What is PSI on SPOOLED?

PSI is the platform contribution score. You earn it by posting builds, writing how-to guides, leaving verified mod reviews, helping in forum threads, and being marked helpful by other members. The leaderboards rank members by PSI, both weekly and all-time.

How do I climb the leaderboards quickly?

The highest single PSI accumulator on the platform is a high-quality how-to guide. Helpful and Completed marks keep paying long after you publish. Beyond that: post regularly, fill out your build page completely with mods and dyno pulls, and answer forum questions in your area of expertise.

Can I game the PSI score by spamming posts or likes?

No. Daily caps (5,000 total per user), sub-caps per content type, like-velocity throttling, reply-quality gates, and template detection all exist to prevent farming. The fastest way to climb is to actually contribute things people find useful — a single great how-to outranks 100 throwaway posts.

What are the PSI tiers?

Stock, Tuned, Built, Spooled, Forged, Boosted, Legend — seven tiers with progressively higher thresholds. Each tier shows up as a badge on your profile. Boosted+ unlocks platform features like mentor flags and higher Pro affiliate share rates.

Does PSI decay over time?

A small inactivity decay applies to dormant accounts after several months, floored at the user's highest reached tier minimum so you can't lose your hard-earned tier just by stepping away. Active members never see decay.

PSI Leaderboards — The Top Builders on SPOOLED

The leaderboards rank SPOOLED members by PSI, the platform's contribution score. PSI rewards posting builds, writing how-to guides, helping in forum threads, and being marked helpful by others — not noise, not algorithmic engagement bait. The leaderboards are the visible signal of who's actually moving the platform forward.

What you can find on /leaderboards

Weekly leaders — top PSI gains in the last 7 days. The active list — who's producing useful content right now.
All-time — cumulative PSI since the score launched. The career list.
By tier — Stock, Tuned, Built, Spooled, Forged, Boosted, Legend. Each tier has its own threshold.
Per-section breakdown — top builders, top how-to authors, top reviewers, top forum helpers. Useful when you're looking specifically for an authority on, say, install how-tos.

How PSI is earned

The full point schedule lives at /psi — the platform's history page also shows your own PSI events chronologically. Headlines:

Posting a public build — substantial one-time award, plus continuing PSI for posts, mod logs, and dyno entries on it.
Writing a how-to guide — the highest single PSI accumulator on the platform. Helpful and Completed marks keep paying long after you publish.
Mod reviews — verified-install reviews earn meaningfully more than drive-by ones; long, honest reviews earn more than short ones.
Forum helpful-marks — replies marked helpful by the OP or by readers earn PSI, accumulating as the thread keeps surfacing in search.
Referrals — bringing new members onto the platform earns PSI when they themselves contribute.

Anti-gaming

PSI is built with anti-gaming in mind. Daily total cap (5,000), sub-caps per content type, like-velocity throttle (you can't farm by mass-liking one user), reply-quality gate (replies under 10 characters earn nothing), and template-detection on reviews. The rules are designed so that the only reliable way to climb the leaderboards is to actually contribute things people find useful.

Tier thresholds and what they mean

Tiers correspond to levels of contribution depth, not status purchase. Boosted+ tier unlocks mentor flags; Legend tier appears on featured surfaces. The thresholds aren't a paywall — every tier is reachable through ordinary platform use, and the math is public.

Why bother climbing

Two reasons. First: discoverability. Higher-tier members surface more often in search and recommendations, which makes their contributions more impactful — a virtuous loop. Second: the platform increasingly gates features by tier (mentor program, contests, Pro affiliate share rates), so PSI is also a stable long-term proxy for what the platform will let you do.