Where do posts appear?

Every post belongs to a department within a school. Browse a school feed for a broad view or select a department to focus on that subject. If you are signed in, My Anthology brings together posts based on your department choices, people you follow, and your own posts.

How can I find something specific?

Search for posts, comments, or people. Paper discussions can be found by their discussion title, paper title, reference, abstract, question, DOI, or paper link. In a feed, you can filter by department, post type, or author role. Sort by Latest for recent posts, Rated for posts with the most nods in the last month, or Topical for posts with the most comments in the last month. Following people helps bring their posts into My Anthology.

What kinds of posts can I create?

Everyone can ask a question or discuss a paper. Postgraduates and above can request research advice; fellows and above can start a debate; lecturers and professors can present a lecture. Starting a course is listed as coming soon. The Create menu shows which options are available to your role.

How is the department chosen for my post?

If you start from a department feed, that department is selected. Otherwise, the form suggests your Focus department when you have one. You can choose another available department before posting.

How do I discuss a paper?

Enter a paper title and a reference, then use Find paper to see possible matches and available links. Selecting a result fills in its paper title, citation details, and abstract when available. Give your discussion its own post title and question. Check and edit the paper details before publishing: a match may have incomplete metadata, and a DOI or publisher page is not necessarily free full text.

When can I publish a lecture?

Add a title and summary, upload the video, and wait for it to finish processing. The Post button can become available after the upload, but publishing will wait until the video is ready. If processing fails, upload another video.

Can I come back to an unfinished post?

Use Save Draft and return through Drafts in your user menu. Text and paper details can be saved, but uploaded lecture videos are not kept with drafts; you will need to upload the video again.

How do comments and debates work?

Comment on a post or reply to another comment to continue a conversation. A debate starts with a motion and proposition; on the debate page you can vote Aye or Nay and contribute arguments and rebuttals. You can change or remove your debate vote.

What is a nod, and how much is it worth?

A nod recognizes someone else's post or comment in your school. You must first view the containing post, and you cannot nod your own content. The points received by the author depend on your role when you give the nod:

For example, a professor's nod adds five points to the recipient's nod total. Click your nod again to remove it and its points. A nod keeps the weight it had when it was given, even if the giver changes roles later.

What counts as a post view?

Opening a post records one unique view for your account on that post. Returning to the same post does not add another unique view. Viewed posts contribute to your Focus and Engagement Score.

What is my Focus?

Focus is the department with your highest combined total of posts authored, comments authored, and unique posts viewed. Each counts once; nods do not affect Focus. It is recalculated when you post, comment, or view a post for the first time, and helps choose a default department for new posts.

What is Engagement Score?

It is the number of nods you have given minus the number of unique posts you have viewed. These are counts, not the weighted value of nods. A negative balance reduces your standing at the daily ranking; a positive balance does not add standing points.

How is my standing calculated?

Standing is your weighted nod points received on posts and comments, plus any faculty administration points and standing adjustments, minus any engagement shortfall. The shortfall is the number of unique posts you viewed beyond the number of nods you gave; giving more nods than views cannot create a bonus. Writing posts or comments does not directly add standing points, though it gives others something to respond to and helps break ties in the ranking.

For example, with 20 nod points received, 8 unique posts viewed, and 5 nods given, the shortfall is 3 and your standing is 17 before any administration points or other adjustments. The five nods given count as five actions here, regardless of their role-based weight to recipients.

When are standing and school rank updated?

Your nod and view totals change as those actions are recorded, and standing is calculated from those current totals when displayed. Your saved position in your school is different: a scheduled ranking runs once per school each day. It compares standing at that time, then breaks ties by the number of active posts and comments, account age (older first), and finally account ID. Role processing runs after that school's ranking succeeds, not each time your standing changes.

How do promotions work?

Each school has a limited number of places in its higher role bands: up to 3% professors, 7% lecturers, 10% fellows, and 20% postgraduates, rounded down to whole places. The rest are undergraduates. After the daily ranking, the role process compares your place with the band it falls into. If that band is higher than your current role, you are promoted and notified. The higher nod weight applies to nods you give from then on, not to earlier nods. The bar in your user menu shows your ranked band; it can differ temporarily from your current role.

What if my rank drops below my role?

Falling below your current band starts a grace period at that day's role processing; it does not demote you immediately. Each role has its own period and reminder timing:

If your daily rank returns to your current band during the grace period, the clock clears. If you remain below your band after the period expires, the next role-processing run demotes you to the band your rank then qualifies for and notifies you. A reminder appears in your user menu after the listed number of days; it does not shorten the grace period.

Where are my messages and settings?

Open Messages in the signed-in user menu to see conversations and announcements. Settings is where you can update your account details and privacy preferences. Your user menu also links to your drafts and recent activity.

What if I see inappropriate content?

Use the report action on a post or comment so it can be reviewed. Please follow the User Agreement when posting or replying. For information about your data, read the Privacy Policy.

What happens to my email address?

Lykeum uses your email for account verification and password resets, and may verify an institutional email if you apply for a faculty role. We do not use your address for spam or unsolicited marketing, sell it, or share it with advertisers. An email-delivery service processes account-related messages. See the Privacy Policy for more about service providers and data use.

What happens to my email if I delete my account?

Deleting your account removes your email from the active Lykeum user record and related sign-up, verification, and password-reset records. A linked institutional email is removed from faculty records. Database backups and the email provider's delivery records may have separate retention periods, so we cannot promise immediate erasure from those systems.