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Archy

A social media platform with liquid democratic token allocation, where users can collaboratively build the governance framework for the platform and even implement technical changes.

Global
2026

Joycotter

Joycotter is a collaborative "worldbuilding game" for real-world activism, built around the "joycott", a conditional commitment ("if this exists or this change happens, here's what I'll do") that makes latent demand and support visible before anyone risks building the thing.

2026

Digital Futures Between Participatory Digital Democracy and Participatory Digital Fascism

A peer-reviewed publication examining the tension between participatory digital democracy and participatory digital fascism in shaping digital futures.

2026

SouthendOnSea.city

SouthendOnSea.city is a local information and community-participation platform serving Southend-on-Sea, Essex.

Demist

Demist is an open-source, decentralized direct-democracy platform: prove you are a real person, vote anonymously, and earn a civic currency.

CitiZone

CitiZone is an all-in-one local-governance platform for Francophone African municipalities that lets authorities register a territory, residents join as verified "e-Citizens," and everyone map public assets, track public-works budgets, report hazards, vote on priorities, and query a legal AI, all working down to a 2G phone via SMS/USSD.

Democratic Republic of the Congo
2026

OpenYC

OpenYC is an early-stage effort to build a publicly-funded, democratically-governed "public alternative to Y Combinator", a digital public infrastructure for incubating and codifying AI-native digital public goods as a public utility.

Unify Akron

A Civic Assembly brings together a representative group of residents, selected by lottery, to work through a shared challenge on housing.

Ohio
2026