 (B:1 F:0 R:0): [[https://graz.social/users/publicvoit/statuses/116905795049999631][<2026-07-12 Sun 07:21>]] Hackerangriff gegen argentinischen Fußballverband: Spuren nach [[https://graz.social/tags/%C3%84gypten][#Ägypten]]\\ [[https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000331103/hackerangriff-gegen-argentinischen-fussballverband-spuren-nach-aegypten?ref=rss][https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000331103/hackerangriff-gegen-argentinischen-fussballverband-spuren-nach-aegypten?ref=rss]] • Ich bin zwar kein Fußballfan aber wenn ich mal was davon sehe, habe ich ein Herz für die Underdogs. 🫶 • Allerdings ist man ein so schlechter Verlierer, hatte man den Sieg nie verdient. Go home [[https://graz.social/tags/Egypt][#Egypt]], you're drunk. 😞 • [[https://graz.social/tags/ArgEgy][#ArgEgy]] [[https://graz.social/tags/Sicherheit][#Sicherheit]] [[https://graz.social/tags/security][#security]] [[https://graz.social/tags/WM2026][#WM2026]] [[https://graz.social/tags/Phishing][#Phishing]] 
-   1 (B:0 F:0 R:1): [[https://graz.social/users/publicvoit/statuses/116905911291031647][<2026-07-12 Sun 07:50>]] Interessantes Konzept: [[https://graz.social/tags/Handyverbot][#Handyverbot]] im [[https://graz.social/tags/Freibad][#Freibad]]: • [[https://www.teltarif.de/freibad-schwimmen-handyverbot/news/103907.html][https://www.teltarif.de/freibad-schwimmen-handyverbot/news/103907.html]]\\ oder [[https://vanityontour.de/20241223/handyverbot-im-schwimmbad-sicherheitsmassnahme-oder-uebertriebene-massregelung/][https://vanityontour.de/20241223/handyverbot-im-schwimmbad-sicherheitsmassnahme-oder-uebertriebene-massregelung/]] • In Deutschland gibt's offenbar schon erste Erfahrungen damit - mit Fokus auf Privatsphäre wegen dem ungefragten Fotosmachen. • (Gibt's schon Konzepte, wo man [[https://graz.social/tags/Smartphones][#Smartphones]] mittels spezieller Sender in einem gewissen Gebiet dazu bringt, dass einzelne Funktionen wie Netzzugang, Kamera, ... aus guten Gründen deaktiviert werden? Oder geht das prinzipiell nicht ohne dem Missbrauchsrisiko durch Unbefugte? 🤔) • Lese selbst im Freibad aktuell neben physischer Zeitung und Büchern gerne meine [[https://graz.social/tags/RSS][#RSS]]/Atom-Feeds (quasi meine digitale Zeitung) lokal am Handy oder eInk-Tablet. Könnte mich allerdings mit einem rein analogen Erlebnis anfreunden. • Bin mir nicht sicher, ob die Jugend da großteils mitmacht. Aber dann wäre wieder etwas mehr Platz. 😜 • Was meinst du dazu? Hättest du etwas gegen das Verbot? • [[https://graz.social/tags/Schwimmbad][#Schwimmbad]] [[https://graz.social/tags/Freizeit][#Freizeit]] [[https://graz.social/tags/analogesLeben][#analogesLeben]] [[https://graz.social/tags/digitalesDeTox][#digitalesDeTox]] 
-   2 (B:0 F:2 R:0): [[https://graz.social/users/publicvoit/statuses/116929375145160622][<2026-07-16 Thu 11:17>]] TIL: [[https://graz.social/tags/Emoticons][#Emoticons]] are Portuguese. 😉 

The breakdown tells you *which* kind of reaction was missing. A message with favorites but zero boosts was appreciated but not worth spreading - which is a different kind of failure than a message that nobody reacted to at all.

** What Is Not Listed

This list is restricted to messages that can be compared with each other fairly:

- *Public messages only*: only they can be found and boosted by everybody. A followers-only message can not be boosted by anyone, so its boost count is always zero and it would end up in this list no matter how good it was. Direct messages are not part of any statistics at all.
- *No replies to other people*: a reply is a contribution to somebody else's conversation and was never meant to be spread. Nobody boosts a "Yes, I agree" - so those replies would fill up this list although they did just fine as replies.

The messages of your *own threads* are listed: although they are replies as well, they are replies to yourself and therefore part of a message of your own.

Note that those restrictions apply to this list only. The other sections and the number of retrieved toots are not affected by them.

The two "Period totals" lines of the summary use the same public/non-public distinction, so you can compare the reactions of all your messages with those of your public ones.

** Optional: Limiting the List to a Threshold

If you are only interested in messages below a certain amount of reactions, add =--flop-threshold SUMNUMBER=. It lists only messages whose sum of boosts, favorites and replies is less or equal than that number:

: uv run tootsnoop --days 7 --count 10 --flop 5 --flop-threshold 2

This may result in fewer entries than =FLOPNUMBER= - or in none at all, which is good news: nothing did that badly.

** Optional: Ignoring the Most Recent Messages

A message published a few hours ago had little time to gather reactions and therefore shows up as a flop although it might do fine tomorrow. If that bothers you, add =--flop-min-age HOURS= to ignore messages younger than the given number of hours:

: uv run tootsnoop --days 7 --count 10 --flop 5 --flop-min-age 24

By default, *all* messages of the period are taken into account. This is perfectly fine if you generate your statistics at a time when your recent messages already had their chance.

* Optional: Convert Result to a Different Syntax
:PROPERTIES:
:CREATED:  [2025-02-04 Tue 16:42]
:END:

If you don't like [[https://gitlab.com/publicvoit/orgdown/][orgdown syntax]] as output, you might convert the script output on-the-fly via [[https://pandoc.org/][pandoc]].

