#8bit
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #8bit from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.
Own #8bit
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Day-by-day usage
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-11-08 06:37 UTC25 uses by 25 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 2026-11-08 06:37 UTCLive pulse
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-11-08 06:37 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 40 public posts (spanning ~288 hours).
Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 18:00
Languages: English (34) · German (2) · French (1)
Avg boosts / post: 7
Top of the latest posts
Am I the first person ever to run a Bourne shell on a Commodore 64 I wonder. A 1MHz 6502 sucks at disk I/O, sucks at copying memory and sucks at running C code, especially when the C code has to be optimized for space not speed. But it work
So the #atari people don't feel left out. #Fuzix is now running on the 130XE + IDE controller as well. Need to do a little bit of work on the video driver to fix a bug, or better yet rework it for the fact the Atari can do hardware scrollin
Next weekend is the "Space" themed Retro Computer Festival 2026 at the Centre for Computing History in Cambridge. I'll be there on the Saturday only (14th November) showcasing space games on the #SAMCoupe, plus everything else I do for SAM
What “8bit” means
Wiktionary · Wikipediabit/bɪt/
- nounA piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to the reins to direct the animal.
- verbTo put a bridle upon; to put the bit in the mouth of (a horse).
The bit is the most basic unit of information in computing and digital communication. The name is a portmanteau of binary digit. Its symbol is either "bit" or lowercase "b". Use of the latter may create confusion with capital "B", which is the international standard symbol for the byte.
“Bit” on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) →#8bit across platforms
every network with a public tag surfaceFollow #8bit 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/8bit