Like everything under the Tireless Grandpa banner, this is another practical test — not a pitch, not a dream.
Tireless Grandpa is my ongoing project where I turn raw ideas into real, trackable experiments using AI tools. Some of those experiments involve faceless content, others don’t. The common thread is simple: I build, I publish consistently, and I analyze results — success or failure — on this site.
Thalia is one of those builds. A neutral, character-based Instagram account.
The test? To see if low-key, personality-driven content — without exaggeration or trend-chasing — can grow organically in today’s algorithmic chaos.
Why I’m Doing This
The internet is overflowing with AI-generated noise — oversexualized women, hyper-masculine avatars, and an endless wave of digitally constructed personalities. Add to that a sea of made-up creatures — dogs with cat heads, flying robots, surreal hybrids — and it becomes clear: normal doesn’t stand a chance.
Thalia goes the other way. No fantasy. No filter overload. No visual overload. Just normal.
This isn’t a big idea. It’s a simple question:
Can normal still get reach?
What I’m Tracking
Every project I launch under Tireless Grandpa has tracking built into it.
With Thalia, I’m watching:
– When does engagement begin?
– Do images or captions matter more?
– How many posts does it take before anything gains traction?
– Will Instagram recognize and recommend this kind of content?
Posting schedule: 4–5 times per week.
No heavy strategy, just execution and observation.
If opportunities come — like collabs or partnerships — I’ll evaluate them when they appear.
Meet Thalia
📸 Instagram: @thaliawakes
💬 Bio: Living the quiet life. Small moments. Real thoughts.
Thalia is a quiet digital character who shares still, grounded moments —
sitting with a book, stretching in the morning, walking past closed cafés.
Her name — Thalia — comes from Greek mythology. One of the Muses, loosely tied to creativity and subtle presence.
Wakes is about showing up quietly in a world that screams.
Images were generated in DALL·E.
Captions were developed using ChatGPT Plus.
I launched the profile with around 10 posts to establish tone and rhythm.
What These Experiments Teach Me
Each project under Tireless Grandpa helps me gather small insights.
From content performance to algorithm behavior, here’s what I’m learning to track:
– How content spreads without viral bait
– When the algorithm starts recommending
– Which voice formats trigger engagement
– How followers accumulate over time
– What’s repeatable — and what’s random
All of this becomes part of the larger system I’m building — not for “success,” but for knowledge.
These observations get documented right here on the blog and on my YouTube channel.
Other Tireless Projects
Thalia isn’t my only character.
One of my other experiments is Rotto the Dog, an AI-generated meme dog that posts cynical, deadpan thoughts on his own Instagram account.
📝 Read more about Rotto project here.
📸 Follow Rotto on Instagram
Each of these projects runs in parallel — separate but built with the same goal:
understanding digital environments through repetition, character, and consistency.
You can explore the rest of my experiments on the Tireless Grandpa blog.
Faceless, but not soulless — just one persistent human using AI to turn ideas into something real. One blog post at a time.
