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EDITORIAL STANDARDS

How we research, write, and review

Every page on this site is produced with a documented method and owned by a named editor. Here is exactly how it works — and what we will never do.

IN PLAIN ENGLISH

Our pages are drafted with the help of large language models, revised across more than one model, and held back until they clear automated accuracy and product-claim checks. One named person — our founder, who has run these workflows — is accountable for everything that ships and for correcting anything found wrong. We do not invent testimonials, user counts, or customer quotes.

Editorial standards
Last updated October 2026

Who is responsible for this content

Instica's content is published under the byline "Instica Team", but a single person is editorially accountable for all of it: Alfred N, founder of Instica (Atlanta, GA). Regulatory statements are checked against the statute, regulation or program publication they describe before they are published. Editorial questions or corrections go to support@instica.com.

How our content is produced

We are transparent that our drafting process is partly automated. A typical page moves through these stages:

  1. Research. We gather the statutes, regulations and program publications for the topic, such as producer responsibility organization fee schedules, and check what the product does today.
  2. Automated first draft. We use large language models to assemble a structured first draft from that research. This is a starting point, not a finished article.
  3. Multi-model revision. The draft is revised through more than one model and prompt pass to check reasoning, remove filler, and surface weak or unsupported claims.
  4. Automated review gates. Before a page can publish, it must clear a set of hard, automated checks: multiple models cross-review the piece for accuracy and tone, product claims are validated against our reviewed source of truth, and factual assertions are checked against the evidence gathered in research. A page that fails any gate does not ship. This happy path runs without waiting on a person — but the named editor can intervene at any point, spot-checks published work, and remains accountable for everything that ships and for correcting anything found wrong.

Evidence and review dates

EPR rules, thresholds and fee schedules change, sometimes every cycle. A date or threshold appears on this site only once it is published by the regulator or program, and we name the source. Where a date is not set yet, we say so rather than estimate it. When we learn something is out of date or wrong, we correct the page rather than leaving it.

What we will never do

To keep this content trustworthy, we hold a hard line against fabricated social proof:

  • We do not invent testimonials, customer quotes, or reviews.
  • We do not publish made-up user counts, revenue figures, or "trusted by N sellers" claims.
  • We do not attribute opinions to named or fictional customers who did not say them.
  • Any testimonial we ever publish will come from a real, approved record with documented attribution and consent — never a placeholder. Until such records exist, our testimonial sections stay empty on purpose.

Product claims about Instica itself are held to a separate, reviewed source of truth so pricing and plan statements never drift from the real offer.

Corrections

Found an error, an out-of-date date or threshold, or a claim you think we can't support? Email support@instica.com with the page address and we will review it.

Last updated: October 2026