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Gecker

Social Media Without Billionaires

An ad-free platform where communities thrive through organic discovery, voluntary support, and user-driven content organization.

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Invite-Only Alpha Testing - v0.1.0005 Currently testing at dev.gecker.com (invite required)
🚫 100% Ad-Free
🌳 Community-Driven
🔓 You Own Your Content
⚖️ Democratic Moderation
💎 Zero Corporate Cash
🔍 Radical Transparency

What is Gecker?

Gecker is a social platform built on principles of transparency, user ownership, and community control. No algorithms manipulating your feed, no ads tracking your every move, and no billionaire overlords extracting value from your creativity. We're sustained entirely by our community through voluntary donations—represented by our card-based tier system where every supporter gets recognized.

Alpha Testing on dev.gecker.com

We're currently in invite-only alpha testing on our development server. This means you might encounter bugs, performance issues, and possible data loss. We're testing everything from server infrastructure to community moderation systems.

🔒 Invite-Only Alpha: Access requires an invitation code. Expect errors, downtime, and possible database resets. Don't post anything you can't afford to lose!

Development Progress ~75-80%

Core features complete. Remaining work: Tree Dens, Forest/Arboreta custom CSS, polish, optimization, and final testing.

What Makes Us Different?

  • 🌳 Trees: Topic-based public communities (like subreddits, but better). Create, moderate, and grow your own community. Post to up to 40 Trees at once!
  • 🏢 Gardens: Verified business/brand communities—100% free forever. No paid promotion, no algorithm manipulation. Just authentic engagement with your audience.
  • 🌲 Forests & Arboreta: Build custom multi-community feeds. Combine Trees into Forests, or Gardens into Arboreta. Your feed, your rules.
  • 🦊💬🐵 Dens: Private group chats for 2-100 members (like Discord channels meets Facebook Messenger). Every Tree has its own Den for community chat. Single-member "Notebooks" for personal notes.
  • 🏡 Yards: Your personal profile Tree. Every user gets exactly one Yard showing all their posts—your home base for building a following.
  • 🌿 Roots System: Radical transparency. Download your complete data profile anytime. See exactly what we track, why, and how it's used. No hidden algorithms.
  • ⚖️ Democratic Moderation: Content auto-hides at 50% report rate. Shadow ban at 70%. Community consensus drives moderation, not corporate policy.
  • 💎 Trust Fund Transparency: All donations and how we spend them—publicly disclosed. Server costs, developer salaries, everything. No investors, no board, no billionaires pulling strings. Just honest accounting for an honest platform.
  • 🎨 Total Customization: Custom CSS for your profile, Yard, Trees, and Gardens. Forests/Arboreta customization coming soon. Express yourself without limits (within content policy, of course).

Invite-Only Development

Gecker is currently in Invite-Only Alpha (IOA). Each user receives a limited number of invites to share. This controlled growth helps us test infrastructure, refine features, and maintain our ad-free, community-focused culture.

Invite-Only Beta (IOB) is planned for Q2-Q3 2026, expanding access while continuing to grow sustainably through the Trust Fund.

Development Roadmap

Invite-Only Alpha (IOA) Current Phase • ~75-80% Complete
Invite-Only Beta (IOB) Q2-Q3 2026 • Expanded Access
Public Launch TBD* • Full Public Access

* Public launch timing depends on Trust Fund sustainability during invite-only phases

How Gecker Works

Gecker uses natural metaphors to organize communities and content. No algorithms, no manipulation—just organic discovery guided by you.

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Trees

Public communities for shared interests. Anyone can create and moderate a Tree. Posts can be shared to up to 40 Trees!

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Yards

Your personal Tree. Every user has exactly one Yard showing all their posts—your home base for building a following.

100% FREE
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Gardens

Verified business communities. Zero cost, zero ads, user-controlled engagement—no algorithms pushing paid content!

Perfect for businesses, brands & creators

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Forests

Custom combinations of Trees. Create your own personalized feed across multiple communities and interests.

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Dens

Private group chats for 2-100 members (like Discord channels meets Facebook Messenger). Tree Dens (coming soon!) will give every Tree its own community chat space. Single-member "Notebooks" for personal notes.

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Arboreta

Custom combinations of Gardens. Follow multiple businesses, brands, and creators in one curated feed.

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

Gecker draws inspiration from the platforms that came before us. We've learned from Reddit's community-driven moderation, Facebook's social graph, Twitter's real-time conversations, Wikipedia's open collaboration, and yes, even Digg's pioneering community voting system. We honor these influences while charting our own path—one without ads, algorithms, or billionaire overlords.