diff --git a/api/resolvers/item.js b/api/resolvers/item.js
index 506f3405..d95f9deb 100644
--- a/api/resolvers/item.js
+++ b/api/resolvers/item.js
@@ -857,7 +857,7 @@ export const SELECT =
 function newTimedOrderByWeightedSats (num) {
   return `
     ORDER BY (POWER("Item"."weightedVotes", 1.2)/POWER(EXTRACT(EPOCH FROM ($${num} - "Item".created_at))/3600+2, 1.3) +
-              GREATEST("Item".boost-1000+5, 0)/POWER(EXTRACT(EPOCH FROM ($${num} - "Item".created_at))/3600+2, 4)) DESC NULLS LAST, "Item".id DESC`
+              ("Item".boost/${BOOST_MIN}::float)/POWER(EXTRACT(EPOCH FROM ($${num} - "Item".created_at))/3600+2, 2.6)) DESC NULLS LAST, "Item".id DESC`
 }
 
 const TOP_ORDER_BY_SATS = 'ORDER BY "Item"."weightedVotes" DESC NULLS LAST, "Item".id DESC'
diff --git a/components/adv-post-form.js b/components/adv-post-form.js
index 10bb272b..f2c91568 100644
--- a/components/adv-post-form.js
+++ b/components/adv-post-form.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { Input } from './form'
 import { InputGroup } from 'react-bootstrap'
 import { BOOST_MIN } from '../lib/constants'
 import { NAME_QUERY } from '../fragments/users'
+import Info from './info'
 
 export function AdvPostSchema (client) {
   return {
@@ -34,7 +35,27 @@ export default function AdvPostForm () {
       body={
         <>
           <Input
-            label={<>boost</>}
+            label={
+              <div className='d-flex align-items-center'>boost
+                <Info>
+                  <ol className='font-weight-bold'>
+                    <li>Boost ranks posts higher temporarily based on the amount</li>
+                    <li>The minimum boost is {BOOST_MIN} sats</li>
+                    <li>Each {BOOST_MIN} sats of boost is equivalent to one trusted upvote
+                      <ul>
+                        <li>e.g. {BOOST_MIN * 2} sats is like 2 votes</li>
+                      </ul>
+                    </li>
+                    <li>The decay of boost "votes" increases at 2x the rate of organic votes
+                      <ul>
+                        <li>i.e. boost votes fall out of ranking faster</li>
+                      </ul>
+                    </li>
+                    <li>100% of sats from boost are given back to top users as rewards</li>
+                  </ol>
+                </Info>
+              </div>
+            }
             name='boost'
             hint={<span className='text-muted'>ranks posts higher temporarily based on the amount</span>}
             append={<InputGroup.Text className='text-monospace'>sats</InputGroup.Text>}
diff --git a/lib/constants.js b/lib/constants.js
index 1e2f1816..a45ff6cb 100644
--- a/lib/constants.js
+++ b/lib/constants.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-export const NOFOLLOW_LIMIT = 100
-export const BOOST_MIN = 1000
+export const NOFOLLOW_LIMIT = 1000
+export const BOOST_MIN = 5000
 export const UPLOAD_SIZE_MAX = 2 * 1024 * 1024
 export const IMAGE_PIXELS_MAX = 35000000
 export const UPLOAD_TYPES_ALLOW = [