Wilfred Chan

Mastodon @wilf@social.coop

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Followers

2.4K

Account age

3 yrs

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🕵️ Fake follower check 📊 Engagement rate 💰 What they charge

📊 Post engagement

Avg engagement / post

1.4%

Engagement vs followers

Nov 2022

On Mastodon since

🔥 Top post: My full interview with @Mer__edith about what's missing from Geo · 90 likes + reposts

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence

0.71 / week

A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.

Content mix

Mostly text

Recent: 12 text · 0 image · 0 video.

Follower / following

13×

Follows 177 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.

Recent posts

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🔥 Top post My full interview with @Mer__edith about what's missing from Geoffrey Hinton's media tour, how AI doomers put us into a "trance," and why labor organizing is still the most powerful check against Big Tech: https://www.fastcompany.com/90892235/researcher-meredith-whittaker-says-a… ★ 90

I used ChatGPT to beat a NYC parking ticket, and asked real lawyers what they thought of it: https://www.fastcompany.com/90898619/i-asked-chatgpt-to-contest-my-parking-ticket-what-followed-was-a-thing-of-beauty ★ 10 Where was “AI Godfather” Geoffrey Hinton when Google fired Timnit Gebru and other experts who sounded the alarm about AI’s impacts on marginalized people? https://www.fastcompany.com/90891995/i-didnt-see-him-show-up-ex-googlers-blast-ai-go… ★ 28 For 60+ years, the US Navy fired explosives on Vieques, a tiny Puerto Rican island, until finally agreeing to stop on May 1, 2003. 20 years later, the islanders still suffer the devastating physical and economic consequences. My story for … ★ 9 A new California proposal would create safeguards around AI decision tools, but is its definition of AI too narrow? My latest for Fast Company: https://www.fastcompany.com/90886138/a-california-bill-would-regulate-automated-decisions-but-i… ★ 14 Six months after Musk bought Twitter, how goes the exodus to Mastodon? My latest report for The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/apr/18/mastodon-users-twitter-elon-musk-social-media ★ 51 Working on another story for The Guardian about Mastodon, a kind of update to my last one (https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/nov/01/mastodon-twitter-elon-musk-takeover). Hoping to speak to users / admins about how your experience has… ★ 86 Airbnbs and remote work made housing costs rise faster in Kingston, New York than anywhere in the country. It responded with something no American city has tried: a rent reduction using an emergency law. Now landlords are determined to q… ★ 9 New York is about to become the first US city to regulate the use of AI in hiring decisions. But vendors and lobbyists quietly watered down the law so much that it's now nearly useless, and even sets a harmful precedent, advocates say: ht… ★ 43 Why the TikTok CEO's testimony on the Hill next month will have big implications for China's tech sector — and the U.S. debate over data privacy. My report for Fast Company with insights from Kendra Schaefer: https://www.fastcompany.com/9… ★ 2 Who should decide who deserves Adderall? In this longread, I examine the role of the DEA in creating the most severe ADHD medication shortage in history: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jan/29/adderall-shortage-us-adhd-ritalin-dru… ★ 18 After a monthslong investigation, OSHA cited Amazon for "serious violations" at four warehouses, where workers face a high risk of musculoskeletal injuries, heat injuries, and getting hit by falling packages. The total fine? $60,000—the ma… ★ 40

🐘 Community & instance

Home server

social.coop

Their home server on the fediverse — the instance a creator picks signals the community they belong to.

On Mastodon since

Nov 2022

Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.

💡 Facts

🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 3 years ago.

👁️Averages 33 views per post.

📤Posts about 0.7× per week.

🕵️ Fake follower check

Estimated

86/100

Excellent Credibility score

99%

Real Real audience

Low Fake-follower risk

High Data confidence

Est. 99% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
Strong engagement (~1.4% of followers engage each post) — an active, real audience.
Organic base — far more followers than accounts it follows.
Established account (3+ years old).

Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.