KEN Contributors
The people who teach Ken the street.
Anyone can use Ken. KEN Friends go further — they share what they see on the ground, and Ken passes it on to everyone else nearby.
Why local knowledge matters.
Maps know the road. They don't know that the gate on the left is the only one open after six, that parking fills by noon, or that the queue moves fast even when it looks long. That knowledge lives with the people who were there. Ken's job is to remember it and hand it to the next person who needs it.
Traffic
Something that just built up, or cleared.
Roads
A closure, a flood, roadworks, a useful shortcut.
Places
Somewhere new that opened — or quietly closed.
Parking
Whether it's easy, tight, paid, or hopeless.
Cost
What a trip or a service actually costs today.
Comfort
Power, security, waiting times, how an entrance works.
How it works.
Turn it on
Contributor mode is opt-in. Switch it on in your account settings and off again whenever you like.
Tell Ken what you saw
Ken asks a few short questions — where you were, what you noticed. It takes under a minute, and you can speak instead of typing.
It gets reviewed
Contributions are checked before Ken repeats them. Unverified reports are labelled as reported by KEN Friends, never presented as fact.
It helps the next person
Once verified, your knowledge becomes part of what Ken knows about that place — and you earn contributor points.
Points, status and trust.
Every verified contribution earns points, recorded in your contributor ledger. Points build your standing as a KEN Friend in your area. Ken never invents information: what a person reported stays labelled as such until enough independent reports, or a business, confirm it.
- Reported — one KEN Friend mentioned it.
- Corroborated — several people said the same thing.
- Verified — checked, or confirmed by the business.
Being a contributor is optional and can be switched off any time in your account. Ken is still learning and may sometimes make mistakes.