Methodology

    We believe readers deserve to know how the content they're reading was produced. Here is the process every Dorsi article goes through.

    1. Topic selection

    Topics are selected from our keyword research pipeline — a mix of search-volume data, real questions asked in fitness and wearable-tech communities, and gaps we notice in existing coverage. We don't write about a topic unless we have access to credible primary sources for it.

    2. Source gathering

    For each article we pull from primary sources: peer-reviewed studies (PubMed, sports-medicine journals), official guidance (ACSM, AHA, NIH), and manufacturer documentation (Apple, Garmin, Polar, Whoop) for product-specific claims. For real-world experience, we pull verbatim discussion from relevant subreddits and forums, with full attribution. We do not paraphrase community discussion — we quote it.

    3. Drafting

    We use AI assistance (large language models) to draft articles from the primary sources gathered in step 2. The AI's job is to synthesize and translate the sources into accessible language — not to invent claims. Sentences that cannot be tied back to a primary source are dropped during the next step.

    4. Anti-AI quality gateway

    Each draft passes through an internal quality gateway (powered by a separate AI model) that scores it for the "AI tells" Google's scaled-content-abuse guidance flags: empty filler sentences, generic transitions, vague hedges. Drafts that score above our threshold are rewritten or blocked entirely.

    5. Editorial review

    Every article is reviewed by the Dorsi editorial team before publication, checking each claim against the primary sources cited in the piece. We don't attach individual author bylines or invent reviewer personas — accountability sits with Dorsi, and the inline citations let you verify any claim yourself.

    6. Refresh & updates

    Articles are revisited on a rolling cadence: source citations re-verified periodically, comparison tables refreshed when referenced products release significant updates, community quotes preserved as-is (they're snapshots of real discussion at a specific point in time and are not rewritten in place).

    What we don't do

    • · We don't invent author personas or fabricate reviewer credentials. Articles carry no byline; trust comes from the cited primary sources.
    • · We don't claim medical, clinical, or institutional affiliations we don't actually hold.
    • · We don't paraphrase community discussion or invent attributed quotes. Real quotes only, with permalinks.
    • · We don't auto-publish content with quality-gateway scores above our internal threshold.