Frequently Asked Questions About Remarkist

Remarkist Inc. is a fan technology company based in Las Vegas, Nevada, building the Folkic fan community app and Masslore fandom knowledge base. Founded by John Cabrera.

Remarkist was founded by John Cabrera, a former television actor best known for playing Brian Fuller on Gilmore Girls, and a writer-producer with credits at Warner Brothers, Universal, Legendary, and the Sci-Fi Channel.

Remarkist Inc. is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Yes. Remarkist's Lumo Spark tier (available on Folkic) is free with no time limit. Masslore is free to read and contribute to. The Rmrk*st magazine is always free. Lumo subscription tiers start at $1.80/month for expanded access.

Members must be 16 years or older to use Folkic.

Yes. Folkic is available on both iOS (App Store) and Android (Google Play).

No. Remarkist does not currently use any Web3 technology. Remarkist does not operate or control any blockchain network, and any representations of Remarkist assets which are tokenized by a user outside the platform carry no special status or monetary value within the platform.

General: hello@remarkist.com. Press: press@remarkist.com. Privacy and data requests: privacy@remarkist.com. Support: support@remarkist.com.

Remarkist builds two main products: Folkic, a mobile community app for fan communities on iOS and Android, and Masslore, a collaborative fandom knowledge base. The ecosystem also includes the Rmrk*st magazine and a shared economy built on KRNL, COLR, Lumo subscriptions, and Mementos.

Lumo is Remarkist's premium subscription product that works across Folkic, Masslore, and every Remarkist product. Four tiers: Spark (free), Glow ($1.80/mo), Bright ($7.99/mo), Lux ($14.99/mo), plus lifetime Spotlight and Floodlight options.

KRNL is the game token that powers creative activity in the Remarkist ecosystem. Earned by attending events and contributing to Masslore. Spent to craft and maintain Mementos and unlock features. KRNL has no real-world monetary value outside the platform.

COLR is the platform credit used for paid services. 1 COLR equals $0.01. Earned through qualifying purchases. Non-transferable between members.

KRNL and COLR are separate systems. KRNL is the game token for creative and gameplay features. COLR is the platform credit for paid services. You earn KRNL by participating in the community. You earn COLR through qualifying purchases. They are not interchangeable.

Mementos are digital collectibles crafted by event hosts to commemorate fan gatherings. They are issued in limited editions collectible by event attendees, carry their own community chat room, and degrade over time without KRNL maintenance.

Audio Dens are Folkic's live audio chat rooms for fan conversation: the post-episode debrief, the theory deep dive, the after-party. Hosted by members with appropriate Lumo tiers. You can join directly from the event page and tip other members in KRNL from within the room.

Harvesting is the mechanic through which members accumulate KRNL during eligible events. By participating with Mementos displayed in their profile showcase they boost their KRNL earnings. You must have RSVPed to the event and return during the Harvest Window to collect.

Yes. The Spark tier is free with full access to community spaces, events, and KRNL earning. Lumo subscriptions start at $1.80/month for expanded access.

Folkic is available on iOS and Android. Members must be 16 or older.

Folkic is built specifically for fan communities organized around entertainment franchises. It offers structured events, digital collectibles, franchise knowledge integration via Masslore, and a creator economy. Discord is a general-purpose chat platform.

The best starting point is the New Member Achievements list, accessible from the home tab on the bottom app menu. It gives you a step-by-step set of tasks that orient you to the app and reward you with KRNL along the way. If you want to dive in immediately, browse the home feed or a specific World to find an upcoming event, RSVP, and show up at the scheduled time.

New Member Achievements is a collection of introductory tasks designed to help you learn Folkic by doing. Each task is represented by an image that bursts into color when completed. Most are straightforward to finish and come with KRNL rewards. You can access the list from the settings menu in the top right corner of your app profile.

Yes. Experienced members can refer friends and earn KRNL as those friends complete their own New Member Achievements. Generate available referral links in the Referrals Center from the settings menu in the top right corner of your app profile.

