#computing

Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #computing from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.

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36
Uses / 7 days
Mastodon
29
Accounts / 7 days
Mastodon
40
Recent posts
Mastodon
~0.2/hr
Recent pace
Mastodon · last 40
0.5
Avg reactions / post
Mastodon · last 40
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Reddit posts / month
Reddit search
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Open-web mentions
hashtag.org Firehose

Day-by-day usage

measured · mastodon.online (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-11-08 10:42 UTC
4
11-02
11
11-03
9
11-04
3
11-05
4
11-06
3
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2
11-08

36 uses by 29 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 2026-11-08 10:42 UTC

Live pulse

measured · mastodon.online (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-11-08 10:42 UTC

Everything below is measured over the latest 40 public posts (spanning ~219 hours).

Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 00:00

00:0012:0023:00

Languages: English (39) · Russian (1)

Avg boosts / post: 2.3

Top of the latest posts

  • Hi #Retrocomputing Fedi! I'm teaching a #computing #history course next semester; as part of the course, we want to showcase some period hardware from the "first four generations" of computers (vacuum tube, discrete transistor, SSI/MSI logi

    Ethan Blanton@elb@social.sdf.org♥ 19↻ 392026-11-03 00:10 UTCView post →
  • AI ‘godfather’ Geoffrey Hinton says it might turn out humans would have been better off without AI https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/nov/03/ai-godfather-geoffrey-hinton-better-off-without-ai #UkNews #WorldNews #Technology #AiArtifici

    World news | The Guardian@theguardian_world_news@halo.nu♥ 1↻ 52026-11-03 21:44 UTCView post →
  • Hello World! That's another former Windows PC now running only Linux. If Windows has eaten-up all your disk space, and you don't really like it anyway, then give Linux a go. You can choose from several variants, some of which are 'works out

    JanPV@JanPV@mastodon.social♥ 0↻ 02026-11-08 09:06 UTCView post →

What “computing” means

Wiktionary · Wikipedia

computing/kəmˈpjuːtɪŋ/

  • verbTo reckon or calculate.
  • nounThe process or act of calculation.
Full entry on Wiktionary →

Computing is any goal-oriented activity that requires, benefits from, or creates computing machinery. It includes the study and experimentation of algorithmic processes, and the development of both hardware and software. Computing encompasses scientific, engineering, mathematical, technological, and social aspects. Major computing disciplines include computer engineering, computer science, cybersecurity, data science, information systems, information technology, and software engineering.

“Computing” on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) →

#computing across platforms

every network with a public tag surface

Follow #computing 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/computing