Lithium

Lithium

Lithium, now Khoros, is a social commerce and community discussion platform. Scripts embed community discussion boards, ratings and reviews widgets, and social Q&A tools on brand and support sites, enabling customer interactions and collecting engagement data for community management.

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Overview

Lithium (now Khoros) is a social commerce and community platform. Its scripts embed community discussion boards, ratings and reviews widgets, and social Q&A tools on brand and support websites.

What This Script Does

Lithium scripts load community components into designated areas of a web page. These components include discussion forums, question-and-answer panels, and review widgets. The scripts handle user authentication for community participation, render threaded discussions, and manage content moderation state. Session cookies are set to maintain login state within the community widget. Requests are made to Lithium/Khoros-hosted API endpoints to fetch and post community content.

Consent & Compliance

Consent Category: Functional

Lithium/Khoros community widgets serve a functional purpose: enabling user participation in support forums and product discussions. The cookies set are primarily for session management and authentication within the community feature.

Should You Block This Without Consent?

Conditional. If the community widget only sets session and authentication cookies necessary for its function, it can be classified as functional and may not require consent. However, if Lithium/Khoros scripts include analytics tracking or behavioral profiling beyond the community feature, consent should be obtained. Review the specific scripts loaded to confirm no analytics or marketing trackers are bundled.

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Consent Categories

Functional

Also Known As

LithiumKhorosLithium communitycommunity platformsocial commercebrand community software

Industries

Computers Electronics and TechnologyBusiness and Consumer ServicesMarketing and AdvertisingProgramming and Developer Software

Tracked Domains (1)

lithium.comEssential

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Lithium (Khoros) require consent?

Conditionally. If Lithium only sets session and authentication cookies to support forum participation, it may qualify as functional and not require consent. However, if analytics or behavioral profiling scripts are bundled, consent should be obtained before loading.

What do Lithium community scripts do on a site?

Lithium scripts embed discussion forums, Q&A panels, and review widgets. They handle user authentication for community participation, render threaded discussions, manage moderation state, and make API requests to Khoros-hosted endpoints to fetch and post content.

How does ConsentStack handle Lithium?

ConsentStack can categorize Lithium as functional if your implementation only uses session and authentication cookies for community features. If analytics tracking is bundled, ConsentStack will block it until the appropriate consent category is granted by the visitor.

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