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
- All-time — cumulative PSI since the score launched. The career list.
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 reply likes — replies other members like earn PSI for their author. Thread authors can also mark one reply as the accepted answer, which flags it for future readers.
- 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), and a reply-quality gate (replies under 10 characters earn nothing). The rules are designed so that the only reliable way to climb the leaderboards is to actually contribute things people find useful.