Imagine you’re the founder of a project.

Hundreds of people give you 95%+ positive reviews.

But on the same platform…

85% of the community votes “bearish.”

What would you do?

This isn’t a hypothetical.

It just happened on Ethos, the onchain reputation platform everyone’s watching.

Projects like Monad and Somnia are getting stellar reviews from users who actually tried them…but are getting wrecked in sentiment by the crowd.

Let’s look at the numbers:

> Monad: 96% positive reviews → 83% bearish votes

> Somnia: 97% positive reviews → 86% bearish votes

Same platform. Same users. Opposite signals.

So what’s really going on?

The review system reflects deep engagement.

The sentiment system reflects surface-level perception.

And when those two diverge. It reveals something powerful:

How people feel ≠ what they know.

In crypto, especially at early stages, that gap can define everything.

You might be building something truly valuable…

But if the narrative doesn’t land? If people don’t “get it” instantly?

It doesn’t matter — not yet.

This raises a deeper question for every founder, creator, and user:

Are we valuing what’s real? Or just what’s visible?

Check the listings. Look at the reviews vs sentiment.

Then ask yourself:

What does this tell you about Web3 right now?