Here is an example for [[https://karl-voit.at/2017/09/23/orgmode-as-markup-only/][the inferior Markdown syntax]] (in one flavour of many):

: uv --project /path/to/tootsnoop run /path/to/tootsnoop/__init__.py --days 1 --count 3 | pandoc --from org --to markdown --wrap=none

* Optional: Integration into Emacs Org-mode
:PROPERTIES:
:CREATED:  [2025-02-04 Tue 16:50]
:END:

In case you want to invoke tootsnoop from within [[https://karl-voit.at/orgmode/][Emacs Org-mode]], you can use a source block like that:

: #+BEGIN_SRC sh :results output raw
: cd /path/to/tootsnoop/
: uv --project /path/to/tootsnoop run /path/to/tootsnoop/tootsnoop/__init__.py --days 7 --count 10 --inactive
: #+END_SRC

If you've installed tootsnoop via =pip= this might probably work (not tested):

: #+BEGIN_SRC sh :results output raw
: tootsnoop --days 7 --count 10 --inactive
: #+END_SRC

* Optional: A Reccuring Job That Generates a Weekly Statistics
:PROPERTIES:
:CREATED:  [2025-02-06 Thu 19:45]
:END:

This is particularily interesting to people using [[https://karl-voit.at/orgmode/][Emacs Org-mode]]: I
want a weekly statisics generated each Sunday at 23:59.

For that, I created a shell script that contains the command to generate that statistics:

#+BEGIN_SRC bash
#!/usr/bin/env bash

TEMPFILE=$(mktemp)  ## used to storing the tootsnoop output
NOW_IN_ORG_TIMESTAMP="<`date '+%Y-%m-%d %a %H:%M'`>"  ## time-stamp for Org heading
TARGET_REFILE_ORG_FILE="notes.org"
TARGET_REFILE_HEADING="Weekly Mastodon statistics"

## adding a custom refile code snippet that 
## moves the heading to the desired heading 
## after inspecting and on invoking C-c C-c:
echo -e "\n#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp\n(my-org-refile \"${TARGET_REFILE_ORG_FILE}\" \"${TARGET_REFILE_HEADING}\")\n#+END_SRC\n\n" > ${TEMPFILE}

## generate the statistics:
cd /path/to/tootsnoop/
uv --project /path/to/tootsnoop run /path/to/tootsnoop/__init__.py --days 7 --count 10 --inactive 2>&1 >>${TEMPFILE}
if [ "$?" != 0 ]; then
    echo "tootsnoop execution had an issue."
    appendorgheading --output ~/org/inbox.org \
        --level 1 \
        --title "${NOW_IN_ORG_TIMESTAMP} Weekly Mastodon Statistics: ERROR" \
        --filecontent ${TEMPFILE} \
        --daily --quiet
    exit 1
fi

## appends a new Orgdown heading to the output file with the statistics as body:
appendorgheading --output ~/org/inbox.org \
    --level 1 \
    --title "${NOW_IN_ORG_TIMESTAMP} Weekly Mastodon Statistics" \
    --filecontent ${TEMPFILE} \
    --blocktype NONE --nosanitize \
    --nodaily --quiet

rm "${TEMPFILE}"  ## remove temporary file
#end
#+END_SRC

This script requires:

- my other script: https://github.com/novoid/appendorgheading
  - e.g., via =pip install appendorgheading=
- an Orgdown file where the results gets appended
- an Orgdown heading title within that Orgdown file where this should get manually refiled to
- proper script paths (please adapt accordingly)

What it does:

- it generates a weekly statistics (7 days, top 10 each) with inactive time-stamps
- a handy babel snippet which refiles the heading to its final destination (after I took a brief look at it in my inbox file)

If you understand, what's going on, this is really a nice way of running tootsnoop. ;-)

* Related Projects
:PROPERTIES:
:CREATED:  [2025-02-10 Mon 11:25]
:END:

This is a far-from-complete list of projects with similar goals:

- <2024-09-18 Wed> Sacha Chua did [[https://sachachua.com/blog/2024/09/archiving-public-toots-on-my-blog/][an Elisp implementation of archiving
  her toots]]. I might have used her code as an starting point if I had
  read it earlier.

- https://mastometrics.com/ is a cool service with analytical
  features. I was using the service for many months, even spent a few
  Euros for it until it stopped working for me (constantly re-indexing
  without showing the most current results). Maybe it's working for
  you?

* How to Thank Me
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I'm glad if you like my tool. I've got way more projects on:

- [[https://github.com/novoid/][GitHub]] (oldest projects),
- [[https://gitlab.com/publicvoit/][GitLab.com]] (older projects), and
- [[https://codeberg.org/publicvoit/][Codeberg]] (newest projects).

If you want to support me:

- [[https://karl-voit.at/2018/06/07/cardware/][Send old-fashioned *postcard* per snailmail]] - I love personal feedback!
  - see [[http://tinyurl.com/j6w8hyo][my address]]
- Send feature wishes or improvements as an issue 
- Create issues for bugs
- Contribute merge requests for bug fixes
- Check out my other cool projects on the platforms above

If you want to contribute to this cool project, please fork and
contribute!

I am using [[http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/][Python PEP8]] and occasionally some ideas from [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test-driven_development][Test Driven
Development (TDD)]]. I fancy Python3 with [[https://typing.python.org/en/latest/spec/annotations.html][type annotations]], although I'm
not using them everywhere at the moment. Starting with 2025, I began
to use help from Claude.ai which is a huge improvement, given my lack
of programming practice and knowledge.

After all, each of my tools was developed because I needed its
functionality and could not get it elsewhere - at least to my
knowledge or taste.

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