Online forums
Digital conversation hubs for conversations of civic import. They are often designed to facilitate constructive dialogues, but sometimes fail by attempting to creating new destinations rather than embrace existing community hubs.
Allyus
Allyus is a location based political social network which empowers people to change government policy.
251 Queen St W, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Backfence
Backfence was a place for community news and info written by you and your neighbors
Bang the Table
Our complete suite of listening, information, analysis, reporting and relationship management features enable you to mix and match precisely the right online tools for your community engagement objectives.
Australia
California Report Card
The California Report Card was developed by the CITRIS Data and Democracy Initiative at UC Berkeley in collaboration with the Office of Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom. The California Report Card explores how smartphones and networks can enhance communication between the public and government leaders.
Cantersteen 12, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium
Australia
Civocracy
Civocracy is fixing the relationship between citizens and their government using digital citizen participation.
Consider.it
A web forum that elevates your community's opinions. Civil and organized discussion even when hundreds of stakeholders participate.
Debate.org
DebateWise.org is an online database of expert-curated debates on popular topics.
DebateWise
DebateWise.org is an online database of expert-curated debates on popular topics.
Dialectic
Dialectic.sg: Better debates for a better Singapore. Learn more about and discuss important policies facing us today.
Disqus
Disqus offers the best add-on tools for websites to increase engagement. We help publishers power online discussions with comments and earn revenue with native advertising.
ePart
ePart è la soluzione web per la gestione partecipativa dei cittadini alla gestione degli ambienti urbani. Consente ai cittadini di interagire con l'amministrazione pubblica segnalando disagi e disservizi presenti sul territorio
Ethelo
Ethelo decisions is a web platform or business intelligence tool built to help groups, communities or organization to find effective decisions quickly and fairly.
Everyblock
EveryBlock has partnered with Nextdoor to give EveryBlock members a better neighborhood experience.
Facebook Groups
Many communities use Facebook Groups as their online message board
Palo AltoFlux
Flux is a new political party designed to connect Australians directly to Parliament and change politics forever!
Front Porch Forum
Front Porch Forum is a free community-building service in Vermont.
Gebied Online
De leukste buurt maak je samen, op een buurtplatform van gebiedonline.
The Netherlands
Govlaunch
The wiki for local government innovation ✨
San Francisco, CA, USA
I am in the city / 我地.市正
Hong Kong's Neighborhood forum //「我地.市正」(Ourland Searching) 係一個街坊媒體。 用家可以查詢即時位置或選擇位置附近 1 公里內發生的社區事件: 公共設施 社區活動 社區議題 街坊可以隨時隨地「報料」: 匯報社區問題，仲可以一直跟進事態發展。
Hong Kong
Laudelina
Laudelina is a mobile application, aimed to empower domestic workers. It has an accessible guide to labour rights, abenefits calculator, a list of protection agencies, and an option to create a social network with fellow domestic workers.
Brazil
Lexcare
Lexcare is an online forum where people can post legal questions and recieve advice. Users can also find lawyers andconsult them for a fee.
IndiaLocal Circles
LocalCircles takes Social Media to the next level and makes it about communities, governance and urban daily life.It enables citizens to come together in communities or groups to raise issues, find trusted information, participate in policy and engage in constructive collective action.
Lonely Coders Club
this Slack has over 200 members who identify as “lonely coders,” technologists who are alone or one of just a few folks in their newsroom who work with tech and data.
MADEINVOTE
Choisissez vos commerces et construisez un quartier à votre image!
Mic
Mic covers news, opinion, reviews and analysis around arts, entertainment, celebrity, LGBTQ, social justice, police brutality, dating, sex, feminism, body positivity, space, innovation, climate change.
Nametag.chat
Tool for creating small online group discussions around an issue, originally created for political campaigning in the US
Neighborhoods.NYC
This was an online platform that community groups can use to develop online hubs for civic engagement, online organizing and information-sharing.
New York, NY, USA
News Nerdery
This Slack has over 1,300 members of the journalism-tech community from around the world, who chat in over 40 topical and geographic channels.
Nextdoor
Nextdoor is the free private social network for your neighborhood community.
Australia
PeopleApps
Connect, communicate and collaborate to leverage community strengths and advance your mission.
671 Edison Street, Detroit, MI, USAPlaceSpeak
Claim your place. Speak your mind. Influence the outcome.
1005 Cypress Street
Red Blue Voice
Red Blue Voice was a social network providing users with tools to broadcast their social and political messages.
Slido
Slido is an audience interaction tool for meetings, events and conferences. It offers interactive Q&A, live polls and insights about your audience.
Smiile
Rejoignez votre réseau de voisinage pour collaborer, partager, recycler, covoiturer, acheter groupé, animer sa vie de quartier et réaliser des économies avec vos voisins !
Streetlife Nextdoor
In what is being billed as a "multi-million pound" acquisition, San Francisco-headquartered Nextdoor is purchasing the "assets" of U.K. local social network Streetlife.
UnionBase
the world's first social networking platform for the labor movement with 30,000 Union Profiles
Washington, DC
Zuela
Zuela is a civic engagement, social networking platform aimed at promoting good governance. We are committed to creating a good community that is free from major issues affecting our society today.
California