Our editorial review process

We publish stories and reference articles to make relationship knowledge freely available.

They are published by Alpha 360 Omega GmbH, founded by Eric Ebert, with one mission: to help people everywhere build the relationships they want and deserve, so they can live their best lives. lovlov is how we work towards it: tools for the whole journey of a relationship, from a relationship test to tools for the challenges that come up along the way, on your own or with your partner. In some articles, we mention one of them as an option where it fits. You can read every article without using lovlov. What lovlov does →

Editorial responsibility for everything lovlov publishes rests with Eric Ebert, founder of lovlov. Reference articles and fictional stories are drafted with AI; Eric Ebert edits and checks every piece and approves it before it is published.

Every relationship is its own, yet many of the patterns within and between partners are shared. lovlov stories show them through fictional characters, so that nobody has to feel they are the only one. Some stories also show what people try when they want to change something.

Our stories are fiction. They come in three forms: a story follows one person, a portrait is told from both partners’ perspectives, and an interview puts questions to an invented person. Each one is developed with AI from patterns in relationship experiences that people share publicly. The characters are invented, and no story is an account of an individual case. Where a story needs a fact, it links to a reference article that cites the source.

Knowledge about relationships is spread across many sources. lovlov reference articles explain relationship terms and patterns in everyday language, drawing on research and describing approaches people use to deal with them.

Each one explains a term, such as stonewalling, or a pattern that comes up between partners, such as one partner seeking closeness while the other pulls away. The articles cite sources for their factual claims, and the “Sources” line names the key sources. Where a source is peer-reviewed research, the peer review applies to that research, not to the lovlov article. Eric Ebert compares quoted figures with the publication they come from.

Every piece is checked before it is published. AI checks each draft against these principles, and Eric Ebert then reviews the article:

• No one is singled out for blame.
• Articles offer no diagnosis, treatment or verdict on a relationship.
• Each ends with a note explaining lovlov’s limits and a link to confidential support lines for anyone who feels unsafe.

lovlov is not therapy and is not intended for violence or acute crisis. Our articles do not cover those situations. These checks are editorial, not clinical.

We use AI to make relationship information more useful and better sourced. AI searches and reads scientific sources, analyses data, helps check facts, drafts and edits articles, and checks drafts against our principles. Eric Ebert oversees the process.

For stories, AI receives only prepared patterns, situations and outlines, with usernames, links, post IDs and searchable quotations removed. Original posts are never sent to AI.

Rules on disclosing AI-generated text are set out in Article 50 of the EU AI Act. A person reviews and approves every lovlov piece. Each article says so in a short line, and this page explains how we use AI.

The dates help you place an article in time. “Published” gives the month and year it first appeared. “Last checked” marks a later check against our editorial principles and, where relevant, the article’s sources. Small wording corrections leave these dates unchanged. Changes to an article’s meaning are checked and approved by Eric Ebert before publication.

Reporting an error helps keep lovlov articles accurate. Email hello@lovlov.co with the article link and the passage you think is wrong, and please leave out personal details about yourself or others. Eric Ebert checks reported errors and corrects articles where needed.