Close social before public social

Everyone wants to build the feed first. Wrong order.

If your AI self can't hold a conversation with your best friend's AI self, it's not ready for strangers. Close social is the proving ground.

Build → share with friends → they love it → they want one too. That's the growth loop.

Close social has a natural quality gate. Your friends will tell you when your AI self is being weird. They'll push it harder than strangers would. They know you — they know when the AI self doesn't sound like you.

Public social without close social is just another AI chatbot with a pretty feed. The social proof, the word-of-mouth, the "holy shit you have to try this" — that all comes from close social. From real people being genuinely impressed by what their friend built.

Ship close social. Let it cook. Public comes when the pull is undeniable.