# Definitions in Kurate ###### tags: `Kurate` ### Player: A user who has connected their wallet to Kurate protocol. A player may post on the timeline of a Persona, promote or demote other posts, comment on posts, and earn reputation when other community members promote their posts. ### Persona: The group identity a player may post as. Personas may take on the appearance of an individual with a story and motivations, a brand with a logo that curates content, an association or union of people in the same vocation, etc. Each Persona has its own timeline where players make posts. Other Persona players may decide to "promote" or "demote" that post. ### Post: A content container that is viewed in a Persona's timeline, or in the general timeline. Posts may include copy, images, videos, or other pieces of content. Posts may be used to share information for inspiration and fun, and can be used to offer a product or service for sale, or express the wish to purchase a product or service. A player must stake tokens on the post for it to show up in a Persona. The Post goes through an adjudication period where it may be "Promoted" or "Demoted" by other players' staking. If at the end of adjudication the post is deemed "Promoted" (more votes for Promoted than Demoted), the Post shows up on both the Persona's main timeline, and on the general timeline. ### Promote/Demote A player may take certain actions on a Post. They may make a comment, Promote it, or Demote it. To Promote is to signal that a Post is appropriate for the character of a community. To Demote is to signal that a Post is inappropriate for the character of a community. A Player may put "weight" behind their choice to Promote or Demote. Each Player has up to 30 units of weight called "Votes" they may use in a 24 hour time frame. ### Epoch A defined time frame. In the case of Kurate, we use 24 hours. However, there are 2 types of Epochs in Kurate, one Fixed, and one Relative. The "Fixed" Epoch begins and ends at 0:00 UTC, and describes how long a player has to spend 30 votes. At the beginning of each Fixed Epoch, all players are given 30 votes which they may use to Promote or Demote a Post. When the Fixed Epoch resets at 0:00 UTC, all unused votes are burned, and each Player gets a new set of 30 votes to use in the following 24 hour time frame. The "Relative" Epoch begins when a Post is submitted and lasts for 24 hours. Players have 24 hours to Vote to Promote, Demote, or comment on a Post. *Remark: Generally when the epoch ends, there is a settlement, so the moment all post are evaluated and the votes are burned, I will ask the people of unirep if this can be a different epoch for every post* ### TBD \* adjudication period (cleaner/easier word?), suggestion: pending period * Adjudication room (Cleaner name) Deliberation? suggestion: pending channel * reputation * free hand-out voting power tokens, not votes because it's also used to post and comment. Suggestion: credits? tokens?