Profiles
Reputation, badges, pinned posts, and follows
Your researcher identity across the platform — reputation, trust badges, pinned posts, moderated communities, and a follow graph.
Built for the way research actually happens
Your Lounge profile is your researcher identity across the platform. Reputation earned from accepted answers and bounties accrues to your profile. Trust badges — Curator, Specialist, Mentor, and Elder — signal expertise to the wider network.
Pin your best posts to the top of your profile, list the communities you moderate, and let other researchers follow your work. The follow graph is symmetric for visibility (they see your posts in Following) but asymmetric for access (you do not have to follow back). Profile views are public, but contact controls let you decide who can message you directly.
Three steps from idea to outcome
Build your profile
Add your affiliation, research interests, and a short bio.
Earn reputation
Answer bountied questions and let the community vote. Reputation accrues automatically.
Curate your pins
Pin your best posts and answers to the top of your profile for new visitors.
Benefits that compound
- Reputation accrues from accepted answers and bounties
- Trust badges: Curator, Specialist, Mentor, Elder
- Pin your best posts to the top of your profile
- Follow and be followed by other researchers
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