Look for the info symbol throughout the app. Tapping any info symbol opens a short explanation of that feature or section. They are placed in dozens of spots and are the quickest way to understand what something does without leaving the page you are on.

Worlds are how Folkic organizes content by entertainment franchise: a specific TV series, film, book, music artist, and so on. Every event is scheduled within a World, and every Memento is associated with one. Tap the Worlds tab (second from the left on the bottom menu) to search for any franchise and browse its event calendar and community activity. Spin-offs and connected stories typically share a World with their parent franchise.

There are seven event types. Watch Parties are for watching a show or film together and discussing it in real time. Listening Parties follow the same format for music. Storytimes are for books. Gab Sessions are casual discussions tied to a World. Talks and Panels are structured events with invited speakers. Game Nights are for trivia and World-related games. Lounges are the most open and informal, just for connecting with other fans.

Browse the home feed on the home tab or navigate to a specific World and open its event calendar. Tap any event card to view the detail page. If the event is within the next three days, you will see an RSVP button at the top of the screen. You can only be RSVPed to one event at a time; overlapping events require choosing one. A green dot on an event card confirms your RSVP.

The Harvest Window opens 15 minutes before an event ends and closes 15 minutes after it ends. During this window, return to the event's detail page and tap the Harvest button to collect your KRNL. You must have RSVPed beforehand. Folkic does not send notifications, so it is on you to remember. Attending the event makes it easier.

RSVP to any event, show up or return to the event page during the Harvest Window, and tap the Harvest button. The amount you earn can be boosted by the Mementos you have displayed in your Showcase. Track all your earnings and spending in the Stash section of your profile.

Yes. Any member can schedule and host an event. You just need to choose a World, pick a time, and show up. Events can also have co-hosts, which is a good way to ease into hosting alongside someone with more experience. Lumo membership gives you access to a certain number of Folkic Audio Dens per month, otherwise schedule your events to take place on Discord or other external platforms.

Tap the Worlds tab, search for the franchise you want to host around, and navigate to its event calendar. Tap the Calendar button in the lower right to begin scheduling. Choose your event type, set the time, fill in the details, and publish. Once your event is live, you can craft a Memento for it from the event detail page.

Hosting is the fastest way to earn KRNL. Hosts do not harvest the same way attendees do. Instead, you receive Host Harvests based on the total KRNL harvested by your event's attendees: the more people harvest from your event, the more you earn. Host Harvests accumulate in a dedicated section of your Stash and can be claimed whenever you like.

A Content Streak tracks your consistency as a host. Claiming a Host Harvest counts toward your streak. Saving a few Host Harvests and claiming them on days when you might otherwise miss activity can help you maintain your streak strategically.

Yes. All Mementos are built using icons from the Folkic catalog. If you are an artist, you can upload custom icons and optionally set a KRNL commission for other members who use them in their Mementos. Tap "Your Icon Designs" on your profile, then the plus button in the upper right to submit a new icon and set your commission.

Yes. Members can tip you from your public profile or from within Audio Den events by tapping your avatar. Contributing interesting perspectives and helpful insight is the best way to earn tips.

Mementos blend micro-articles, game items, and keepsakes. Each is crafted by an event host and tied to a specific event. They are issued in limited editions, each with its own community chatroom for collectors. Unlike typical social media where followers and likes are the currency, Mementos are about preserving the ideas and experiences of creative fan communities.

Navigate to the event detail page. If the event has a Memento and editions are still available, you will find a claim button near the bottom of the page. Tap it and enter the passphrase when prompted. If your passphrase is correct and editions remain, you will receive one. Be quick: editions are limited and go fast.

The passphrase is set by the host who crafted the Memento. Sometimes the host distributes it openly at the event. Often they build a challenge around it: clues hidden in the Memento description, trivia tied to the franchise, or puzzles that can only be solved by attending. Being at the event almost always gives you an advantage in finding it.

