Best Podcast Episodes About Facebook

“… the first part makes it so that any like internet service provider essentially like but that could be like a company operating a website It could be facebook. It could be wikipedia is not treated as the publisher or speaker Of stuff that posted on their platformer site So by another person So if I post something on Facebook Facebook is not liable can be sued for what I post on Facebook And if I call someone a murderer and they're not a murderer, they can sue me for defamation, but they can't sue Facebook, even if Facebook amplifies that post. So that's the part one. Part two in the law says that …” “Yes, it has two major parts, but people often only know about the first one. So the first part makes it so that any like internet service provider essentially like but that could be like a company operating a website It could be facebook. It could be wikipedia is not treated as the publisher or speaker Of stuff that posted on their platformer site So by another person So if I post something on Facebook Facebook is not liable can be sued for what I post on Facebook And if I call someone a murderer and they're not a murderer, they can sue me for defamation, but they can't sue Facebook, even if Facebook amplifies that post. So that's the part one. Part two in the law says that these sites are sites, platforms, apps, social media services are free to moderate however they want. And that doesn't, and they still get this, this immunity from being sued. So it like enshrines their ability to decide if they want to block certain users, if they want to have certain content they don't allow, which like technically they're allowed …” View more

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Section 230's first part protects platforms like Facebook from being sued for user-generated content, but this was established in 1996, long before today's internet dynamics. As platforms now use advanced algorithms to amplify content for profit, many argue it's time to reassess this immunity. The discussion centers on how accountability for harmful content should evolve with technology.

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Panic World · The internet sucks, and Congress might make it worse · Apr 01, 2026

“… says um well I I think AI is the most important technology in human history it's extraordinary and you know i really hope you agree to join me at facebook uh because you know we could just do great things together blah blah blah blah and then you know the conversation moves on time goes by and then demis slightly says you know 3d printing is extraordinary and zuckerberg goes yeah i agree you know incredible that that's just going to unlock so many things and then a bit later demis says you know artificial reality that really is going to be transformative and zuckerberg like, yeah, it's …” “… dinner right yeah that's right so the test was was a bit subtle predictably they sit down to dinner and Mark Zuckerberg who's longing to buy DeepMind to get one over Google and this was not recently this was 10 years ago it's 2013 so so Mark Zuckerberg says um well I I think AI is the most important technology in human history it's extraordinary and you know i really hope you agree to join me at facebook uh because you know we could just do great things together blah blah blah blah and then you know the conversation moves on time goes by and then demis slightly says you know 3d printing is extraordinary and zuckerberg goes yeah i agree you know incredible that that's just going to unlock so many things and then a bit later demis says you know artificial reality that really is going to be transformative and zuckerberg like, yeah, it's transformative. It's just so exciting. I'm so excited by that. And then Demis' mind is wearing, he said, okay, he's a bullshit artist. He does not believe that AI is the most important thing ever. He does not get it. I'm selling to Google. Forget Facebook. Even though there more money on the table Yeah that right In fact Facebook was offering to make Demis a …” View more

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Demis Hassabis turned down a lucrative offer from Mark Zuckerberg to join Facebook, believing Zuckerberg's passion for AI was insincere. Instead, he opted for Google, where he could focus on his true passion: advancing artificial intelligence. This pivotal decision shaped the future of AI development and solidified Hassabis's role at Google DeepMind.

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TechStuff · How Google DeepMind Accidentally Started the AI Race - The Story · Apr 01, 2026

“… the television show CBS This Morning, which is like one of the biggest American television shows. And I talked about, they asked me a question about Facebook making this change to make communication between people end-to-end encrypted. And they said, is this a good thing or a bad thing? And I said, well, one of the reasons that I think Facebook is doing this is because if they encrypt messages, then they don't actually know what's being sent between people. And they're not liable if they can't look. And I suspected that a lot of that had to do with trying to avoid liability. We heard the Facebook …” “Let's just talk a little bit more about the trial. And one of the critical things about it is the discovery process. They looked at Meta's internal documents. So I remember actually going on the television show CBS This Morning, which is like one of the biggest American television shows. And I talked about, they asked me a question about Facebook making this change to make communication between people end-to-end encrypted. And they said, is this a good thing or a bad thing? And I said, well, one of the reasons that I think Facebook is doing this is because if they encrypt messages, then they don't actually know what's being sent between people. And they're not liable if they can't look. And I suspected that a lot of that had to do with trying to avoid liability. We heard the Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, said that Facebook will become a privacy-focused social network. Does that make sense to you? How do you interpret that? Well, the issue is that they're trying to avoid liability. I'm sure there's many things that there are good reasons for doing what they're doing. But when they move all this, you know, the Russian hacking, the …” View more

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Meta's internal documents reveal a shocking strategy to avoid liability for child safety issues by encrypting messages, effectively shielding the company from responsibility. Testimonies in the New Mexico trial expose how executives acknowledged the dangers but chose to prioritize profit over children's safety. This trial could mark a pivotal moment in holding social media accountable for their actions.

