Free to belong. Supported by those who can.
Aceship is a commons. The $10 isn't a toll at the door — it's how members who can afford it keep our community safe and open for everyone who can't.
Member
Freeforever
Full participation for adults (18+).
- Verified profile with private-by-default settings
- Post, comment, like, follow
- Join interest groups & community spaces
- Connection-gated DMs (you choose who reaches you)
- Hide-photo-until-connected, panic lockdown, block/report
- Knowledge library access
- Full moderation & safety protections
Supporter
$10per year
Members who choose to keep Aceship alive.
- Everything in Member
- Supporter badge on your profile
- Vote on how surplus is used in the commons
- Early access to new community features
- Priority queue for member-initiated spaces
- A direct line into the platform's annual report
- You fund moderation, hosting, and safety for everyone
Coming soon — free for everyone during early access.
Founding Patron
One-timecontribution
Early believers who help fund the build and share in its ownership.
- Everything in Supporter, permanently
- Founding Patron badge — one-time, never reissued
- Named in the founders' record (opt-in, pseudonymous OK)
- Seat at the table for the first member assembly
- Direct input into the governance trust as it forms
- Your contribution funds the MVP and the legal trust setup
Tier opens once the steward-ownership trust is established.
Where the money actually goes
Every dollar — supporter contributions, founding patron funds, opt-in contextual ad revenue, and any creator fees — flows into one pool whose job is to keep the commons safe and open. No shareholders. No profit extraction. That's not a marketing line; it's what the governance structure (see the Charter) is built to enforce.
- Moderation, trust, & safety
- Hosting, storage, bandwidth, security
- Keeping the free tier strong so everyone can belong
- Member-proposed projects and community grants
What we will never do
- Sell, rent, or trade your data
- Build a behavioral profile of you
- Run tracking-based ads
- Design for addiction or outrage
- Sell the platform to anyone who'd betray its purpose
What money can never buy here
- Visibility over other members
- Algorithmic boosting of your posts
- A way around moderation
- Privileged access to other members' data
- Influence over the mission lock in the Charter