Not really. That's nostr:nprofile1qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uq32amnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwv3sk6atn9e5k7tcpr9mhxue69uhkscnj9e3k7unpvdkx2tnnda3kjctv9uqzp978pfzrv6n9xhq5tvenl9e74pklmskh4xw6vxxyp3j8qkke3cez0c7vk7 's point about follower counts not being sybil-resistant. A determined scammer could spin up thousands of npubs and have them follow their impersonator account. Then the follower count doesn't help you determine which one is real at all.

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that seems like a lot of effort, though

Doing it manually? Yes. But who says it needs to be done manually?

It wouldn't take much to write a program that could generate a few thousand Nostr accounts and create kind 3 notes following several legit accounts along with following each other.