I never buy picks so I could care less about touts.
But, I do follow one on TikTok because its entertaining reading when he is wrong. People are ruthless on him after a bad day of picks. I don't see his picks but I can read between the lines to see what he had picked.
Unfortunately a lot of new players to this industry grew up with social media and the touts are flooded on there so ultimately I believe new players tend to use touts more than us old school guys