Density is a value set by the host when crafting a Memento. It determines how long the Memento lasts before degrading. Higher density editions last longer and degrade more slowly. Density also affects the crafting cost in KRNL.

Mementos degrade over time and can vanish completely if not maintained. When an edition falls below 25% density, it goes to auction. If it reaches zero density, it disappears from the platform entirely. To restore a degrading edition, access it from your Memento Collection in your private profile and spend KRNL to restore it. Think of the restoration fee as a micro-subscription to the Memento's creator.

Your Showcase is a section of your public profile where you display up to four Memento editions from your collection. Displaying Mementos in your Showcase unlocks KRNL multipliers when you harvest from events. The biggest boosts come from alignments: four Mementos from the same World, or four Mementos from the same host. Those boosts apply specifically to events in that World or hosted by that person, so experimenting with configurations is worthwhile.

Each Memento edition comes with a private chatroom for its collectors. You can access all your active Memento chats from the bottom middle tab. Chat duration is tied to the Memento's density, with a maximum of one year from release. Hosts can reopen dormant chats as an added benefit for collectors who are paying to upkeep their editions.

Check the Auctions tab regularly for editions that have been reclaimed by the system or listed by other members. Once someone places a bid, the auction runs for exactly 24 hours. The most serious bidding typically happens in the final seconds. The best approach is to decide your maximum bid early and place it close to the end to give others less time to respond. Bids are placed using KRNL.

Schedule an event first. Once your event is in the calendar, a "Craft Memento" button will appear near the bottom of the event detail page. From there you choose an icon from the catalog, set background and border colors, write the title and description, set a passphrase, choose the number of editions, and set the density. Crafting costs KRNL based on the edition count and density you choose.

When collectors restore their editions of your Mementos, you receive a portion of the restoration fee. This can add up over time across a large number of distributed editions and can offset the KRNL cost you spent to craft them. It functions as a form of passive earning for Memento creators.

Masslore is a collaborative fandom knowledge base that catalogs factual and referential information about entertainment franchises of all sizes. Free to read. Contributors earn KRNL for approved entries.

Yes. The encyclopedia is free to read and browse. Contributor accounts are free on the Spark tier. Lumo subscriptions unlock expanded editorial access and tools.

Masslore is a single unified taxonomy built as a structured, curated data product. Fandom.com is an open wiki ecosystem with independent community wikis of varying quality that often contain subjective descriptions.

Yes. Create a Remarkist account and apply for contributor access. Approved contributions earn KRNL rewards.

Rmrk*st is a Substack magazine covering the entire Remarkist ecosystem of products and its explorations of fandom as an emerging cultural pillar and focus of the 21st century.

Rmrk*st is the analysis layer, the editorial voice of the ecosystem. It sits alongside Masslore (the knowledge layer) and Folkic (the community layer) as one of the three core pillars of what Remarkist builds for fans.

Franchise retrospectives, episode and film analysis, fan fiction, creator and fan interviews, fandom history, and original essays on story culture. The scope is broad. If it matters to a fan community, it belongs here.

Yes, always. Every article, essay, and piece of fiction published in the Rmrk*st magazine is free to read with no paywall, no account required.

Yes. The magazine publishes fan contributors alongside the editorial team. Accepted pieces earn KRNL rewards.

The Six Fanotypes are: The Host (focused on celebration and shared experiences), The Analyst (focused on critique and deep understanding), The Creator (focused on fan creativity and remixing), The Archivist (focused on cataloguing and collecting), The Patron (focused on consuming and supporting), and The Insider (focused on behind-the-scenes access). A framework developed by Remarkist founder John Cabrera.

The Six Fanotypes framework was developed by Remarkist founder John Cabrera based on years of observation across fan communities and fandom events.

No. The Six Fanotypes are archetypes, not fixed categories. Every fan is a blend of multiple personas in different proportions.

