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Car interviews Ted Thayer about using AI to enhance user experience on social media through content filtering.
Summary: In this episode of Early Days, Car sits down with Ted from Feed Filter AI to explore using AI as a tool to enhance user experience on social media by filtering out unwanted content. They discuss the role of Feed Filter AI in content curation, the challenges of social media today, and the importance of understanding user needs in early-stage products. Ted shares hard lessons from earlier startups, the importance of shipping with live user feedback, and why he’s building Feed Filter AI as a company for the Bitcoin era, where privacy, ownership, and open networks matter. We explore: How to Make Social Media Great Again! Where does the moat live? User-owned rules, privacy, compounding models What to measure? Junk removed, time saved, retention User-controlled filters that run across X and Instagram Cutting social noise so users get their attention back Chapters: 00:00 Problem framing: noise steals attention, AI gives it back 03:11 Context over keywords: how the model reads text, images, memes 06:33 UX realities: overwhelm, friction, drop-off—what actually fixes it 09:55 Market entry: where Feed Filter wins first, initial wedge 12:21 Feedback loop: ship weekly, instrument…
People in this episode
Host: Car
Guest: Ted Thayer
Topics covered
- AI in social media
- content curation
- user experience
- privacy
- startup lessons
- user feedback
Keywords
- Feed Filter AI
- social media
- user experience
- content filtering
- privacy
- Bitcoin era
- startup lessons
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Feed Filter AI, Bitcoin, Instagram
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