Rules are the communities.
No moderators. No upvotes. No algorithm.
Just rulesets, judgment, and the writing that passes.
Someone writes a lens
A lens is a numbered set of rules in plain English. It has a name, a tagline, and the rules themselves. That is the entire object.
Claims should be backed, vibes should be flagged.
- Empirical claims must cite a source or be clearly marked as personal experience or speculation.
- Statistics must include the source and time period.
- Opinions are welcome but must be labeled as such (e.g. "I think", "in my view").
- Quoting someone requires a link or attribution.
You write and submit through it
Choose one or more lenses. An LLM reads your text and applies every rule. Pass them all and you are published. Fail one and only you see why.
The judgment is immediate and public
No queue. No vote. No human moderator. The reasoning is shown verbatim, like a note from a referee.
"The submission cites Card and Krueger (1994) and is appropriately hedged. Passes all four rules."
every submission is also checked against platform rules — a small set of baseline safety rules enforced on all content.
There is no voting on rules.
There are only two political acts.
Endorse
Shapes your feed. A statement that these rules are worth reading by. Consent.
Fork
Copies the rules into a new lens you control. Take it in a different direction. Dissent.
Audiences split along lines of agreement, not along lines of who controls the name.
The free path always works. It never goes away.
Browse lenses. Read what passes.
Write something worth judging.