How ranking works

When you open Who to meet, The Build Nation orders builders for you by a few things:

• Your field. People in the same field as you come first, then people in a related field.
• Where you both are. Builders at a stage that makes for a useful conversation with you rank higher.
• Who you've saved. Builders in the same fields as the people you've saved to your list get a smaller nudge.
• What they've done lately. Among people who match you, those with recent results on The Build Nation rank a little higher: products they launched, “Shipped:” updates, meetups they hosted where people met, and events they hosted. Recent work counts more, each kind is capped so posting more doesn't help, and results can only lift a good match, never replace it.

Each card says why, for example “Same field: Fintech”. Only accounts with a verified email appear, and someone you've blocked, or who has blocked you, never does.

Every builder profile shows proof of work: an 18-week grid of real output and a count of things shipped. It counts:

• Products you've launched (a build you mark as launched).
• Updates you post that start with “Shipped:”, “Building:” or “Win:”. “Shipped:” posts also count toward things shipped.
• Meetups you hosted that actually started.
• Meetups you attended where both you and the host confirmed you met.
• Event check-ins.

Likes, comments, views, follows and follower counts never count. Neither does how much you post: only updates that report output (Shipped, Building, Win) appear on the grid. Meeting people in person shows on your profile, but it doesn't change where you rank.

• Met in person takes both people. After a meetup ends, the host and the attendee each confirm whether they met. Only those two people can confirm, and it counts only when both say yes.
• “Shows up” waits for a track record. It appears only after someone has attended three meetups, so one missed meetup doesn't define a new member.
• Nothing counts twice. Things shipped is launched products plus “Shipped:” posts that aren't about one of those launched products.
• Field and stage are yours to set. They come from your profile; your proof of work is the record that backs them up.

• You can't confirm a meetup on your own: it takes the other person too, and tapping again doesn't count twice.
• Posts go live right away, and anyone can report one. Our team reviews reports and can remove a post, close a meetup or ban an account. A removed post no longer counts.
• Block someone and you no longer appear in each other's lists.
• Likes and followers can't be farmed for rank, because they never count.