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Your Undivided Attention · Why the Meta Verdicts Are a Big Deal (And What It Was Like to Testify) · Mar 26, 2026

“… like behaviors in their users so it's not really it's it's a it's a small distinction but i see what you mean yeah did did they design their product facebook and instagram to make users, in particular kids, just want to keep using them more and more, even though it was harmful to those kids? And did they go out of their way to hide that harm? A lot of the internal documents that were submitted as evidence from, like, memos and emails that Facebook folks had sent to each other within the company as well as some public statements, a lot of them made the case that Facebook was indeed designing its …” “… is very helpful. That's a really good distinction. So it's not even really necessarily a question of can someone be addicted to social media the the question really is did this company create platforms knowing that they might present in addiction like behaviors in their users so it's not really it's it's a it's a small distinction but i see what you mean yeah did did they design their product facebook and instagram to make users, in particular kids, just want to keep using them more and more, even though it was harmful to those kids? And did they go out of their way to hide that harm? A lot of the internal documents that were submitted as evidence from, like, memos and emails that Facebook folks had sent to each other within the company as well as some public statements, a lot of them made the case that Facebook was indeed designing its products to maximize engagement. Even when people on the team pushed back in some cases, the directives from up top were to keep pushing to maximize engagement, get children to be using it more and more. In some cases, using tactics that were similar to tactics that casinos use to keep people gambling. Except in this case, they were using them on kids, …” View more

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Meta and Google intentionally designed their platforms to be addictive, similar to tactics used by casinos, and hid evidence of harm from the public.

Social media companies like Meta intentionally designed their platforms to be addictive, similar to tactics used by casinos, and hid the resulting harm from the public.

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There Are No Girls on the Internet · Erika Kirk Druski Parody; Chappell Roan's Bot Army; Meta Loses in Court; & OpenAI Kills Sora – News Roundup · Mar 28, 2026

“… about whether they were breaking the law, they would have done a lot of things first that they didn't do. By the way, Casey, what's it called? The Facebook actually was caught with email saying, this is illegal, right? Yes, this is. Don't do it on a company computer, idiot. Multiple of them. Now, if you look in their in-court documents, multiple of these AI companies are on the record as having known they stole things. Not about fair use, just literally pirated. They weren't like, this is transformative. No, there's none of that. We are literally taking an illicit step to acquire data and we know …” “… what we're going to do and we'll deal with the lawsuits later was clearly what they decided. I mean, I don't have evidence that they literally decided that in a meeting, but their external behavior makes that clear. If they had been at all concerned about whether they were breaking the law, they would have done a lot of things first that they didn't do. By the way, Casey, what's it called? The Facebook actually was caught with email saying, this is illegal, right? Yes, this is. Don't do it on a company computer, idiot. Multiple of them. Now, if you look in their in-court documents, multiple of these AI companies are on the record as having known they stole things. Not about fair use, just literally pirated. They weren't like, this is transformative. No, there's none of that. We are literally taking an illicit step to acquire data and we know there multiple companies that are now in records They have that evidence right So yeah So I also know like like github could have just filtered out non licensed stuff to train co for example like that's the you know that's the easiest one in that's one of the ones where it's easiest like you own the search thing that you're doing to find the code …” View more

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AI companies are aware they are illegally using artists' work to train their models, yet they proceed without concern for the consequences. This blatant disregard for legality not only threatens artists' jobs but also undermines the integrity of creative work. The discussion highlights the ethical implications of AI in the creative industry amidst growing tensions at events like GDC.

