Transparency
Our Editorial Policy: How Our Articles Are Written
In short : Mental Loadless blog articles are written with the help of artificial intelligence, then checked by an automated gate: linked primary sources, verified links, controlled vocabulary. They are not systematically reviewed by a person before publication; we audit and correct them afterwards, and we say so.
Who writes, with which tools, from which sources, and how we correct. What you are entitled to know before trusting a figure read on this site.
By YF · updated
Who writes the articles?
The blog is published by Mental Loadless, under the responsibility of its founder, YF. Articles are written with the help of artificial intelligence by an automated editorial service, three times a week; each article is published in French alongside its English version.
We say so because it is true, and because a reader should be able to know it. AI writes quickly and well; it can also get a figure or a source wrong. Hence the checks and corrections policy described below.
What checks happen before publication?
Every article goes through a deterministic gate — mechanical rules, never a model's opinion of its own text. An article that fails them is not published:
- Sourced statistics: at least two, from distinct sources, taken from a list of reference domains (statistics institutes, public bodies, academic journals, polling institutes).
- A Sources section at the end of the article, with links.
- Verified internal links: every link must lead to a page the site actually serves.
- An FAQ of at least three questions.
- Controlled vocabulary: no empty buzzwords, no clinical vocabulary to describe a person or the app.
- A French and an English version published together and linked.
What the gate does not do: check the meaning of a sentence, or that a figure says exactly what the article claims. That is the job of audits.
Are articles reviewed by a person?
Not systematically before publication. We would rather write it than let you assume otherwise.
Articles are reviewed afterwards, during audits: on 30 September 2026, an audit re-checked every figure on the blog against its primary source, removed statistics that could not be found, fixed inaccurate wording and added missing sources. The site's reference pages — the definition of mental load, the MLI method, the key figures — are written and checked one by one.
No review by a health professional is displayed today, and we do not claim one.
Which sources do we accept?
| Accepted | Rejected |
|---|---|
| Official statistics (Insee, Ined, Drees, EIGE, ILO) | A figure with no source, or a source that does not contain it |
| Academic journals, via their DOI | A generic home page used as a reference |
| Polling institutes, with the institute's own report | A second-hand figure when the primary source is available |
| Public bodies (national health insurance, Service-Public) | A figure taken from a competitor or promotional content |
A survey says what people report; we write it that way. Every figure carries its scope and year.
What about articles that mention the app?
Mental Loadless publishes this blog and talks about its own app on it: this is brand content, not independent journalism. Comparisons with other apps rely on their official, dated pages and acknowledge their strengths. No article is sponsored by a third party.
How can you report an error?
Write to us from the contact page, quoting the article and the sentence. A confirmed factual error is corrected in the article and its update date changes. A substantive correction is flagged in the article.
Frequently asked questions
Are Mental Loadless articles written by AI?
Yes, they are written with the help of artificial intelligence by an automated editorial service, under the responsibility of the founder, YF. Automated checks verify sources, links and vocabulary before publication, and audits then re-check figures against their primary sources.
How can I tell whether a figure on the blog is reliable?
Every figure should be linked to its source, with its scope and year, both in the text and in the article's Sources section. If a link does not lead to the figure, or the source says something else, report it: the article will be corrected and its update date will change.
Is Mental Loadless neutral in its comparisons?
No, and we say so: Mental Loadless publishes these comparisons and presents its own app in them. To stay useful, they rely on the other apps' official, dated pages, acknowledge their strengths and pass no judgment on their publishers.