Why we rate insightfulness, accuracy and clarity separately, and what that tells readers.

A like tells you someone reacted. It doesn't tell you why.

Engagement metrics measure attention: likes, reposts, views. They're good at showing what's popular and bad at showing what's good. A post can travel far because it's brilliant, because it's wrong in an entertaining way, or simply because it confirms what people already believe. The number looks the same either way.

Why one score isn't enough

Even a better single score, like an upvote, squeezes very different qualities into one number. In finance, those qualities often pull apart. A post can be genuinely insightful but loosely sourced. It can be meticulously accurate but hard to follow. It can be beautifully clear and say nothing new.

Collapse all of that into one figure and you lose the part that matters most: what kind of value a post actually offers.

A like tells you someone reacted. It doesn't tell you why.

Three questions, asked separately

On Lumin, peer review asks three things independently:

  • Insightfulness. Does it add something useful, a new angle or a way of seeing the market you hadn't considered?
  • Accuracy. Are the facts and the reasoning well researched?
  • Clarity. Is it well structured and easy to understand?

Reviewers can recognise any combination of the three, or simply back a post they think deserves more attention.

What readers get

When a post has been reviewed, badges show where people saw its strengths. That tells you what to expect before you read: an original idea worth testing, a well-sourced reference, or a clear explainer of something complicated.

What writers get

Feedback that's specific rather than a single number. You can see whether it's your ideas that land, your research, or the way you explain them, and where to improve.

What it isn't

Peer review reflects how the community assessed a post. It isn't professional endorsement, and it doesn't verify that something is correct. It's a signal to weigh alongside your own judgement, not a verdict.

Why it matters

Engagement will always tell you what got noticed. Peer review is our attempt to tell you why something might be worth noticing.