How Community Notes work
Readers write and rate notes. The Coinformer cannot approve a note or manually make one appear.
Persistent, private identities
A modern browser creates a P-256 signing key. The private key stays in that browser. The public key becomes a pseudonymous contributor identity, allowing a track record without requiring a name, email address or social login.
What makes a rating eligible
A contributor must be at least 7 days old and have rated at least 5 notes across 3 articles. Only one eligible rating per network is counted on each note.
What makes a note appear
A note needs at least 10 independent eligible ratings, a score of at least 70%, and support from readers who have historically disagreed on at least 30% of 5 or more shared ratings. A raw majority is not enough.
Duplicate notes
Near-identical submissions on the same article are grouped by a published text-and-source similarity rule. Their ratings share one pool so repeated wording cannot split consensus or manufacture extra notes. Three independent eligible contributors can separate a version that actually addresses a different claim.
Limited administrator powers
Administrators may quarantine spam, malware, doxxing or unlawful material and may suspend abusive contributor keys. They cannot approve, promote or rewrite notes. Every intervention is included in the public dataset.
Public audit data
Shown notes and safety interventions are public immediately. Unshown submissions and individual ratings are delayed by 48 hours to limit coordinated manipulation and provide a safety-response window. Network identifiers, public keys and other security signals are never published.
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