Decision
Open Lore Network (OLN) is the entity, mission, and governance layer. LoreDoor is the consumer-facing brand the platform operates under. Two names, one platform, clearly delineated.
This maps cleanly to the Foundation+PBC structure under consideration in G-003: OLN Foundation holds the mission, Constitution, governance, and contributor relationship; LoreDoor is the consumer product brand operating under it. Wikimedia Foundation / Wikipedia and Mozilla Foundation / Firefox are the structural analogues.
Reasoning
Two audiences, two voices. OLN-as-entity speaks in civic-architectural language: contributors, governance, Constitution, Power, Credits. LoreDoor-as-brand speaks in warm consumer-product language: fans, voice, expression, identity. Both are valid; neither is sufficient alone. Most platforms ship with only the marketing layer and discover too late that they didn't design the governance layer; a few ship with only the governance layer and never get users.
Brand permanence asymmetry. The mission-holding entity needs constitutional stability — its name, structure, and governance commitments persist. The consumer brand can evolve, refresh, or even rename if needed without disturbing the mission lock.
Brandon's authorship recognized. LoreDoor as a consumer brand was authored by Brandon (former VP of Community at Fandom, founding contributor, author of the LoreDoor product vision document). Adopting his brand for the consumer surface honors that work. The OLN name is the Creator's contribution to the architecture, reflecting the network/federation/open-governance nature of the underlying entity.
Open
- Domain canonicalization (G-031): which of
lore-door.com,loredoor.net, or other variants becomes primary - How the OLN name surfaces publicly — visible in footer/about/governance pages? Or genuinely back-of-house?
- Whether sister products (HellaThis — see Entry 008) operate as LoreDoor sub-brands or independent brands under the OLN Foundation umbrella