Posting updates and using the feed

Your home feed is where founders build in public — sharing real progress instead of polished announcements. Anyone can post an update; what you post is what builds your score and your visibility over time.

Writing a post

A post can include text, multiple images, and GIFs. Use #hashtags to tag a topic — for example #BuildingInPublic — which makes your post discoverable to people browsing or searching that tag, not just your own followers. Posts support likes, comments, shares, @mentions, and reactions.

If a post is tied to a startup you own, tag it — that's what lets the update count toward your startup's score and show up on its own Updates tab.

The three feed modes

• New — the newest post first, no ranking involved. The straightforward, real-time view.
• Top — the most-liked posts first. Good for catching what's resonating right now.
• For You — a personalized mix of your interests, location, engagement, and recency. Posts from people you follow get a significant boost here, so it's not purely algorithmic guesswork.

Explore

Explore is where you browse startups by category — Fintech, SaaS, Marketplace, and more — rather than searching for something specific. It's the discovery page for finding startups in a sector you care about, with a dedicated "Looking for partners" filter (a separate toggle, not a category) for surfacing startups that have a Needs/Offers line set on their page.

Search

Search covers startups, people, and hashtags in one place — useful when you already know roughly what or who you're looking for, as opposed to Explore's category browsing.

Frequently asked

Do hashtags affect my score?

No — hashtags are purely for discoverability. Your score comes from the fixed points table (likes, followers, views, team members, check-ins, filled roles) described in the Rankings & Seasons articles, not from hashtag usage.

What's the difference between Explore and Search?

Explore is for browsing when you don't have a specific target in mind — pick a category and see what's there. Search is for when you already know the name of a startup, person, or hashtag you're looking for.