Selection suitability and criticality are different metrics. The former is what Homebrew uses, as a way to lessen maintainer load and prevent inclusion in Homebrew becoming its own quality signal. The latter is what I’ve seen supply chain companies provide: an implication that a project is somehow critical or essential to the overall ecosystem because it has so-and-so many stars.
That first use is not unreasonable, in my opinion. The second one is questionable, at best.