I built this because I needed it. Late one night, already exhausted, I stumbled into someone's grief journey on social media. I sobbed over a stranger's loss. A cathartic cry, I told myself. Then the next night it happened again. A dead child this time. Worse, because I thought of my own kids sleeping in the next room. I tried to fix it the normal way — telling the algorithm I didn't want this content. That worked for a few days, but the algorithm must flow and things changed. For a week it gave me get-rich-quick schemes. Then political rage bait. I just wanted something interesting to read. Instead the platform was feeding me one of the seven deadly sins every night in the name of engagement. The internet shouldn't work this way. So I built The Great Filter. It sits between you and your social media feed, evaluating each post before it reaches you using Claude AI. Outrage farming, financial scams, harassment, psychological manipulation — filtered before you see them. Each filtered post shows you exactly why it was removed. You can always click "View anyway." You're never locked out of anything. What's working today: X / Twitter — full feed filtering Reddit — posts and comments YouTube — comments BlueSky — full feed filtering Three modes: Open — only the worst removed Curated — outrage and manipulation filtered out Quiet — aggressive filtering for the days when you've chosen peace Privacy by design: Post content is evaluated and immediately discarded. We never store what you read. We never log filter verdicts. We never build a profile of your behavior. The only things we know about you: your email address and how many evaluations you've used this month. Free to start: 200 evaluations/month with no credit card required. Unlimited with a subscription. The name comes from the Fermi Paradox: the Great Filter is the theory explaining why we seem to be alone in the universe. The internet was supposed to connect us. It's been driving us further apart or worse - driving us away from ourselves as we spiral down into unhealthy places fed to us by a moment of engagement on one single post. I think we just need something to filter out the garbage. Happy to answer any questions. And if you've had a bad night on social media that sent you somewhere dark — this was built for you.

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FAQ for The Great Filter

Thank you for taking the time to look at The Great Filter - I hope it helps to reduce the anxiety inherent in trying to scroll through a social media feed these days.

I wanted to post an FAQ about the state of the tool right now:

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Peace of mind for your piece of mind.

Peace of mind for your piece of mind.

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FAQ for The Great Filter

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