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A quick tour of Elipedia's main features.

Reading a topic

Every topic has four reading levels — ELI5, high school, college, and expert — shown as tabs at the top of the page. Tap a level to switch. Your preference is remembered for future topics.

Don't like any of the standard levels? Tap + Persona and describe the kind of explanation you want. Examples: "a jazz musician", "a detective narrating a case", "a toddler's bedtime story". We'll generate it.

Voting on explanations

Hover (or tap) any paragraph to reveal thumbs. Thumbs up if it was clear; thumbs down if it confused you. Paragraphs with more thumbs-up move to the top of the page. The tab chip for the current level shows the net score.

Votes are scoped: you can thumb up the ELI5 explanation without affecting the college version, and rate a specific persona independently.

Creating a topic

Three ways:

• Click Create in the header, or
• Search for a topic that doesn't exist and click Generate this topic, or
• Click any blue-bracketed term like [[Term]] inside an explanation — if it doesn't exist yet, we'll offer to create it.

Generation takes about 20-60 seconds. You'll see a skeleton first, then the explanation streams in.

Bookmarks and your profile

Log in to sync your votes, bookmarks, and custom personas across devices. Anonymous activity is preserved automatically when you log in for the first time.

Appearance

The right-side panel lets you change text size, column width, and color theme (light or dark). Your preference is saved locally.

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See also

• About Elipedia
• Community leaderboard
• Recent activity