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The health score
Three of the five exchanges cannot be verified by any third party. The health score is what stands behind them instead.
- Starting score
- 100
- Instant tier
- 95+
- Hold below that
- 24 hours
- Auto-action threshold
- 5 reports
How it moves
Every account starts at 100. A dispute filed against you costs 1 point. If a moderator upholds it, that becomes 5.
Denying valid proof and losing the escalation also costs 5 — the penalty runs in both directions, so filing a false report is not free.
If a dispute against you is overturned, the point is restored.
The score is keyed to the Instagram account ID, so removing the account from PodSwap and re-adding it does not reset anything.
What it buys you
At 95 or above your engagements confirm immediately and your points land immediately.
Below it, every engagement you perform waits 24 hours before confirming, which gives the other side time to report a problem.
The dispute pipeline
A receiver who did not get what they were owed files a report, which starts a 24-hour clock.
The sender can respond with a rebuttal or a screenshot as proof. The receiver can accept it, deny it, or escalate.
An escalation goes to a human moderator. If the report is upheld the sender loses 5 points and the receiver is re-queued at the top of the priority order. If it is overturned, the sender is paid and the false denial costs the receiver 5.
Separately, if five different users report the same queued post for the same reason, it is paused or cancelled automatically.
Common questions
Are Instagram engagement pods safe?
PodSwap performs no automation: every engagement is done by a person, by hand, in the Instagram app. It never asks for your password and does not use the official Instagram API. The risk profile is that of using Instagram normally, because that is what is happening.
What stops people taking engagement without giving any?
A 0–100 health score with a dispute pipeline behind it. Below 95 your engagements are held for 24 hours, and upheld disputes cost 5 points each.
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