Kaito Gatekeeper Theory: Why Do Some Tweets Earn Yaps While Others Don’t? TL;DR When you make a post, it has 1 hour to succeed and start earning yaps. Timing is key. If successful, the post will continue earning yaps based on multipliers. The yaps earned can be indexed over the next 24-48 hours. 🔲My Theory Based on Yu Hu’s explanation yesterday and analysing various data points (lbs, user profiles, etc.), I believe a “dynamic benchmark” runs hourly and acts as a Gatekeeper to determine whether a post gets in or not. 🔲The Gatekeeper If a great post is part of the API dataset during a given hour, the Gatekeeper analyses it and dynamically benchmarks it against other posts made in the same period. What is a great post? Crypto relevance ✅ Reputation-weighted, genuine engagement ✅ Insightful, original, and focused discussions (quality > quantity) ✅ Ok, we all know this by now! But why don’t all great posts earn yaps? The most powerful posts get in based on the Gatekeeper’s secret sauce (unique to Kaito Yaps, as confirmed by Yu Hu). Once a tweet passes the gate, it starts earning yaps based on multipliers such as engagement velocity, CT quality of engagement, and interactions from your inner circle. Now let’s look at filtering. 🔲The Gatekeeper’s Filtering To minimise X API constraints, Kaito removes all tweets that didn’t dynamically benchmark. These are no longer monitored and are considered “dead” by the Gatekeeper. In short, if your post doesn’t pass the gate in the first hour, it won’t earn any yaps—even if it blows up later While the Gatekeeper is highly calibrated, rare conditions such as fluctuating X API data can occasionally affect the dynamic benchmark. Over the past 7 weeks, we’ve seen only a few cases where this might have occurred. Overall, Kaito has done an excellent job mitigating these issues and improving consistently. 🔲Why Is the Gatekeeper So Strict? 1️⃣ Earning even 1 Yap is extremely difficult. 2️⃣ 1 Yap currently places a user in the Top 11,000 all-time—a testament to how hard it is to get through the gate. 3️⃣ Posts that pass the gate can earn massive yaps through long-tail engagement multipliers. 4️⃣ Dry spells in yaps are normal, regardless of account size or activity. 🔲Final Thoughts My assumption is that the Gatekeeper has become less “draconian,” especially for new users earning their first yaps. This might explain the better yap distribution observed over the past week (see Liam’s post for reference). It’ll be interesting to see where we go from here—and whether this theory holds. Let’s #YAP 🤝

@0xdavinchi Definitely we are in for some exciting times ahead

@QueenMapa @MrBeast I guess we have to wait for IP to come out and see how the infra will look and develop. I am personally bullish on both IP and Kaito.

@liam_xbt @_kaitoai It is even higher now at 24.78% with Story after 12.3%. Bullish If you do have 1 min please take a look at the below. Would love your take.ty

@QueenMapa 🤝

@rollinpinkpanda @_kaitoai 🤝

@FeratMDS 😂

@Hirvingmellow_ Good rule

@Yotaro_Base No worries ser. We are just brainstorming here, so all options are welcomed.

@2muha_ Ser, copypasta has no style. It’s just copypasta. We are going into semantics here. As this is becoming a byzantine conversation I will end it here. Thank you for your thoughts.

@Smokey_titan Congrats Smokey. Love your consistency. Here are my numbers for my 1k account. 4 weeks ago was at 400f.

@noxxxwill @ProofofIntern @nuhgid @emilios_eth 🤝

@2muha_ I see. Valid points. Can I ask if you would rate this original? Vs most of other 🧵 on Story whitepaper ?

@emilios_eth 👀

@KineAkay Idk. This topic is not about that ser

I agree with your take. Personally, I don’t care about account size. There are plenty of amazing CT people with large accounts giving daily alpha. At the same time, I know a lot of small, undiscovered accounts like @ProofofIntern, @nuhgid, and @emilios_eth that make immense contributions to what they create, each in their niche.

@baselad09 I agree this is at face value and the technical size has to be considered well. To me the mechanics are simple but I am not a dev. The utility can be indeed massive for creators.

@CryptoISFreedom Ty ser 🤝

@noxxxwill Reach and size. Some maybe timing.