@lifeonthepond84Life on the Pond by Shawn Reed

True stories from a slower America. My boyhood, forty years later. Read Chapter One of Life on the Pond ↓

card updated Sep 28, 2026 · 11 clips parsed · following 509 · 302,400 likes total

Engagement10.81%above average

Account summary

@lifeonthepond84 has 13,200 followers and 224 videos. Across the 11 parsed clips the average is 54,169 views and 5,031 likes. Engagement to views is 10.81%, which is above average for TikTok. On the newer half of the feed the response is falling (−3.88 pp). Posts roughly 2.0 times a week. An average clip reaches 410% of the follower count.

Followers

13.2K

+700 in period

Engagement

10.81%

−3.88 pp newer half

Average views

54.2K

median 3.5K

Likes per clip

64 comments avg

Shares / saves

761 / 598

1.1% of viewers save

Posting rate

2.0 / wk

reach 410% of followers

Latest clips

11 collected

When Thomas Edison died in 1931, his son Charles had test tubes near h — @lifeonthepond84

3551:02When Thomas Edison died in 1931, his son Charles had test tubes near his father’s bed sealed. One was later given to one41010

One frontier remedy came straight out of the lamp. Historical home rem — @lifeonthepond84

2.3K1:16One frontier remedy came straight out of the lamp. Historical home remedies included kerosene for lice, drops of turpent1312058

America once had more than 140 local times — and the railroads, not Co — @lifeonthepond84

9701:09America once had more than 140 local times — and the railroads, not Congress, were the ones who finally did something ab1077117

A deadline used to be an actual line you could be shot for crossing. D — @lifeonthepond84

5401:04A deadline used to be an actual line you could be shot for crossing. During the Civil War, prison camps like Andersonvil58301

Chipped china helped create the modern dishwasher. Josephine Cochran d — @lifeonthepond84

11.5K1:03Chipped china helped create the modern dishwasher. Josephine Cochran developed a practical water-pressure dishwashing ma678212236

One typing mistake got her fired. Bette Nesmith Graham was a single mo — @lifeonthepond84

5.4K1:07One typing mistake got her fired. Bette Nesmith Graham was a single mother working at a Dallas bank when she created wha22091212

That little red flag on your mailbox doesn’t actually have to be red. — @lifeonthepond84

19.3K1:02That little red flag on your mailbox doesn’t actually have to be red. Rural Free Delivery began in 1896, and by 1915 Pos577269245

She got so tired of wet sheets she cut up her own shower curtain and s — @lifeonthepond84

6K1:04She got so tired of wet sheets she cut up her own shower curtain and sewed a waterproof diaper cover. Every big manufact29091010

A sewing machine and a railroad rail don’t look like they have much in — @lifeonthepond84

1.5K1:02A sewing machine and a railroad rail don’t look like they have much in common. But an 1861 sewing comparison found that 117555

Walter Hunt patented his “dress-pin” on April 10, 1849, after reported — @lifeonthepond84

3.5K1:03Walter Hunt patented his “dress-pin” on April 10, 1849, after reportedly designing it in about three hours while trying 2187127

In 1897, two Kansas farmers figured out they could use a barbed-wire f — @lifeonthepond84

544.4K1:03In 1897, two Kansas farmers figured out they could use a barbed-wire fence to carry a telephone call between their farms52.9K5948.2K6.4K

Engagement per clip

11 parsed clips · newest on the right · click a bar to open the clip peak: 12.9% ER

Aug 21Sep 22Sep 28

Date	Views	Likes	Comments	Shares	Saves	ER
Sep 28, 2026	355	41	0	1	0	11.83%
Sep 26, 2026	2,349	131	20	5	8	6.64%
Sep 26, 2026	970	107	7	11	7	12.89%
Sep 26, 2026	540	58	3	0	1	11.30%
Sep 23, 2026	11,500	678	21	22	36	6.27%
Sep 22, 2026	5,427	220	9	12	12	4.44%
Sep 22, 2026	19,300	577	26	92	45	3.60%
Sep 20, 2026	6,016	290	9	10	10	5.14%
Sep 19, 2026	1,477	117	5	5	5	8.60%
Sep 18, 2026	3,530	218	7	12	7	6.71%
Aug 21, 2026	544,400	52,900	594	8,205	6,448	11.33%