diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 07bc027f..c1926403 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -422,12 +422,15 @@ task :shard_migration => [:environment] do
   FileUtils.mv './public/newtestsites', './public/testsites'
 end
 
-desc 'prime_follow_count'
-task :prime_follow_count => [:environment] do
-  DB['update sites set follow_count=0'].first
-  Site.select(:id,:username).all.each do |site|
-    count = site.follows_dataset.count
-    next if count == 0
+desc 'compute_follow_count_scores'
+task :compute_follow_count_scores => [:environment] do
+
+  Site.select(:id,:username,:follow_count).all.each do |site|
+    count = site.scorable_follow_count
+
+    if count != 0
+      puts "#{site.username} #{site.follow_count} => #{count}"
+    end
     DB['update sites set follow_count=? where id=?', count, site.id].first
   end
 end
diff --git a/models/site.rb b/models/site.rb
index 19751a8d..f7833041 100644
--- a/models/site.rb
+++ b/models/site.rb
@@ -351,28 +351,35 @@ class Site < Sequel::Model
     return false
   end
 
-  def can_follow?(site)
-    return false if site.id == self.id # Do not follow yourself
-    return false if site.owned_by?(self) # Do not follow your own sites
-    # return false if account_sites_follow?(site) # Do not follow if any of your other sites follow
+  def scorable_follow?(site)
+    return false if site.id == self.id # Do not count follow of yourself
+    return false if site.owned_by?(self) # Do not count follow of your own sites
+    return false if account_sites_follow?(site) # Do not count follow if any of your other sites follow
     true
   end
 
+  def scorable_follow_count
+    score_follow_count = 0
+
+    follows_dataset.all.each do |follow|
+      score_follow_count += 1 if scorable_follow?(follow.actioning_site)
+    end
+    score_follow_count
+  end
+
   def toggle_follow(site)
     if is_following? site
       DB.transaction do
         follow = followings_dataset.filter(site_id: site.id).first
         site.events_dataset.filter(follow_id: follow.id).delete
         follow.delete
-        DB['update sites set follow_count=follow_count-1 where id=?', site.id].first
+        DB['update sites set follow_count=follow_count-1 where id=?', site.id].first if scorable_follow?(site)
       end
       false
     else
-      return false unless can_follow?(site)
-
       DB.transaction do
         follow = add_following site_id: site.id
-        DB['update sites set follow_count=follow_count+1 where id=?', site.id].first
+        DB['update sites set follow_count=follow_count+1 where id=?', site.id].first if scorable_follow?(site)
         Event.create site_id: site.id, actioning_site_id: self.id, follow_id: follow.id
       end
 
diff --git a/views/site.erb b/views/site.erb
index dada2193..dac5a132 100644
--- a/views/site.erb
+++ b/views/site.erb
@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@
         <p><a href="<%= site.latest_archive.url %>" style="margin-right: 5px"><%= site.latest_archive.ipfs_hash %></a><small style="font-size: 7pt"><a href="/permanent-web">(what is this?)</a></small></p>
       <% end %>
       -->
+      <% follow_count = site.follows.count %>
       <div class="stats">
         <div class="stat"><strong><%= site.views.format_large_number %></strong> <span>view<%= site.views == 1 ? '' : 's' %></span></div>
-        <div class="stat"><strong><%= site.follow_count.format_large_number %></strong> <span>follower<%= site.follow_count == 1 ? '' : 's' %></span></div>
+        <div class="stat"><strong><%= follow_count.format_large_number %></strong> <span>follower<%= follow_count == 1 ? '' : 's' %></span></div>
         <div class="stat"><strong><%= site.changed_count.format_large_number %></strong> <span>update<%= site.changed_count == 1 ? '' : 's' %></span></div>
         <div class="stat tips"><strong><%= site.tips_dataset.count %></strong> <span>tips</span></div>
       </div>
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@
           <a href="/site/<%= site.username %>/archives" class="btn-Action edit"><i class="fa fa-history" title="Archives"></i> Archives</a>
         <% end %>
 
-        <% if current_site && current_site != site && current_site.can_follow?(site) %>
+        <% if current_site && current_site != site %>
           <% is_following = current_site.is_following?(site) %>
 
           <a id="followLink" href="#" onclick="Site.toggleFollow(<%= site.id %>, '<%= csrf_token %>'); return false" class="btn-Action <%= is_following ? 'is-following' : '' %>">