Lips is leading the way for more ethical, secure, & inclusive moderation technology.
At Lips we are building a revolutionary new kind of social platform that:
[Patent-pending] community-trained, more nuanced moderation algorithm
[Patent-pending] blockchain-enabled anti-harassment & plagiarism features
secure voting for community moderator representatives and boards
ultimately creates contextual AI that can be outsourced to make the internet as a whole safer and more equitable
the problem
biased “Community Guidelines,” exclusive moderation algorithms, and a lack of barriers against hate speech and harassment, have led current social media platforms to be unhealthy and ineffective in distinguishing between exploitive and expressive content. Currently, most of the mainstream app algorithms and human moderators lack nuanced understandings of sexuality and sex work, hence why content by intersectionally marginalized creators [women, non-binary, LGBTQIA+, biopic] is so often misunderstood and censored.
community designed
What does a healthier space online for women-identified, non-binary folks, & the LGBTQIA+ community actually look like? it takes bringing these marginalized voices in and centering them in the design process, which is a practice known as Design Justice led by Professor Sasha Costanza Chock.
`These communities are well equipped with the knowledge and tools necessary for their flourishing, but representatives are not often brought to the decision-making table. As members of these communities ourselves, and using research from user testing and co-design workshops, all of our decisions—from features, to the language of our “Community Guidelines,” to how our community is built, maintained, and moderated—are made with this awareness.
Our “Community Guidelines” are rooted in freedom and fairness for all groups and do not tolerate hate speech and harassment. We keep our people safe through a vetting process, and only allow those who understand the lips community’s shared values to contribute their work to the community.
inclusive moderation
Our proprietary inclusive AI and blockchain-enabled moderation system is what enables us to exclude exploitative content without unfairly deplatforming marginalized creators. Lips is a digital space where these groups can express themselves creatively, buy and sell their work, and never worry about being banned or targeted with abuse.
To be clear, all posts on Lips are LEGAL creative expressions - only banned on other platforms due to poorly-designed, blanket policies, and discrimination caused by insufficient awareness, lack of nuance, encoded biases, and a shortage of diversity on technical teams.
The Lips app is designed with marginalized voices at its center. We combine patent-pending machine learning and blockchain technologies, clear community guidelines, proactive & feminist moderation, and built-in UI/UX protections against censorship, harassment, and plagiarism to create a space online where marginalized communities can thrive.
Ultimately, our goal is to use the data gathered from our participatory moderation system to build an algorithmic model that addresses many of the problems of moderation bias found on existing platforms. This ethical, anonymous, and diverse data will become increasingly valuable as the public demands more inclusive technologies.
Additionally, because Lips is building on the blockchain, our product will allow for revolutionary, and much-needed features for our community such as The option of immutable ownership of content - anonymous or signed, and Secure community voting for moderation and community representation.
backed by users & experts
Lips not only amplifies the voices of women and LGBTQIA+ identifying persons, but also exists as a space for all people to enjoy and support empowering and authentic content. we’ve already witnessed the difference a platform like Lips can make on marginalized communities through feedback from our 20K+ user-base, and our participation in the youth mental health focused Headstream Accelerator.
