Agora Citizen Network

Pro-social, open-source, built for democratic dialogues 🌐

[Agora Citizen Network @join_agora]

Social Networks -> Citizen Networks

[Yuting Jiang 江雨婷 @yutingj_]

What if the next digital town square wasn't built around influencers and followers, but around citizens and facilitators of dialogue?

Listen to my talk presenting @join_agora at DevConnect Argentina 2025.

@EFDevcon @dacc_kitchen

[Yuting Jiang 江雨婷 @yutingj_]

At @EthPrague, I talked about the shift from 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 (hearing from the loudest) to 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 (hearing from the millions), and the role that
@join_agora plays in helping people coordinate around shared futures.

Check it out!

[ETHPrague @EthPrague]

The hardest problem in the world is not intelligence, but coordination 🤝 From climate change to AI governance, many of today’s most urgent challenges are coordination failures.

Yuting Jiang is a Cofounder and CEO of Agora Citizen Network (@join_agora) and in her talk, she will explore how we can design systems that help diverse groups align, disagree productively, and collectively build better futures at scale.

Don’t miss out!

[Yuting Jiang 江雨婷 @yutingj_]

"Even with AGI, it’ll still be impossible to get six people in a room to agree." The hardest problem in the world is not intelligence. It is coordination. That's why we build @join_agora.😎

[Theo Beutel @theobtl]

The signal-to-noise ratio was incredibly good.

Such facilitated, co-creation workshops are way more useful than days of talks.

Huge thanks to @bbeats1 for running this workshop today, to @metagov_project, @harmonica_chat, @crdntwrk, @join_agora, and to everyone participating.

[Agora Citizen Network @join_agora]

It's gov/acc time 🙌

[Theo Beutel @theobtl]

The signal-to-noise ratio was incredibly good.

Such facilitated, co-creation workshops are way more useful than days of talks.

Huge thanks to @bbeats1 for running this workshop today, to @metagov_project, @harmonica_chat, @crdntwrk, @join_agora, and to everyone participating.

[Yuting Jiang 江雨婷 @yutingj_]

We’ve been thinking for a while that deliberation results on @join_agora should become the basis for proposals communities can actually vote on.

Today, our partnership with @davinci_vote was announced right after we unexpectedly met @jordipainan at Occupy EthCC by @web3privacy!

[DAVINCI protocol @davinci_vote]

Voting is powerful. But voting without deliberation? That's just picking sides.

We're partnering with @join_agora to build what civic participation actually needs: a seamless flow from collective thinking to collective decision.

Something is coming 👇

[Agora Citizen Network @join_agora]

Vote and rank the features you want us to build next! 😎Each feature is directly connected to our GitHub, so as soon as something is completed, it updates dynamically in Agora! Your input = our roadmap!

Demo:
https://t.co/DsGz76875G
Vote:
https://t.co/g7KlUjtKqN

[Yuting Jiang 江雨婷 @yutingj_]

Launching 𝗩𝗢𝗫𝗜𝗧 𝗘𝗨: a new European initiative to develop deliberative tools that help communities build consensus across Europe and beyond. I’m proud that our little startup @join_agora stands alongside institutional teams.

[Agora Citizen Network @join_agora]

This is an ongoing challenge. And we're building in the open. So we'd love your input:

→ Does "Approved / Rejected" feel clearer than "Common Ground"?
→ Is there a better framing?
→ What would make this page more actionable?

Let us know 👇

[Agora Citizen Network @join_agora]

We just updated one of Agora's core pages — the Analysis tab.

"Common Ground" is out. "Approved" and "Rejected" are in.

Here's why 👇

[Agora Citizen Network @join_agora]

"Approved" and "Rejected" are our latest attempt to make that distinction clear at a glance. This is one of many iterations driven by community feedback.

Agora isn't just used by its community — it's shaped by it.

(One of you even spotted the redesign before we announced it 👀)

[Agora Citizen Network @join_agora]

@takerufukushima Thank you! 🙏

[Agora Citizen Network @join_agora]

It made our day to hear the quote "Agora made the event feel lively and interactive, while the live analytics allowed trends to emerge clearly. It really brought the conversation to life and fostered a collaborative and inclusive atmosphere."

[Agora Citizen Network @join_agora]

Long overdue but we're excited to share this case study from a pilot with UNESCO in October!

https://t.co/bPBElpzqpo

[Yuting Jiang 江雨婷 @yutingj_]

@ETHChiangmai was the most intellectually AND spiritually stimulating event I’ve attended.

Huge thanks to @4seasDeSoc, the generous host, and @GCCofCommons for inviting us to be there.

Sharing a moment where @join_agora was used to facilitate a Tech & Humanities town hall! 🖖

[Agora Citizen Network @join_agora]

NEW FEATURE: Export is live!

You can now export any conversation directly from Agora. Click the three-dot menu on the top right of a conversation to download a CSV file containing all opinions, votes, and comments.

The export format is compatible with Sensemaker by Jigsaw.

[Yuting Jiang 江雨婷 @yutingj_]

Voting is great but in a chaotic or polarizing situation, deliberation would be even better because it lets the population to collective make sense and find common ground rather than choosing sides.