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The Standup with ThePrimeagen · Whats really going on with AI, Expert weighs in · Mar 13, 2026

“… new century before the iPhone. The iPhone was produced to solve problems that it can't solve. All these tech things do. I mean think about it. When Facebook was invented at my university, I mean the promise was it was going to wipe out loneliness. Loneliness is a complex human problem. Facebook is a complicated engineered algorithm and complicated algorithms can't solve complex human needs. They can't. The result is if you try to do that, you're going to get lonelier, not less lonely. If you're trying to wipe out your loneliness with social media, you're going to wind up lonelier. And I got the …” “… it with these complicated things We can actually bring genius to bear in engineering that can solve these problems, which has been the mantra of the age, man. And there's nothing really new about that, but that really, really started exploding in the new century before the iPhone. The iPhone was produced to solve problems that it can't solve. All these tech things do. I mean think about it. When Facebook was invented at my university, I mean the promise was it was going to wipe out loneliness. Loneliness is a complex human problem. Facebook is a complicated engineered algorithm and complicated algorithms can't solve complex human needs. They can't. The result is if you try to do that, you're going to get lonelier, not less lonely. If you're trying to wipe out your loneliness with social media, you're going to wind up lonelier. And I got the data to show it. I've got the studies that actually show that. And that's the same thing with everything else. So the problem is in the iPhone. The problem is how we use it because this is the way the culture has been pushing us in the first place. This was like Silicon Valley. What was the change of the culture? It was the shift of the economy …” View more

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Using smartphones to combat loneliness often backfires, leading to greater feelings of isolation. Arthur Brooks explains that the iPhone and social media were designed to address complex human needs but fail to do so, resulting in a generation struggling with meaning and purpose. This cultural shift towards a technocratic approach to emotional well-being is creating more problems than it solves.

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Deep Questions with Cal Newport · Ep. 398: How Do I Find Purpose in a Distracted World? (W/ Arthur Brooks) · Mar 30, 2026

“So I just want to read back to you a headline of an article you wrote in 2024. The headline reads, I love Facebook. That's why I'm suing Meta. Yeah. Either please explain this to me. I guess I can come across as kind of aggressive every so often. So I'm a Facebook user. I use it pretty much every day. I got married thanks to Facebook 10-ish years ago. I was divorced. I reconnected with a college friend of mine. She was living in Houston, Texas. I was out in Western Massachusetts, but I looked her up on Facebook and we started chatting and I invited her to a …” “So I just want to read back to you a headline of an article you wrote in 2024. The headline reads, I love Facebook. That's why I'm suing Meta. Yeah. Either please explain this to me. I guess I can come across as kind of aggressive every so often. So I'm a Facebook user. I use it pretty much every day. I got married thanks to Facebook 10-ish years ago. I was divorced. I reconnected with a college friend of mine. She was living in Houston, Texas. I was out in Western Massachusetts, but I looked her up on Facebook and we started chatting and I invited her to a talk that I was giving down at Rice University. Seven years later, we're married. So thank you, Facebook. I appreciate that. And I think as far as keeping people loosely in touch with one another, particularly for me as a Gen Xer, it's actually been an incredible tool. However, comma, like everything else, it is becoming more and more …” View more

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Ethan Zuckerman, a daily Facebook user, shares a surprising twist: he loves the platform but is suing Meta over its algorithm changes. He recounts how Facebook helped him reconnect with his now-wife but highlights the frustration of being bombarded with irrelevant content instead of updates from friends. This led him to support a software that could reset his feed, sparking a legal battle with Facebook over user rights and responsibilities.

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kill switch · he monetized the web. now he has a plan to fix it · Mar 25, 2026

“… is what sucks. Yeah. Make a carousel. Yeah, but you have to put a picture on the front. I did get an offer from Instagram. If I wanted to attach my Facebook to the account, then they'll pay me on videos. So did you get that offer? I don't know. I don't know. And would you attach your Facebook account? I don't have. So here's the thing about my Facebook account. I don't really have one. I have one, but I don't post anything on it. However, my Instagram now posts on Facebook. I don't know how to get into that Facebook account. So I started getting a bunch of messages on DM through my Instagram. And …” “… next. Baby fun fact. Newborns are born with about 300 bones. Adults only have 206. They fuse together as they grow. Boom. Boom. Pretty good, man. Yeah, so I don't do crap, and those things get a ton of views. You can't monetize a video, though, is what sucks. Yeah. Make a carousel. Yeah, but you have to put a picture on the front. I did get an offer from Instagram. If I wanted to attach my Facebook to the account, then they'll pay me on videos. So did you get that offer? I don't know. I don't know. And would you attach your Facebook account? I don't have. So here's the thing about my Facebook account. I don't really have one. I have one, but I don't post anything on it. However, my Instagram now posts on Facebook. I don't know how to get into that Facebook account. So I started getting a bunch of messages on DM through my Instagram. And they were like, hey, did you find Eller? I was like, what are you talking about? Is she gone? I'm thinking these people know that my dog is gone and I don't know. They're like, no, we just saw on Facebook that she was missing. I'm like, what? And so I don't know much about it. I asked Caitlin, hey, is Eller in the yard? She's like, yeah, she's right …” View more

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Bobby hilariously reveals that his stroller videos are racking up views in the hundreds of thousands with minimal effort, leading to a comedic discussion about social media monetization. The segment takes a twist when Bobby discovers his Instagram is posting old content to Facebook, causing confusion about his missing dog, Eller, which adds a layer of absurdity to the story.

