How LucidPlexus works
🪙 Coins, briefly
Coins pay for optional extras — never for learning itself. You start with 50, earn 15 per published project, and spend them on things like a streak freeze (20) or priority review (50, max 3 per day).
The core loop — claiming, working, submitting, publishing, your portfolio — never costs a coin.
🔑 Premium tracks & coupons
Some career tracks are premium. They unlock when you buy them from the track page, or with a one-time coupon code — each code works exactly once, for exactly one account, permanently. Membership (even an all-access account issued by an admin) does not include premium tracks.
A brief that belongs only to premium tracks shows a 🔑 Premium label: you can read it, but you claim it after unlocking one of its tracks. A brief that is also part of a free track stays free for everyone.
🔭 Following & mentions
Members can follow people (from their profile) and briefs (from the brief page). The Following tab in the feed, and the 🔭 Following filter in Explore, then show new work and posts from them — including new takes on the briefs you follow. You also hear about it in Notifications, and in an optional weekly email that only goes out when there is something new. Choose who you follow and how you hear about them under Account → Following. Everyone's Followers and Following lists are on their profile.
Type @ followed by a name in a post, reply or block comment to mention someone — suggestions show people you follow and people in the thread first. They get a notification that links straight to it (at most five people per post or comment). Mentions of private profiles stay plain text.
❓ Frequently asked
Do I need to pay to participate?
No. Accounts are free, membership is free (invite-only, not paid), and the whole learning loop is free. Coins buy optional conveniences; premium tracks are bought from their page or unlocked with a coupon.
My invitation link says it expired — what now?
Links live for 10 minutes after they are generated. Ask whoever invited you to create a fresh one, and open it right away.
Why was I not approved?
The review keeps the community small and serious. A rejection is not permanent — a new invitation puts you back in the queue.
Who reviews my submitted projects?
A human reviewer, every time. Automatic scoring may arrive later as an optional extra, but publication decisions stay human.
Can employers see my work without an account?
Yes — published repositories, portfolios, and certificate verification are fully public. That is the point of the platform.
What happens if someone breaks the rules?
Anyone can report posts, comments, or users. Moderators act along a ladder: warning, content removal, ban, and in serious cases account termination. See the community guidelines.