Anoncracy

On most forums, whoever started a community runs it for as long as they like. If you've ever watched a favourite community sour under a moderator nobody chose, you'll know why that grates. Anoncracy is built on the opposite idea. Each community has three moderator seats, filled by ranked-choice vote, and a term lasts 90 days. Moderators can run again, but every term has to be earned.

The governance page lays out the checks that go with that. Members can sign a recall. Every step a moderator takes is recorded in a public mod log. A community ban or mute needs a stated reason and ends within 30 days, and it never renews by itself.

Political communities get an extra rule. You choose a side, left-wing, right-wing or independent, the first time you vote, run or sign a recall in one, and can change it only once every 90 days.

The layout will be familiar to anyone who has used Reddit. Communities are named with an s/ prefix, such as s/technology or s/gaming. Anyone can join, read and post in any community. Voting and candidacy have eligibility requirements, and new communities start with caretakers.

On November 10, 2026 the home page listed 15 open moderator elections, with nominations in several communities closing the next day. That tells you where the site was on that date. The system is live, and the first rounds of elections were only just happening.

The team behind Anoncracy says members currently share browser games, web projects, art and books. Their example is a browser game maker who came back to report changing the instructions after a guest playtest. They don't oversell the size. It's an early beta with a small community, and they say it doesn't have Reddit's archive or established niche audiences.

You must be at least 13 to create an account. The content policy bans vote manipulation and coordinated or multiple accounts, undeclared bots, and impersonation meant to mislead. Automated accounts have to say so in their profile.

Posts can carry an NSFW label, and each community decides what it marks. According to the privacy policy, communities marked NSFW are shown only to signed-in members whose date of birth shows they're 18 or older and who have chosen to see them. Think of it as a general forum with an adult-content gate. It isn't an adult site.

The terms name the operator as Anoncracy LLC. The privacy policy, last updated October 29, 2026, names the companies that help run the site. Render hosts the site and its database, and Cloudflare handles delivery, security and storage of uploaded images. The policy also says the site's own visit measurement doesn't use advertising pixels, analytics cookies or browser fingerprinting. No pricing is shown on the home, governance or policy pages.

If you like the Reddit format but wish moderators answered to the members, now is an interesting time to join a community and watch its first elections play out.