Glossary
Match score
The weighted total PodSwap computes for every waiting queue to decide which post you are shown next.
Terms: exact follower bracket +100,000; nearest adjacent bracket +90,000, stepping down to a floor of +10,000; exact niche +100; parent category +50. Niche and category are added together, not chosen between.
What a paid tier buys depends on the exchange. On comments the boost is 20 against a bracket term of 100,000, so it never outranks a closer bracket. On saves and shares it is 500,000, which does. On follows and stories there is no subscription term at all — position there is bought with unspent points and a completed profile.
The score ranks orders within a give-to-get band, never across bands: an order from a creator who is owed is served before a better-scoring order from one who is not giving.
The highest score wins. Ties are broken oldest-queue-first, so waiting longer is never a disadvantage.
See also