Keep the Pond Honest

Community Notes is Gibbet's crowdsourced moderation layer. Readers add context to posts using a bridging algorithm — a note publishes only when people who usually disagree still find it helpful.

How It Works

Read and comment

Every Gibbet account starts here. Reading and commenting are always free and unmoderated by Notes.

Opt in as a Score Rater

In Settings → Moderation, opt in. You can now tag comments with typed reasons (Insightful, Flamebait, etc.) — your ratings build a track record.

Earn Note Rater

After enough score-ratings — and demonstrated agreement with eventual consensus — the system promotes you to rating proposed notes as helpful or not.

Earn Note Writer

Continue rating notes well, and you unlock the ability to propose your own notes on posts. The bridging algorithm decides which ones publish.

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Add Missing Context

When a post lacks important context or contains a claim that needs sourcing, qualified contributors can propose a Reader Note attached to it.

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Short, Sourced, Specific

Notes are 280 characters with one required source URL. No formatting, no embeds, no rebuttals — just the missing context.

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Bridging-Based Consensus

A note publishes only when readers who usually disagree with each other still find it helpful. Same algorithm class as Twitter's Community Notes.

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Transparent by Design

Notes appear with their source link. Helpful and not-helpful counts are visible. Nothing happens off-camera.

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Not Removal

Notes never delete or hide a post. They sit alongside it. The post author can attach one labeled URL response if they want to point readers somewhere.

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Earned, Not Granted

You don't apply with a form. You opt in to rating comments, demonstrate cross-faction judgment over time, and the system promotes you through the tiers.

Our Principles

Cross-faction agreement is the bar

Bridging promotes notes when raters who normally disagree still find them helpful. A note that pleases only one camp doesn't publish.

No removal power

Note contributors cannot delete posts. Notes sit alongside posts and add context — they don't silence speech.

Judgment, not seniority

Tier promotion measures cross-faction judgment over time, not how long you've been around or how many followers you have.

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Opt In Today

The first tier — Score Rater — is opt-in for any account in good standing. Higher tiers (Note Rater, Note Writer) are earned over time through demonstrated cross-faction judgment.

Community Notes is currently in limited rollout. If you don't see the moderation surfaces yet, you're not in the access pool — broader rollout is coming.

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