Lighter founder responds to witchcraft screening: An appeal mechanism is in place, but appeals are few; algorithm details are not disclosed to prevent targeted optimization.

[Lighter Founder Responds to Sybil Screening: Appeal Mechanism in Place but Few Appeals; Algorithm Details Not Publicly Available to Prevent Targeted Optimization] According to Mars Finance, Lighter founder and CEO Vladimir Novakovski responded to the Sybil screening issue in a Twitter Space interview, stating: "We have an appeal mechanism for the Sybil screening, but so far, the number of appeals is less than we expected. If users feel the algorithm is unfair to them, they are welcome to fill out the appeal form on Discord. We will not disclose the specific algorithm details because we do not want it to be targeted for optimization."