On May 2, 2025, Ethos published a short thread on X about @movementlabsxyz, the account for Movement. The thread looked at what Ethos users had said about Movement over the previous 100 days. It also asked what had caused Movement’s reputation score to drop about three weeks before the thread was posted.
The thread showed how consensus among reviewers produced Movement’s Ethos score, which was rated “questionable” at the time. For anyone trying to judge a project, it showed how many individual reviews add up to one public signal.
How Ethos scores work
On Ethos, users leave reviews on profiles, and a profile carries a reputation score. A project’s score reflects the reviews it collects. Upvotes from other users show which of those reviews the community finds most useful.
Movement’s reviews by the numbers
At the time of the thread, Movement’s Ethos profile had:
- 54 total reviews
- 40% of them positive
With fewer than half of its reviews positive, Movement’s score reflected mixed views among the people reviewing it.
The most upvoted reviews were neutral
Ethos highlighted the three most upvoted reviews on Movement’s profile. All three were neutral:
- @ipaperhand (Neutral)
- @kavinrj2412 (Neutral)
- @0xbouncy (Neutral)
According to Ethos, each of these reviews drew upvotes from various reputable Ethos users. That matters because upvotes show agreement. When credible users back the same reviews, those reviews carry more weight as a picture of community sentiment than any one opinion would on its own.
What the thread showed, and what it didn’t
The thread asked what caused Movement’s score to drop about three weeks before May 2, 2025. Its text pointed to the reviews and the consensus around them as the way the score was formed. It did not spell out a single event behind the drop, and the posts don’t record any later change to the score.
The thread’s main point was that Movement’s “questionable” score did not come from one person’s judgment. It came from dozens of reviews, and the ones the community upvoted most were neutral, not positive.
This thread first appeared on X.
