Hello Ariel,

This story has included more information about the Boost Nomination program than anyplace else I've seen on Medium. Having said that, my perception as one who feels I've had relative success with stories getting boosted is that it's hit and miss, and several quality stories never get seen by a person with the ability to recommend boosting, or they may have used up their monthly allotment and cannot recommend a story they may feel should be boosted.

I've had stories get boosted that I felt didn't deserve it, and some of my best work (IMO) has been ignored. I know several of the stories that have been boosted were recommended by editors because they have said so. Why would there be a limit on to quality stories they can recommend? If your editors abuse the process, you can regulate that; if you're getting quantity and not quality, find better people.

I've suggested elsewhere that stories that meet certain criteria, like 1,000 claps or 25 comments, the story could at least be reviewed by a person when they otherwise might be missed. Pointing people to publications/editors that can make recommendations, it seems it will create a backlog of worthy stories, causing those editors to reach their limit that much sooner.

The difference between a boosted story and a regular story with similar claps and comments can be hundreds of dollars, in my experience. I'm literally holding back stories until the 1st of the month because I perceive the chances for boosting is much better. Talk me out of this and tell me why I'm wrong?