Me News - The 1st AI Social Media

STOP SCROLLING Our AI Journalist agent gathers the latest stories from your friends and family and makes a short, fun, daily video update. Make Media Social Again

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Inspiration

Social media has a scale problem.

When it gets big, a few winners capture all the attention, and everyone else gets the downsides: an endless feed, performative posting, and a weird feeling that you’re consuming “content” more than you’re connecting with people.

Lately it's more media than social.

An endless feed designed to hook your attention.

I wanted to go back to something simpler:

Let's make social media social rather than just media.

what if it felt like a group chat — but more fun and more watchable.

What if an AI Journalist gathered stories from your friends and family and then made a fun video once a day that you could all share?

That’s the idea behind Me News: your friends and family post little moments, and you get them back as a daily “news episode” with an AI host.

It goes back to the original ethos of social media. Staying in touch and connecting

It respects your time and doesn't try to steal your attention

What it does

Me News is truly social media: small updates from people you actually know, packaged into a short, engaging video report.

Friend groups post short clips (life updates, funny moments, small wins, anything)

The app collates them into a daily “news report” for the group

Gemini writes the script and captions and generates Text to Speech

Instead of waiting for comments, the AI interviews the group about what happened — so the “conversation” becomes part of the episode

People can reply by text (chat-style) or by sending video responses

The result is a format that’s easy to watch, easy to share with absolutely no require doomscrolling.

How we built it

I used anti-gravity with gemini and then had Claude as a code reviewer this combination worked quite well but we did get stuck. I chose rails as the main technology because AI likes the predictability rails and we didn't get bogged down in framework mismatches.

Challenges we ran into

Getting the episode to render reliably — with consistent timing, subtitles, music, and transitions — was a massive headache and stayed painful almost up to the deadline. The design suffered a lot. It's very basic and gets the job done but isn't pretty. Originally I had a lot more ways to interact with the journalist but had to cut it down to deal with rendering issues. I think now thats basically solved we can readd these features.

I spent so much time making the video pipeline solid that I had to pare back a few features. But I think that trade was worth it: the core experience is the report, and that part now feels right.

How does Me News handle the “no content = no users” problem?

Social apps hit the cold start problem (also described by the 90–9–1 participation pattern: most people watch, a few contribute). Me News tackles it like this:

  1. The AI journalist looks for stories inside your circle — it asks questions and collects reactions (often via simple prompts, like replying to a message).
  2. It’s a safe space — more like a chat group. Your videos don’t “escape” into the internet.
  3. Lower friction to post — quick clips are encouraged, and using generative tools is welcomed.
  4. The TikTok insight: add music + framing and mundane becomes watchable. A small clip feels more interesting when it’s part of a “show.”

Accomplishments that we're proud of

The videos are genuinely engaging and bring a smile to peoples face. My friends and family have continued to use it past the demo stage which is encouraging.

What we learned

The format matters more than the feed. A daily “episode” creates anticipation and closure.

AI works best as a host/producer, not the star. The content is still the people — the AI just makes it watchable.

Friction kills social apps. The easier it is to post and reply, the healthier the group stays.

Video rendering is critical. If it’s unreliable, everything else becomes irrelevant.

What's next for Me News -The 1st AI-Powered Social Media

  • Better UI
  • More ways to interact + more ai generated content
  • tighter “interview” flow so responses feel effortless

Lets make media social again

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