No. All six contribute essential things to any fan community. Remarkist designs its products to serve all six because a platform that only serves some of them is not fully serving fandom.

A concept developed by John Cabrera describing how different franchises activate different personas within the same individual. Every franchise has a dominant energy that inflates certain Fanotype tendencies in the fans who encounter it.

Axis one, community-dependent vs. self-sufficient: Host, Creator, and Patron need others; Insider, Analyst, and Archivist can work alone. Axis two, speculative vs. established: Analyst, Insider, and Creator put their own layer on the franchise; Host, Patron, and Archivist engage with it as-is. Axis three, performative vs. receptive: Insider, Creator, and Host perform for the community; Patron, Archivist, and Analyst are the audience.

Lumo is Remarkist's premium subscription that works across Folkic, Masslore, and every Remarkist product. Tiers: Spark (free), Glow ($1.80/mo), Bright ($7.99/mo), Lux ($14.99/mo), plus lifetime Spotlight and Floodlight options.

Yes. Lumo is your Remarkist membership. Your tier, KRNL daily allocation, and COLR credits work across Folkic, Masslore, and every Remarkist product.

A purchasable bundle of KRNL tokens, available from $0.99 for 100 KRNL to $99.99 for 10,000 KRNL.

Yes. Monthly Lumo subscriptions can be cancelled at any time. Access continues until the end of the billing period. No partial refunds are issued for unused time. Lifetime memberships are one-time purchases and are not cancellable.

Except where required by applicable law, all payments are non-refundable, including subscriptions, KRNL Token Packs, COLR Packs, and digital collectibles. Where consumer protection laws in your jurisdiction require refunds or cooling-off periods, those rights apply. Contact support@remarkist.com if you believe you have a claim.

Download Folkic from the App Store or Google Play and follow the registration flow. You will choose a membername, create a password, and provide a valid email address. You must be at least 16 years old. Members between 16 and 18 may require parental consent depending on their jurisdiction.

You can initiate account deletion through the Delete Account feature in your Account Settings. Once you start the process, a 24-hour cancellation window opens during which you can reverse it. If you do not cancel within that window, deletion becomes permanent. Account restoration is not possible after permanent deletion.

All in-game items, including your KRNL balance, COLR credits, and any Memento editions you hold, return to Remarkist upon permanent deletion. They cannot be recovered, transferred, or redeemed before or after deletion.

This is the most significant consequence of deleting an account as a Host. Editions of your Mementos held by other members become restricted: visible only to the holder, but no longer transferable, tradable, or eligible for auction. Any custom icons you contributed to the shared platform catalog are set to private and removed from availability for new Memento crafting. These consequences take effect immediately and are not reversed if you create a new account. We strongly encourage Hosts to consider the impact on their collectors before initiating deletion.

Your account data and personal identifiers are deleted or de-identified. However, Submissions you made, including event content, contributions to Masslore, and creative works, may remain on the platform as part of its creative archive, dissociated from your identity where possible. The license you grant Remarkist to use your Submissions survives account deletion.

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the right to access your personal data, request correction or deletion, restrict or object to processing, withdraw consent, request data portability, and lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. All requests can be submitted to privacy@remarkist.com. Remarkist does not sell personal data to third parties.

Report it immediately by emailing support@remarkist.com with the subject line: Compromised Account. You are responsible for keeping your login credentials confidential and for all activity conducted under your account.

The Social Contract is a public document describing the commitments Remarkist makes to its members, including never running advertising, never selling data, and never making silent changes to assets members own. An abridged version is published here and the full version can be found at policies.remarkist.com/#social-contract.

No. Remarkist does not run advertising on any of its products. Revenue comes from subscriptions and in-app purchases.

No. Remarkist does not sell personal data to third parties under any circumstances.

Remarkist does not make silent changes to assets you own. The full consequences of account deletion for your Mementos are described above in the Your Account section and in full detail at policies.remarkist.com.