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The Bobby Bones Show · TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD (WEDS): Bobby’s Stroller Videos + Amy’s New Glasses · Mar 25, 2026

“You can go and set up a Facebook lead ad that will generate a lead in minutes. I could sit down right now, set up an ad, and in 24 hours, I'd have leads flowing in, multiple leads. And people go, well, those leads suck, they're low quality. And I go, yeah, that's the game. That's the point. because that's the opportunity. I've got to learn how to take them from who are you to shut up and take my money. I've got to take them through that top of funnel to the bottom of funnel. …” “You can go and set up a Facebook lead ad that will generate a lead in minutes. I could sit down right now, set up an ad, and in 24 hours, I'd have leads flowing in, multiple leads. And people go, well, those leads suck, they're low quality. And I go, yeah, that's the game. That's the point. because that's the opportunity. I've got to learn how to take them from who are you to shut up and take my money. I've got to take them through that top of funnel to the bottom of funnel. It's the same concept as the gas station. All the traffic was there. How did I take them from, I don't know who you are, why are you approaching me? To, yeah, I want you to fix my windshield. And if you play that game, the sky's the limit. And if you learn the metrics and you learn what it takes to convert a Facebook lead versus a Google lead, those …” View more

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You can generate leads in minutes with a Facebook ad, but many dismiss these leads as low quality. The real challenge lies in converting these leads from strangers to paying customers, much like guiding traffic at a gas station. Mastering this conversion process can open limitless opportunities for your business.

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The Home Service Expert Podcast · How AI Is Closing Deals for Home Service Businesses with Chiirp (Ryan Fenn) · Mar 27, 2026

“And I think not until when we actually moved into the Facebook office, we started seeing a little bit more cultural influence and merging. Like we started using their like HR services or recruiting services and things like that. But it was a very gradual change over time. And then when WhatsApp became part of Facebook as I understand it still is even to the date its own organization Like inside of Facebook I understand there organizations like Messenger or like there the Facebook group etc So like did …” “And I think not until when we actually moved into the Facebook office, we started seeing a little bit more cultural influence and merging. Like we started using their like HR services or recruiting services and things like that. But it was a very gradual change over time. And then when WhatsApp became part of Facebook as I understand it still is even to the date its own organization Like inside of Facebook I understand there organizations like Messenger or like there the Facebook group etc So like did WhatsApp reign its own kind of organization a little bit shielded from the rest of Facebook? We had our own area before WhatsApp. And in the beginning, we even had like our own chairs and our own whatever like walls and decorations that we were using. And we brought them all over. But over time, you know, there was more and more mixing. After the …” View more

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WhatsApp intentionally suppressed its growth by charging a small fee, allowing the founders to manage costs effectively. This strategy helped them maintain a minimalist approach while ensuring sustainability before Facebook's acquisition removed those barriers. After the acquisition, Facebook unleashed WhatsApp's potential for rapid expansion, changing the game entirely.

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The Pragmatic Engineer · Building WhatsApp with Jean Lee · Mar 18, 2026

“… hole called the metaverse. We're all going to put on glasses. We're going to live in the metaverse, and we're going to extend what we do within our Facebook profiles. It didn't happen. What they're saying now is they're going to bet on the AI chips that's going to run their AI-embedded platform. So people are saying, oh, see, as Pat did the math. It's called a quarter of a trillion dollars evaluation. That's right. a quarter of a trillion dollars of valuation and you're going to save eight billion dollars a year that you're then going to turn around and spend on chips. We like chips. We don't like …” “You're right. But what happened was they were also pouring money into a hole called the metaverse. We're all going to put on glasses. We're going to live in the metaverse, and we're going to extend what we do within our Facebook profiles. It didn't happen. What they're saying now is they're going to bet on the AI chips that's going to run their AI-embedded platform. So people are saying, oh, see, as Pat did the math. It's called a quarter of a trillion dollars evaluation. That's right. a quarter of a trillion dollars of valuation and you're going to save eight billion dollars a year that you're then going to turn around and spend on chips. We like chips. We don't like the metaverse environment. Sounds like a video game, but we I sure as hell like the fact, oh, that's your play. Everyone has to have a Grok play. Grok is the X play. What is the Facebook play? Facebook needs an AI play.” View more

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Facebook is pivoting away from the metaverse, a costly venture that failed to materialize, and is now focusing on AI chips to enhance their platform. This strategic shift is projected to save the company eight billion dollars annually, redirecting those funds towards building a robust AI infrastructure. As the tech landscape evolves, Facebook recognizes the necessity of an AI play to stay competitive.

