diff --git a/app/labor/email_logic.rb b/app/labor/email_logic.rb
index 91811c136..a9074d938 100644
--- a/app/labor/email_logic.rb
+++ b/app/labor/email_logic.rb
@@ -35,16 +35,17 @@ class EmailLogic
                    where("published_at > ?", fresh_date).
                    where(published: true, email_digest_eligible: true).
                    where.not(user_id: @user.id).
-                   where("positive_reactions_count > ?", 15).
-                   order("positive_reactions_count DESC").
+                   where("score > ?", 12).
+                   where("experience_level_rating > ? AND experience_level_rating < ?", (@user.experience_level || 5) - 3.6, (@user.experience_level || 5) + 3.6).
+                   order("score DESC").
                    limit(6)
                else
                  Article.
                    where("published_at > ?", fresh_date).
                    where(published: true, featured: true, email_digest_eligible: true).
                    where.not(user_id: @user.id).
-                   where("positive_reactions_count > ?", 30).
-                   order("positive_reactions_count DESC").
+                   where("score > ?", 25).
+                   order("score DESC").
                    limit(6)
                end
     if articles.length < 3
diff --git a/app/mailers/digest_mailer.rb b/app/mailers/digest_mailer.rb
index 88627c6eb..ef4f9987f 100644
--- a/app/mailers/digest_mailer.rb
+++ b/app/mailers/digest_mailer.rb
@@ -5,12 +5,6 @@ class DigestMailer < ApplicationMailer
     @user = user
     @articles = articles.first(6)
     @unsubscribe = generate_unsubscribe_token(@user.id, :email_digest_periodic)
-    @boosted_article = Suggester::Articles::Boosted.new(
-      @user,
-      @articles.first,
-      not_ids: @articles.pluck(:id),
-      area: "dev_digest_email",
-    ).suggest
     subject = generate_title
     mail(to: @user.email, subject: subject)
   end
diff --git a/app/views/mailers/digest_mailer/digest_email.html.erb b/app/views/mailers/digest_mailer/digest_email.html.erb
index b8cd0ba9b..915c3d580 100644
--- a/app/views/mailers/digest_mailer/digest_email.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/mailers/digest_mailer/digest_email.html.erb
@@ -8,12 +8,6 @@
       <a href="https://dev.to<%= article.path %>" style="font-weight: bold;color:#0045ff;font-size:1.06em;"><%= article.title.strip %></a> <%= truncate(article.description, length: 80) %>
     </li>
   <% end %>
-  <% if @boosted_article && @user.display_sponsors %>
-    <h4 style="background:#e3fffc;display:inline-block;margin:0;">And sponsor-boosted</h4>
-    <li style="margin:18px auto">
-      <a href="https://dev.to<%= @boosted_article.path %>?booster_org=<%= @boosted_article.organization&.slug || "generic" %>" style="font-weight: bold;color:#0045ff;font-size:1.06em;"><%= @boosted_article.title.strip %></a> <%= truncate(@boosted_article.description, length: 80) %>
-    </li>
-  <% end %>
 </ul>
 
 <center style="margin-top:50px;">
diff --git a/spec/factories/articles.rb b/spec/factories/articles.rb
index 377ba44c1..223524000 100644
--- a/spec/factories/articles.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/articles.rb
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ FactoryBot.define do
     description   { Faker::Hipster.paragraph(1)[0..100] }
     main_image    { Faker::Avatar.image }
     language { "en" }
+    experience_level_rating { rand(4..6) }
     body_markdown do
       <<~HEREDOC
         ---
diff --git a/spec/labor/email_digest_spec.rb b/spec/labor/email_digest_spec.rb
index 9fd352287..c1e76a8ea 100644
--- a/spec/labor/email_digest_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/labor/email_digest_spec.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ RSpec.describe EmailDigest do
       before { user.follow(author) }
 
       it "send digest email when there's atleast 3 hot articles" do
-        create_list(:article, 3, user_id: author.id, positive_reactions_count: 20)
+        create_list(:article, 3, user_id: author.id, positive_reactions_count: 20, score: 20)
         described_class.send_periodic_digest_email
         expect(DigestMailer).to have_received(:digest_email).with(
           user, [instance_of(Article), instance_of(Article), instance_of(Article)]
diff --git a/spec/labor/email_logic_spec.rb b/spec/labor/email_logic_spec.rb
index c0c50daba..3042e5431 100644
--- a/spec/labor/email_logic_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/labor/email_logic_spec.rb
@@ -10,24 +10,24 @@ RSpec.describe EmailLogic do
       it "returns 0.5 for open_percentage" do
         author = create(:user)
         user.follow(author)
-        create_list(:article, 3, user_id: author.id, positive_reactions_count: 20)
+        create_list(:article, 3, user_id: author.id, positive_reactions_count: 20, score: 20)
         h = described_class.new(user).analyze
         expect(h.open_percentage).to eq(0.5)
       end
 
       it "provides top 3 articles" do
-        create_list(:article, 3, positive_reactions_count: 40, featured: true)
+        create_list(:article, 3, positive_reactions_count: 40, featured: true, score: 40)
         h = described_class.new(user).analyze
         expect(h.articles_to_send.length).to eq(3)
       end
 
       it "marks as not ready if there isn't atleast 3 articles" do
-        create_list(:article, 2, positive_reactions_count: 40)
+        create_list(:article, 2, positive_reactions_count: 40, score: 40)
         h = described_class.new(user).analyze
         expect(h.should_receive_email?).to eq(false)
       end
       it "marks as not ready if there isn't at least 3 email-digest-eligible articles" do
-        create_list(:article, 2, positive_reactions_count: 40)
+        create_list(:article, 2, positive_reactions_count: 40, score: 40)
         create_list(:article, 2, positive_reactions_count: 40, email_digest_eligible: false)
         h = described_class.new(user).analyze
         expect(h.should_receive_email?).to eq(false)
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ RSpec.describe EmailLogic do
       before do
         author = create(:user)
         user.follow(author)
-        create_list(:article, 3, user_id: author.id, positive_reactions_count: 20)
+        create_list(:article, 3, user_id: author.id, positive_reactions_count: 20, score: 20)
         10.times do
           Ahoy::Message.create(mailer: "DigestMailer#digest_email",
                                user_id: user.id, sent_at: Time.current.utc)
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ RSpec.describe EmailLogic do
                                sent_at: Time.current.utc, opened_at: Time.current.utc)
           author = create(:user)
           user.follow(author)
-          create_list(:article, 3, user_id: author.id, positive_reactions_count: 40)
+          create_list(:article, 3, user_id: author.id, positive_reactions_count: 40, score: 40)
         end
       end
 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ RSpec.describe EmailLogic do
     it "refelcts @ready_to_receive_email" do
       author = create(:user)
       user.follow(author)
-      create_list(:article, 3, user_id: author.id, positive_reactions_count: 20)
+      create_list(:article, 3, user_id: author.id, positive_reactions_count: 20, score: 20)
       h = described_class.new(user).analyze
       expect(h.should_receive_email?).to eq(true)
     end