Project Yapper Leaderboards FAQs

What is Yapper Mindshare?

• Yapper Mindshare measures the share of voice an individual account contributes to a specific project

What contributes towards Mindshare within a specific project Leaderboard?

• Relevant discussions about the project, with greater weight given to targeted, focused, and project-specific conversations over general roundups

• Real, reputation-weighted engagement, prioritizing high-quality interactions and participation from a broader, more diverse set of CT accounts

• Insightful, original, and focused commentary over repetitive or high-volume posting

• Advocacy for the project’s alignment and values

I have been posting about the project, why am I not on the Leaderboard?

• Not appearing on the Leaderboard doesn’t mean your contributions aren’t recognized. By design, the Leaderboard can only surface the top 100 accounts within a given time period.

• To ensure rankings reflect consistent and meaningful participation, you need a minimum level of recent and qualifying contribution before your account becomes ranked. Accounts with occasional or isolated posts, even if high-quality, may not appear on the leaderboard unless they demonstrate sustained engagement over time.

Does posting about multiple projects contribute to my Mindshare on multiple Leaderboards?

• We’ve introduced a new algorithm that disproportionately rewards accounts showing consistent loyalty and alignment to a smaller set of projects.

• This isn’t meant to discourage honest Kaito ecosystem yappers who contribute across multiple Leaderboards. Rather, it’s designed to especially reward community members who demonstrate deeper commitment to a select few.

What behaviours are considered malicious in the network?

• Coordinated group farming - Organized, tight-knit groups posting or engaging in sync to artificially inflate Mindshare

• Solicited engagement farming - Actively requesting likes, comments, quote tweets, or retweets to boost visibility

• Fake or bot accounts - Creating multiple X accounts (or using third-party services) solely to manipulate engagement metrics

How are malicious behaviours identified?

• Malicious behavior is detected algorithmically to maintain network integrity and ensure that Leaderboards reflect genuine contributions and rewards go to real contributors.

• In addition, users can report malicious or manipulative accounts using the Report button.

What is slashing?

• Slashing occurs when malicious behaviour is detected.

• It can be both retroactive and forward-looking, and is intended to penalize bad actors while preserving the integrity of the network.

Will I be notified if I’m slashed?

• To date, only 0.03% of accounts have been slashed for explicit malicious behaviour.

• We’re working on making slashing status and duration visible to affected accounts.

• That said, this does not apply to 99.97% of users - slashing exists purely to protect the integrity of the network and the broader InfoFi economy.

What are the boosting factors?

• Accounts that consistently post about a specific project, demonstrating loyalty

• Accounts with higher reputation and quality engagement history

• In the future, accounts that allocate a higher percentage of their yaps to a specific project Leaderboard, signalling stronger alignment

Why does the project Leaderboard consider alignment and sentiment? Would this harm critical voices?

• The project leaderboard is designed to surface and reward community evangelists who consistently advocate for a project.

• Other parts of the ecosystem - like Kaito Yaps, Kaito Yapper Payouts, and X Payouts - inherently reward critical voices due to the viral nature of such content.

• We're also developing an algorithm to better identify and distinguish constructive criticism, so that thoughtful critique isn't mistakenly flagged as misaligned.

I was on the 7 day Leaderboard yesterday, but disappeared today - what happened?

• Leaderboards operate on a rolling time window — only activities from the defined time period (eg last 7 days, last 30 days) counts and older contributions roll off.

• Mindshare is measured relatively, so new contributions from other accounts may have shifted rankings. You can click on your profile to view your week-to-week Mindshare contribution relative to the market.

• We encourage all creators to focus more on the 30-day Leaderboard, as the 7-day version is inherently more volatile.

How long does a tweet earn Mindshare for?

• Each tweet contributes to Mindshare for 7 days after it is posted.

• “Peripheral tweets” are posts made before the defined window (eg last 7 days, last 30 days) but still within their 7-day earning period.

• For example, a tweet posted 6 days before the 30-day Leaderboard would still count toward your Mindshare.

What’s the balance between quality and quantity?

• The network prioritizes quality over quantity or spam. To support this, there’s a cap on the number of top performing tweets per week that are counted towards mindshare.

How do language differences affect Mindshare scores?

• Similar to Yaps, the algorithm leverages state-of-the-art LLMs that understand regional languages. Content in all languages is assessed fairly for Mindshare contribution.

Does copying other people’s content contribute to my Mindshare?

• No, Kaito runs a real-time plagiarism checker to ensure that only original content earns mindshare and rewards, protecting creators who contribute authentic insights.

Which accounts can appear on a project’s Leaderboard?

• Only individual 𝕏 accounts are included in the ranking for a Leaderboard.

How does Kaito determine whether an account represents an entity or an individual?

• Our AI programmatically analyzes various account attributes - such as the bio, handle, description, profile picture, and tweets - to determine whether an X account represents an entity or an individual. The goal is to approximate how the general audience perceives the account.

Do I earn Yap points for being on the project Yapper Leaderboard?

• No, the project Leaderboard is measuring the contribution to mindshare for a particular project, whereas Yap points are based on the broader CT and not linked to any specifc project.

• The algo for the individual project Leaderboard is separate from Yaps - people on the leaderboard aren’t guaranteed to earn yaps (and vice versa), and their ranking is not a function of how many Yaps they have.

Do the Leaderboards only show accounts that are connected to Yaps?

• The Leaderboard is measuring the contribution to mindshare for a particular project and not related to Yap points. Individuals do not need to be connected to Yaps to appear on the Leaderboard.