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https://adhocracy.plus/

adhocracy+

Makes digital democracy easy - for everyone no matter where.

Active
Since 2019
Berlin
Open source: Yes (https://github.com/liqd/adhocracy-plus?tab=AGPL-3.0-1-ov-file#readme)

A free platform from a non-profit association

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Project(s): KOSMO Moderation

Project type
Tool or platform
Founded
2019
Language(s)
German, Dutch
Employees
17
Pricing
Free, additional services are paid
Used by
City of Lindau in Lake Constance, City of Memmingen, City of Panketal, University of Hildesheim, Werder (Havel), Winsen (Luhe), Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf
Features
Theme pages with your brand identity, Polls, Events, Idea submission, Commenting, Voting, Collaborative drafting, Mapping, Pros and cons, Debates, Embeddable
Added
2021-09-29
Last modified
2026-07-12T16:45:48.000Z

Additional details

Tech stack
Select2, Python, Django, HSTS, jQuery, Leaflet, Livefyre, Mapbox GL JS, Nginx
Institutions using the platform
approx. 400
How AI is used
KOSMO project, a moderation dashboard was built for adhocracy+ to support moderators on the platform during an ongoing participation. Two models were trained to detect uncivil and engaging comments, which are proposed to the moderators, who could decide whether to take further action, such as blocking a detected uncivil comment. However, since the AI model we initially used did not meet our accuracy expectations and ongoing training proved too costly, we decided to remove the AI functionality from adhocracy.plus. Instead, we have retained only the moderation dashboard. Currently, we are developing an explainable AI (XAI) designed to detect disinformation by analyzing stylistic patterns in language. This project is called DeFaktS.
Number of end users
27,000
Number of integrations
0
Geographic focus
Germany (Deutschland) 🇩🇪, Austria (Österreich) 🇦🇹, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧, Spain (España) 🇪🇸, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Geographic focus — country
Germany (Deutschland) 🇩🇪, Austria (Österreich) 🇦🇹, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧, Spain (España) 🇪🇸, "Netherlands (Nederland, Holland) 🇳🇱"
Pricing
Free, additional services are paid

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