Social media with the right incentives
Garden was built on a simple premise: social media should serve the people using it. We designed it to help you stay connected with people you care about, not to maximize how long you spend on it.
Why we built this
Every major social platform is free because their real customers are advertisers, not users. This creates a fundamental conflict: they need to maximize your screen time to sell more ads, but that's not what's best for you.
The result is algorithms designed to keep you scrolling, content optimized for engagement over quality, and business models built on harvesting your data and attention.
Garden takes a different approach: a subscription model where our only obligation is to you.
How it works
Your feed, unfiltered
Posts from people you follow appear in the order they were published. There's no algorithm deciding what's relevant, and no feed manipulation to extend time on the platform.
No ads or tracking
Your $4/month subscription pays for the platform. We don't need advertisers, so we don't need to track you, sell your data, or optimize for ad revenue.
Fewer bots and spam
Paid access removes the economics that enable spam and bot activity. The result is a network where everyone made a deliberate choice to be here.
By the numbers
$4
Monthly subscription
Transparent pricing, no hidden fees
0
Ads shown
Ever. Your attention isn't for sale
100%
Chronological
You see what you asked to see
Our values
Aligned incentives
When you pay us, we work for you. When revenue comes from subscribers rather than advertisers, our success depends on being genuinely useful to you, not on keeping you online longer.
No algorithm
Your feed shows posts from people you follow, in the order they were posted. We don't rank, filter, or curate based on engagement: what you see is simply what you asked to see.
Transparency
We're upfront about how we make money and how the platform works. No hidden algorithms, no surprise changes to your feed.
Social media with the right incentives
A social network built on aligned incentives, not ad revenue