Pincong

Pincong (Chinese: 品蔥) is a Chinese Internet forum focusing on political topics. Users of this forum are called "Pincongers". Its server is located in United States, and it is currently blocked by Great Firewall in Mainland China. The website enables users to make discussions about political issues, while they are usually banned in Zhihu, a popular Chinese Q&A forum. The older site of Pincong was shut down on October 30, 2018, and current site (New Pincong, Chinese: 新·品蔥) re-opens in November 2018.
Features.
The website interface is written in Simplified Chinese, and majority of its users are from Mainland China, but there are also users from Hong Kong, Taiwan and overseas. Since Pincong is blocked in Mainland China, people from the mainland need VPN in order to access this website, users also exchange technical experiences regarding internet censorship circumvention。
To protect users' safety, the server does not record their IP address, nor does it need email address or phone number for registration. It also has delayed posting function. The default search engine throughout the website is DuckDuckGo. Many users believe it is safer to access Pincong via iOS than Android.
Most of the discussions in Pincong are related to politics.
Other features of Pincong include open source website architecture, transparent background data, and disabled private messaging preset.
Administrator System.
Pincong users can be promoted to administrators by votes from experienced users, rather than being appointed by the site owner. That was done through the so-called "reputation system", where likes and dislikes from users with high reputations towards posts will affect that of the poster. Users with enough reputation are granted foreground admin permissions such as banning users who violated site rules, collapsing or unfolding posts. Users with certain amount of reputation can also make proposals on site rules, however only administrators can vote on the bills.