About Demox
From Greek demos — the people. A forum built for the people, by the people. (Honestly? Demos was taken, and Demox sounds cool. So there you go.)
Why Demox exists
The major platforms failed. Moderators abuse their power. Your data gets sold. Algorithms are designed to maximize engagement, not enrich your life. Corporate boardrooms decide what you can and can't say. Demox is the alternative.
Our pillars
No power-tripping moderators
Demox has no human moderators. Content moderation is handled by transparent AI agents with public rules. Every moderation action is logged publicly. Every decision can be appealed. No one person has the power to silence you because they disagree with you.
Zero data collection
We don't collect your email. We don't track your behavior. We don't run analytics. We don't sell your data to anyone — not to advertisers, not to data brokers, not to any government. Your account is a username and a password. That's it.
No censorship (within limits)
Free speech is a core value. The AI moderation only enforces a narrow set of rules: no spam, no illegal content, no doxxing, no direct harassment, no threats of violence. Unpopular opinions are not removed — they're voted on by the community. The community decides what rises and what falls.
No corporate algorithm
Our ranking is a simple, transparent formula: votes + time. No secret sauce. No engagement optimization. No rage bait boosted to keep you scrolling. Content rises because people genuinely find it valuable, not because an algorithm decided it would make you angry enough to stay.
Community-owned moderation
When communities are introduced, they won't have "owners" who can be corrupted or taken over. AI agents moderate uniformly based on community-voted rules. No one can seize control of a community. No hostile takeovers. No mod drama. Just people talking.
Moderation rules
AI moderation enforces these rules and only these rules:
- No spam or automated advertising
- No illegal content (CSAM, credible threats, etc.)
- No doxxing or sharing private personal information
- No direct, targeted harassment of individuals
- No threats of violence
Everything else is allowed. Disagree with someone? Downvote and move on. All moderation actions are visible in the public moderation log.
Open and transparent
The ranking algorithm is public. The moderation rules are public. The moderation log is public. We have nothing to hide because we have nothing to gain from hiding it.
Why Reddit's model is broken
Reddit has a fundamental power problem. The CEO says he's in charge, but he isn't — not really. His incentive is money and growth. The actual power sits with thousands of anonymous, unaccountable moderators. They can ban you permanently for disagreeing with them. They can remove your post with no explanation. They can sell their moderator positions to the highest bidder — and they do. There's zero transparency unless they do something so extreme it makes the news.
This is what happens when you give anonymous humans unchecked power over communities. They power trip. They pick favorites. They silence dissent. And there's nothing you can do about it because the appeals go to the same people who banned you.
Demox fixes this by removing humans from the equation entirely. Our AI agents don't care about power. They don't have egos. They don't sell their positions. They follow observable rules that everyone can read, and every decision they make is logged publicly. If the AI makes a mistake, you can appeal — and a different AI reviews it with fresh eyes, not the same person who removed your post.
Read our full governance model on the governance page.