# Trent Cotney (@TrentCotney) on x

- id: koinon:creator:x_trentcotney
- url: https://koinonlink.com/kol/x/TrentCotney
- schema_version: 1.4

## Identity
- platform: x
- handle: TrentCotney
- platform_url: https://twitter.com/TrentCotney
- website: http://www.trentcotney.com
- entity_type: creator
- person_id: Cross-platform identity not resolved for this creator.

## Reach
- followers: 991
- following: 575
- posts_total: 3984
- posts_observed: 4
- posts_per_day: 0.714
- account_age_days: 5581
- verified: true
- size_tier: nano

## Engagement
- status: peak_post_only
- peak_post_engagement_rate: 0.00101
- best_post_interactions: 1
- measurement_source: x_post_interactions
- measurement_formula: interactions on one post — likes, or likes + reposts + replies depending on the discovery path (the two are not distinguishable in the stored data)
- comparable_pool: peak_interactions
- status_note: We have only the single best observed post, so no mean exists. peak_post_engagement_rate is an UPPER BOUND, systematically higher than an average — never compare it against an average rate.
- unit_note: engagement_rate and peak_post_engagement_rate are ratios (0-1); avg_interactions_per_post and best_post_interactions are absolute counts. Read status before reading any number: a null rate has several different causes and status says which one applies here.

## Content
- category: software
- subcategory: saas
- category_confidence: 0.8
- category_source: derived_from_recent_content
- topics: ICE raids and I-9 compliance in roofing, Residential contractor sales events, Wage-and-hour and PAGA litigation risks
- bio: Construction Industry Advocate ◈ Partner, Adams & Reese LLP ◈ Senior Fellow, National Construction Policy Institute ◈ NRCA General Counsel

## Audience (inferred)
- status: present
- description: Roofing contractors, residential construction business owners and industry professionals handling employment compliance
- roles: none
- seniority: decision_maker
- pain_points: ICE raids and I-9 audit enforcement actions, Technical wage-and-hour violations escalating into representative litigation, PAGA-style laws amplifying employment law risks even without direct employee harm
- posts_analysed: 3
- confidence: 0.4

## Commercial (inferred)
- audience_buyer_fit: 0.4
- promotion_intent: 0.2
- open_to_collaboration: false
- contact: Koinon does not publish creator contact details.

## Quality signals
- authenticity_score: 53
- authenticity_basis: engagement_observed
- credibility_score: 53
- flagged_for_review: false
- koinon_bd_grade: C — measures Koinon partner-outreach fit, not creator quality
- interpretation: Signals for triage, not verdicts. A flag means the profile is worth a manual check.

## Evidence
- [x_trentcotney#18039f85] @WSRCA expo is right around the corner. Make sure to catch Benjamin S. Briggs, Esq. and I speaking on the latest issues with ICE Raids and I-9 audits. #roofing #immigration #ICE @adamsandreese https://t.co/WIhhC1LXS6 (https://twitter.com/TrentCotney/status/2072705906198909129)
- [x_trentcotney#9abcd8d5] I’m looking forward to speaking at the STG - Sales Transformation Group Residential Deep-Dive in Nashville on August 6–7, 2026. I’ll be joining residential contractors, owners, sales leaders, and sales representatives to discuss the legal and business issues affecting today’s roo
- [x_trentcotney#e9de7874] PAGA-style laws can turn technical wage-and-hour errors into significant representative litigation, even when actual employee harm i

## Provenance
Every inferred field below carries how it was produced. Facts stay facts; inferences stay inferences.

- audience.description: source_type=ai_inferred, confidence=0.4, freshness_days=77, method=llm_persona_from_recent_content
- audience.roles: source_type=ai_inferred, confidence=0.4, freshness_days=77, method=llm_persona_from_recent_content
- audience.seniority: source_type=ai_inferred, confidence=0.4, freshness_days=77, method=llm_persona_from_recent_content
- commercial.audience_buyer_fit: source_type=ai_inferred, confidence=0.6, freshness_days=81, method=llm_scorer — Relative signal within Koinon indexing, not a market-wide score.
- commercial.promotion_intent: source_type=ai_inferred, confidence=0.6, freshness_days=81, method=llm_scorer
- quality.anomaly_flags: source_type=heuristic, confidence=0.5, freshness_days=111, method=profile_snapshot_and_engagement_ratio_heuristic — Means "worth a manual check", NOT confirmed fraud. Flags can be wrong and are not a verdict about the person.
- quality.authenticity_score: source_type=heuristic, confidence=0.5, freshness_days=81, method=Profile-shape heuristic from a single snapshot (follower count, following ratio, account age, posting volume, verification), reduced for engagement red flags where post engagement was collected. Where only a follower count is available the score saturates at 58. — The input set differs by platform; do not compare this score across platforms.
- quality.koinon_bd_grade: source_type=ai_inferred, confidence=0.5, freshness_days=111, method=llm_partner_fit_classifier + fit_score >= 0.6 AND authenticity >= 60 => A; fit_score >= 0.4 AND authenticity >= 45 => B; else C. authenticity < 30 or a promotional-pattern flag => quarantine. — Koinon partner-outreach fit, not creator quality.
- reach.followers: source_type=observed, confidence=0.95, freshness_days=111, method=platform_profile

## Freshness
- profile_checked_days_ago: 111
- content_analysed_days_ago: 81
- audience_updated_days_ago: 77

## AI retrieval
- indexing_requests: 8
- user_triggered_requests: 0
- note: Being indexed in bulk is not the same as being retrieved to answer a question.

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