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Followers
12.9K
Account age
2 yrs
💰 Suggested sponsorship rate
$72 – $118 / sponsored post
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Known for
📊 Post engagement
Recent posts · likes + reposts
Nov 30latest
26
Avg engagement / post
14–29
Typical post (engagement)
0.2%
Engagement vs followers
73/100
Consistent reach
Aug 2024
On Bluesky since
Half of recent posts land between 14 and 29 likes + reposts (median 24) — a dependable floor a sponsored post can count on.
🔥 Top post: 🔴 NEW: The Scottish Government says the move was needed to tackl · 56 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 9 text · 3 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
680×
Follows 19 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
Recent posts
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People objecting to major Scottish energy projects must now use an online portal or post. The change followed concerns that AI-generated emails were creating a “significant administrative burden”
ObjectNow says it helped 50,000 people across the UK submit planning objections in 2025. Since Scotland stopped accepting emails, it says no local group has approached it to launch a campaign against a major Scottish energy project
“The UK squandered our oil and gas wealth – we cannot repeat the same mistake with renewables”
China’s government and an investment vehicle based in the Cayman Islands are among a group of foreign owners whose Scottish wind farms have paid out more than £1bn to shareholders in recent years
“If we stick to business as usual and an economy of extraction then we will look back in 20 years filled with regrets”
🔴 NEW: An investment vehicle managed by JP Morgan and state-backed firms from France, Norway and China own Scottish wind farms which have paid tens of millions in dividends this decade.
Our latest: https://www.theferret.scot/scotland-wind…
Former Ulster Volunteer Force member Mark Sinclair said he regularly visits Glasgow and opposes multiculturalism. In a video after last weekend’s protest, he claimed demographic changes are destroying the city’s culture
Researchers say Knights Templar imagery helps rebrand older far-right politics around the idea of men acting as defenders
🔴NEW: An anti-immigration protest in Glasgow that turned violent last weekend attracted thousands of people. Those attending included loyalists from Northern Ireland with criminal convictions.
Find out more: https://www.theferret.scot/p/0…
In one video, Dowson urged supporters to “keep it coming” so local patrol groups could continue what he described as protecting women and children
Women Against the Far-Right Scotland says street patrols do not make women safer and instead use concern about violence against women and girls to spread racist ideas and intimidate minority communities
🦋 Handle & authenticity
✅ Domain-verified
@theferret.scot
The handle is the domain theferret.scot. On Bluesky a domain handle proves the owner controls that website — so this is verifiably the real theferret.scot account, not an impersonator.
On Bluesky since
Aug 2024
Joined after Bluesky opened to the public — a settled account with a real history.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Bluesky in 2024 — 2 years ago.
👁️Averages 26 views per post.
🏅Earned the 10K Followers for passing 10K followers.
📍Based in United Kingdom.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated81/100
Excellent
Credibility score
97%
Real
Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 97% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Strong engagement (~0.2% of followers engage each post) — an active, real audience.
- Organic base — far more followers than accounts it follows.
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
About
Scotland's award-winning investigative news and fact-checking co-op.
Contact us here: https://theferret.scot/contact/
Find out more: https://t-sml.mtrbio.com/public/smartlink/theferretscot
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