Signal 7: Raid and Collaboration Network. Strategic raiding patterns and collaboration relationships strengthen your algorithm signal.

What the algorithm tracks:

• Raids you've sent to other streamers (network participation)
• Raids you've received (peer recognition)
• Co-streams and collaboration appearances (multi-channel relationships)
• Hosting frequency (active community participation)

Why this matters: the algorithm rewards streamers who participate in the platform's social network. Lone-wolf streamers who never raid, never collab, and never host get lower rankings even with strong other signals.

Strategic raid pattern:

• End every stream by raiding another streamer (one tier smaller than you for community-building)
• Build a roster of 5-10 peer streamers you raid regularly
• Participate in collab streams 1-2 times per month
• Host 2-3 streamers per week on your offline channel

Anti-patterns: paid raids (filtered out), raids only to streamers far above your size (one-way relationship the algorithm reads), bot raids (banned-tier offense).

The network effect of strategic raiding compounds across months. The signal is real and measurable.