Follower numbers you can trust, and a feed that leads with what matters

What this solves

• Impossible follower numbers. A competitor would appear to have lost 99% of their followers overnight. They had not: the read of their profile failed, and the number it returned was saved as if it were real. Those readings also skewed the growth charts and the "where you stand" comparison, not just the feed.
• The feed led with the least useful thing. All profiles are read in one pass, so every follower movement arrived at the same moment and filled the top of the day — pushing new products, price moves and ad changes below them.
• Small drift counted as news. "Gained 3.4% over 24 days" was shown with the same weight as a competitor launching something.

What changed

• A follower reading that collapses against the last trusted one is no longer recorded. The previous number stands, and we look into it. If the next independent read agrees, the drop is real and it is accepted — so a genuine decline still comes through.
• A jump has to be a jump, in either direction: a sudden collapse is now treated with the same suspicion as a sudden explosion, and small drift no longer qualifies at all.
• "Major" now means measurably unusual for that competitor, judged against their own history — not simply "moved more than 10%".
• One line per day for social movement: *"Follower counts moved at 6 competitors"*, which opens to the detail on a click. The day's real changes come first.
• Readings already recorded that were clearly failed reads have been set aside, and the entries built on them removed.

Where to find it

Competitors → What changed, and each competitor's own window → History.

Useful for

Anyone who opens the competitor feed to find out what rivals actually did — and who needs the follower chart to be right when they quote it.