I like how seriously you are taking being a boost nominator, Adrian, and also open about it. Many seem to be quite secretive, and don’t share the processes they go by to nominate articles/stories.
Well, I don’t like my chances of getting boosted as I write mainly poetry and short fiction and those categories aren’t mentioned.
The only articles I have ever had boosted, in fact, have been poems, but I think they must be out of favour now because I haven’t had any this year.
Perhaps I have to begin concentrating more on non-fiction articles if I want to be considered. I also see that most articles (bar one) on R.O.D. HQ are over 7 minutes long, that’s another thing I struggle with as I don’t think I have ever written anything more than a 5 minute read, and most are less.