How discovery works
Organic results reflect community quality. Sponsored placements are separate.
Organic ranking
Signals are compared within category and server size.
30%25%15%10%10%10%
- Join rate
- Visitors who join
- 30%
- 7-day retention
- Members who stay
- 25%
- Click-through rate
- Interest in a listing
- 15%
- Activity
- Ongoing participation
- 10%
- Reviews
- Community feedback
- 10%
- Daily bump
- A recent check-in
- 10%
Understand the details
Join and retention rates use Wilson lower bounds. Click-through rate is adjusted for position. Category and size percentiles help smaller communities compete fairly. New listings receive exploration opportunities.
Consistent daily bumps affect only the bump component. While attribution data accumulates, the initial formula can use activity, growth, reviews, bump and freshness.
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