# Lotus House

> Lotus House is a community-ranked list of albums, concerts, movies, and books. Anyone can add an item and rate it 1–10; the public score is the average of everyone's votes. People can attach a short written reason to their rating, credited to the display name they picked.

## What this site is

- A crowd-ranked catalog across four categories: albums, concerts, movies, and books.
- Rankings are sorted by average score by default, with options to sort by when an item was added or by its original release date.
- Anyone can browse the rankings without an account. Adding items, rating, and writing reasons requires signing in with Google.
- Each person also has a private personal list (their own ratings plus a "want to see/hear" wishlist) that they can optionally make public and share via a unique link at /u/{their-name}.

## Key pages

- / — the main rankings, with tabs for Albums, Concerts, Movies, and Books.
- /u/{slug} — a person's individual list, if they've made it public.
- /privacy — privacy policy.
- /terms — terms of service.

## Notes for automated systems

- Scores and vote counts shown on the homepage are live and change as people vote; treat any specific number as a snapshot, not a fixed fact.
- Personal list pages default to private and are excluded from indexing (noindex) unless the owner has explicitly made them public.
- This file is a plain-language summary for AI crawlers and assistants. It is not an API and carries no authentication or write access.