What is boosting? Whenever I read a Medium article, I have NO idea whether it's been boosted or not. How can I tell if a story has been boosted?

What does boosting do for readers? I can't even find a boosted stories section on Medium, so how would I find those stories?

Clearly, I need an explainer. I know, I know, I could read Medium's pages, but gee whiz, I prefer to spend what little time I have reading writer's work rather than endless gobble.

Medium needs a really good communications designer. Someone like Saul Bass (designer of motion-picture title sequences) or Richard Wurman (who founded TEDTalks) could turn Medium into an international leader really fast.

As it is now, I think I'm doing more work to read Medium, than the people getting paid to write.