Aether - peer-to-peer network of independent, self-moderated communities

Aether is a peer-to-peer network of independent, self-moderated communities. It is a Open source, self-governing communities with auditable moderation and mod elections. Aether is private by default, so that you can choose to be fully private, or fully public yourself. Most people use pseudonyms, though you can use your real name, or company.

Actions of moderators are visible to users. No content can just 'disappear', if something gets deleted, you'll know who did it, why they did it, and if you want, how to get it back. Communities can elect and impeach their own mods by voting. If a mod behaves inappropriately, users can disable that mod locally as well.