Show Notes
(originally Episode 146, aired Sept 2, 2024) HEART OF DUCKNESS TICKETS The lads made this episode with their own hands! đ Why do episodes like this never get likes? đąđ AmenAmenAmen. đđșđž It is our birthday and nobody wished us one. So excited to begin our cake journey. đ Did you notice when it left you? Why donât you see these anymore? Gone too soon! âïž The joy, the bursts of pleasure, the camaraderie? She did good work, weâre so proud of her! đ€© This is a place of ghosts. King Charles visited Sudan to feed the hungry children! đ« đžđ© And soon you will join us in the mist. Wow, made it to 100, who else can relate? đŻ Amen. OTHER ZUCK EPISODES
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INTERVIEWS
Jason Koebler on the origins of Shrimp Jesus Mike Isaac on Mark Zuckerberg and the Future of Meta
Media Referenced in this Episode:
Facebook blog posts September 5, 2006 - Facebook deprecates the original Wall in favor of the News Feed. A post made to someone elseâs profile can now show up on the home page of anyone who is friends with that person September 5, 2006 - Mark Zuckerberg makes a highly defensive and condescending post responding to negative feedback about the shift to the news feed September 8, 2006 - Zucc makes a considerably more measured follow-up post introducing new privacy settings but doubling down on his commitment to âfree flow of information on the internetâ November 6, 2007 - Facebook introduces its new social ad platform in tandem with Pages, implementing the final piece of its core user monetization strategy February 12, 2009 - Facebook introduces the Like button February 24, 2016 - Facebook rolls out Reactions (love, haha, wow, sad, angery) globally
News articles: âTed Cruz using firm that harvested data on millions of unwitting Facebook usersâ by Harry Davies. The Guardian. December 11th, 2015. âA timeline of Facebook's privacy issues â and its responsesâ by Alyssa Newcomb. NBC News. March 24, 2018 âFive Points for Anger, One for a âLikeâ: How Facebookâs Formula Fostered Rage and Misinformationâ by Jeremy B. Merrill and Will Oremus. Washington Post. October 26th, 2021 How Spammers, Scammers and Creators Leverage AI-Generated Images on Facebook for Audience Growth by Renee DiResta and Josh A. Goldstein. Pre-print paper, Stanford University. Facebookâs Algorithm Is Boosting AI Spam That Links to AI-Generated, Ad-Laden Click Farms by Jason Koebler. 404 Media, March 19, 2024 Facebookâs AI Spam Isnât the âDead Internetâ: Itâs the Zombie Internet by Jason Koebler. 404 Media, May 2, 2024
Misc. âAI is Ruining the Internetâ by Drew Gooden.
Commercial: âScrolling Through Your Old Facebook Feed at 4AMâ
Round Here Piano Cover by John Baumgardner
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