Learn more about Limonatic and its community

Limonatic is an open-source community aggregator whose front page is shaped by collective decisions. We combine manual submissions, feed imports, and shared moderation tools so the community can prioritize discussion, detect abuse, and promote new voices. Every interaction contributes to an ecosystem in which lscore and ph reflect each participant's track record.

How the front page is built

The front page features stories that cross a relevance threshold calculated from comments, votes, and views per hour. You can explore them through four complementary public sections:

• Front page: published stories that have exceeded the recent relevance average.
• Candidates: pending stories with enough momentum to compete for publication.
• Pending: the complete queue, ordered by age, for discovering submissions before they gain traction.
• Discards: stories that did not reach the threshold or were withdrawn by the community.

Every listing shares sorting options for Recent, Best rated, Hot, Top, and Rising, while preserving filters across categories. An automated process groups similar imports, evaluates source saturation, and publishes or discards stories according to the site's editorial settings.

Sources and story submissions

Stories can reach Limonatic in two ways: through the web editor or through the RSS/Atom importer that runs dedicated queues. The link inspector validates HTTP responses, follows redirects, and detects Open Graph metadata before allowing a submission. You can also import external images with one click or upload complete galleries when publishing a story without a URL.

• Automatic embeds: YouTube, Vimeo, TikTok, Reddit, Instagram, X, Facebook, Dailymotion, Twitch, and SoundCloud are embedded natively.
• Duplicate control: imports record similar stories and keep a history used to decide which version reaches the front page.
• Further reading: every story preserves its original URL, an alternative read-more link, and associated sources so readers can verify the information.

Community participation and moderation

Comment threads are rendered as trees with incremental pagination, votes, avatars, and shortcuts for following the conversation. Contributions can be reported for specific reasons such as duplicate content, misinformation, or spam, with different severity weights.

• Coordinated reports: matching reasons increase the penalty; reporting false positives on well-rated stories subtracts lscore.
• My Limonatic: following open or approved categories gives you a personalized feed with infinite pagination.
• Messages and notifications: an internal inbox, clan chat, and notifications help coordinate moderation and campaigns.
• Category management: category owners can approve memberships, ban abusive users, or connect categories with allied clans.

LScore and PH

Lscore measures recent contributions, while ph represents accumulated standing through an administrator-configurable logarithmic curve. Balances increase and decrease through milestones and daily events:

• Base rewards: registering, signing in, submitting stories, reaching publication, and receiving positive votes add lscore.
• Community milestones: comments that overcome negative votes, stories that reach the front page, and activity thresholds grant extra rewards.
• Penalties: negative votes, false reports, or repeated abuse reduce the balance; daily gains from received votes are capped.
• Progression: voting requires basic reputation, commenting requires an additional minimum, and special actions consume lscore according to their cost.
• Visible levels: administrators define minimum and maximum levels, required points, and colored avatar halos.

Creating a clan consumes lscore, so each organization starts with a tangible commitment. Every expenditure is recorded in personal and collective histories.

Available individual actions

Special actions appear in contextual menus for stories, comments, and profiles when you have the required lscore and ph. Their cost is deducted immediately and the outcome is communicated to other participants.

• Veto a story: temporarily discards a publication and stops its progress while it is reviewed.
• Discard a story: immediately removes a story from the front page or pending queue.
• Remove from featured: resets visibility indicators so the story leaves the front page.
• Shield a story: protects the thread from coordinated penalties for a limited time.
• Restore a story: returns a discarded item to pending for a second opportunity.
• Promote to the front page: immediately publishes a story the community considers important.
• Mute a user: temporarily suspends participation by the affected account.
• Block a user's votes: neutralizes the voting influence of an abusive account.
• Personal shield: protects another person from community sanctions while the effect lasts.
• Boost a story: temporarily strengthens the popularity indicators of an allied story.
• Penalize repetition: reduces the momentum of stories that repeatedly exploit the same source or tag.
• Restrict a category: temporarily closes submissions and comments in an overloaded section.

Strategic clan actions

Clans store lscore donations in a shared treasury. Leaders and officers decide when to activate offensive or defensive measures involving other organizations or key stories:

• Block clan votes: reduces a rival group's influence in global voting.
• Fortify a clan: activates shields, lowers defensive costs, and protects against blocks.
• Feature a clan story: boosts a strategically aligned story for a limited period.
• Embargo a rival clan: raises the cost of opposing actions and reduces the effectiveness of rival donations.

Every action is recorded in the clan history with its duration and effects to support community audits.

Clans, categories, and roles

Joining a clan requires an application and explicit approval; direct invitations are also recorded. Clans offer announcement boards, internal chat, and metrics for coordinating campaigns. Categories can define their own rules, invite curators, and connect with allied clans to promote specific content.

• Moderated applications: leaders and officers accept or reject members, pause new admissions, and revoke access.
• Transparent donations: any member can contribute lscore to the shared fund, with public records.
• Category moderation: owners and moderators apply bans, approve contributions, and coordinate joint actions with clans.

Administration and customization

The administration panel can adjust visual identity, the public terminology for lscore and ph, the reputation curve, related-story algorithm weights, and automatic feed publication. The founder can also promote new administrators, manage advertising campaigns, and audit sanctions or user balances.

Contribute to Limonatic

Limonatic evolves continuously through its community. To propose improvements, discuss rules, or contribute code, join the public discussions and review the open-source repository. Every contribution helps improve the balance and quality of the collective conversation.