I’m pretty sure when Yuhu and the Kaito team came up with the Smart Followers metric, they didn’t expect it to turn into something people would start beefing over later.

But recently, that’s exactly what’s happening.

Some KOLs are now saying if your SF rate is low, then your account is full of bots, low-rep, or you’ve farmed too much low-quality GA content. A few hours ago, I saw Ico criticize a couple of the Top 25 Loudest for having bad SF ratios and suddenly a bunch of people started piling on.

And just now, I saw Cape slash Kermit on Ethos over this exact thing.

Honestly, It’s funny. But not in a good way.

The truth is, everyone has their own journey, their own audience, and their own phase of development. Metrics like SF can be helpful, but using one number to judge someone completely? That feels off.

I can name people with insanely high SF/follower ratios but half of CT calls them scammers, and their Ethos score is a mess.

So yeah. Take these tools for what they are. Not more, not less.