@malwaretech A few years ago I had nearly 10k followers. Assuming 2k dead accounts and 5k accounts that rarely posted, that still left 3k with whom I had some potential contact, 100's of quasi- regulars.
All those numbers are way down now. I haven't found anything to replace it, although I do use mstdn, facebook, even linked in.
Trying to recruit followers to my substack, but it's a challenge. Oh well.