About Comentr

What Is Comentr

Comentr is a community discussion platform built around a simple idea: the people who consistently contribute well should have more say in how their communities are run. Instead of relying on opaque algorithms or unchecked moderator power, Comentr uses a transparent reputation system to gate privileges and a judicial process to ensure fair enforcement.

Communities on Comentr are self-governing. Each community sets its own rules within the boundaries of platform-wide System Rules. Members earn trust over time, and that trust unlocks the ability to participate more fully — creating forums, voting on moderation decisions, and shaping the culture of the spaces they care about.

The Standing System

Every user on Comentr has a reputation score called Standing. Standing is earned through positive contributions and adherence to rules, and lost through violations.

Standing operates at two levels:

• Global Standing — your platform-wide reputation, affected by System Rule violations. It determines your Standing Tier.
• Local Standing — your reputation within a specific community, affected by Community Rule violations.

Your Standing Tier determines what you can do on the platform:

• Newcomer — recently joined; limited posting privileges while you learn the ropes.
• Member — standard access to posting, commenting, and voting.
• Trusted — unlocks additional privileges such as creating forums.
• Paragon — highest trust level; eligible for governance roles and moderation responsibilities.

Community Self-Governance

Each community on Comentr is led by a Homeowner — the user who created it. Homeowners set their community's rules (called House Rules), appoint moderators, and shape the community's culture. However, Homeowners cannot override System Rules, which apply everywhere.

Communities have a defined governance structure with distinct roles:

• Homeowner — creates and manages the community, sets House Rules, appoints moderators.
• Moderator — enforces rules, issues suspensions, and participates in the judicial process for bans.
• Janitor — handles routine maintenance tasks like locking threads and hiding off-topic content.
• Juror — votes on ban appeals and reviews disputed moderation decisions.

If a Homeowner abandons their community or is removed, the community enters a "Headless" state and a new Homeowner can be assigned through a claim process, ensuring communities outlive any single leader.

The Judicial Process

Comentr's moderation system is designed to prevent abuse of power. Unlike platforms where a single moderator can permanently ban someone on a whim, Comentr separates immediate action from durable consequences.

• Suspensions — a single moderator can issue a temporary suspension to stop active harm. This is the immediate response tool.
• Bans — permanent or long-term bans require a Sanction Case, where multiple neutral moderators must reach quorum to approve the ban. No single moderator can permanently remove someone alone.
• Appeals — if you believe a sanction was unjust, you can appeal. Appeals are reviewed by neutral Jurors or Admins who were not involved in the original decision.

Every enforcement action must cite a specific rule — either a System Rule or a Community Rule. Arbitrary enforcement without a cited rule is itself a violation of the moderator code of conduct.

Transparency and Accountability

All moderation actions on Comentr are recorded in a Public Audit Log. This means that bans, thread removals, and other enforcement actions are visible for anyone to review. Reporter identities remain hidden to protect privacy, but the fact that action was taken — and which rule was cited — is public record.

Moderators also have public Governance Health metrics, including backlog size and response time, so communities can see how actively their forums are being maintained.

Privacy First

Comentr does not use advertising trackers, does not sell user data, and does not employ third-party analytics that track individuals across sites. We use strictly necessary cookies for session authentication and nothing more. View counts are aggregated by country and time to surface trending content, but we do not maintain a persistent log of which threads you visited.

For full details on how we handle your data, see our Privacy Policy.

Legal

• Terms of Service — the rules and agreements governing your use of the platform.
• Privacy Policy — what information we collect, how we use it, and your rights.
• Content Policy — the rules for what you can and cannot post on Comentr.

Contact

For questions, feedback, or legal inquiries, contact us at:

Email: [email protected]
Entity: Comentr LLC