July 18, 2022 archive

FIR #270: Disgust, Convenience, and Reputation

Topics up for discussion in the monthly long-form episode include the following:L

  • Are holograms about to go mainstream?
  • There is outrage over revelations of massive wrongdoing by Uber. Will everyone keep riding them anyway?
  • Uses of NFTs are expanding far beyond collectible artwork for investment purposes.
  • How Wikipedia remediated dozens of fake articles could be a lesson for the rest of the world.
  • Bad guys are extorting gift cards in exchange for removing negative online reviews.

Dan York’s report explores NFT adoption by Reddit and Snap; Instagram’s move to let creators confine posts to subscribers; Facebook’s test of multiple profiles; Twitter’s latest innovations; and mobile live-streaming with Starlink.


The next monthly, long-form episode of FIR will drop on Monday, August 15. FIR “shorts” — episodes under 15 minutes — will appear once or twice weekly.

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Special thanks to Jay Moonah for the opening and closing music.

You can find the stories from which Shel’s FIR content is selected at Shel’s Link Blog. Shel has started a metaverse-focused Flipboard magazine. Neville’s “asides” blog, Outbox, is also available.

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Links from Dan York’s Report

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