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If channels are NOT supposed to give a boost why is it in some I get seen and others are on almost casting into the void? While home feed casting is also subject to hit or miss algo?

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Ya that's what I thought channels should be, fostering engagement and open to everyone who's interested. If they don't appear in feed for those who follow, engagement is tiny

they are supposed to be cozy corners yet as users it’s hard for newer ones to understand. They use to be a place that built community yet now it seems that most of them are inaccessible or just full of message spam/slop

There are 2 things here that seem counter-intuitive to me as a user and product person: channels, mini app leaderboard. 
If they don't give a boost to casts / mini apps, why do they exist in the first place?

Depends on who has notifications on for the channel and how active the host is. Also who is scrolling them.