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PBD Podcast · CIA Targets Tucker + Trump's WARNING To NATO | PBD #760 · Mar 16, 2026

“… it was written in is not entirely clear, and that means it's been used in a very abusive way. And the case that I point to all the time is one that Facebook filed against this company called Power Ventures in the sort of 2010 timeframe. And Power Ventures was a service that would reach into Facebook and other social media companies at the time and give you – pull out your data, allow you to control it in a separate interface, and allow you to read what was on these other sites and then also to post to those sites without ever having to log into Facebook yourself. And I think that was actually …” “… I think the other law that I talk about all the time that I think is really important for people to understand is the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. It's known as the CFAA, which is 1980s era law that's supposed to be to stop hacking. The language it was written in is not entirely clear, and that means it's been used in a very abusive way. And the case that I point to all the time is one that Facebook filed against this company called Power Ventures in the sort of 2010 timeframe. And Power Ventures was a service that would reach into Facebook and other social media companies at the time and give you – pull out your data, allow you to control it in a separate interface, and allow you to read what was on these other sites and then also to post to those sites without ever having to log into Facebook yourself. And I think that was actually something that was really cool and took Power away from Facebook. And Facebook sued them, claiming that you giving your login information to Power and then Power logging in with it violated the CFAA because it was unauthorized access, that it was hacking. I think that is clearly ridiculous because it's you giving your login and giving them permission to …” View more

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Facebook's lawsuit against Power Ventures showcased how big tech companies can manipulate laws to maintain control over user data. By claiming that users' permission to access their accounts constituted 'hacking', Facebook effectively locked users into their platform. Reforming outdated laws like the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is crucial to restoring user autonomy and fostering competition.

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Taylor Lorenz’s Power User · How Section 230 Became Political : The Secret Campaign To Seize Power Over the Internet · Mar 16, 2026

“… late January, centers on a young woman who alleged that she became addicted to social media and video streaming apps like Instagram and YouTube. The Facebook founder pushed back against the notion that the social media company made increasing time spent on Instagram a company goal. Zuckerberg was addressing a 2015 email thread in which he appeared to highlight improving engagement metrics as an urgent matter for the company. And while the email chain may have contained the words company goals, Zuckerberg said the comments could have been an aspiration and asserted that Meta doesn't have those …” “… and causation, the Meta chief said, I don't have a college degree in anything. I agree, I do not know the legal understanding of causation, but I think I have a pretty good idea of how statistics work, Zuckerberg said. The trial, which began in late January, centers on a young woman who alleged that she became addicted to social media and video streaming apps like Instagram and YouTube. The Facebook founder pushed back against the notion that the social media company made increasing time spent on Instagram a company goal. Zuckerberg was addressing a 2015 email thread in which he appeared to highlight improving engagement metrics as an urgent matter for the company. And while the email chain may have contained the words company goals, Zuckerberg said the comments could have been an aspiration and asserted that Meta doesn't have those objectives. Lawyers later brought up evidence from Mosseri, which included goals to actively up user daily engagement time on the platform to 40 minutes in 2023 and to 46 minutes in 2026. Zuckerberg said the company uses milestones internally to measure against competitors and, quote, deliver the results we want to see. He asserted that the company is …” View more

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During a recent trial, Mark Zuckerberg defended Meta against claims that the company prioritizes user engagement over safety, arguing that increasing time on platforms like Instagram is not a goal. The trial centers on a young woman claiming social media addiction, while Zuckerberg insists that Meta's internal metrics are merely aspirations, not objectives. This raises questions about age verification and user safety on platforms frequented by children.

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Tech Brew Ride Home · A Canticle For Leibowitz · Feb 19, 2026

“… gone. Missing. Stolen. He's like, oh, no. What am I going to do? You know what? Custom parts? I bet someone's going to try to sell it. So he gets on Facebook Marketplace. And he says, oh, those look like my wheels for sale. And he checks the serial number on the wheels. He's like, oh, those are my wheels. And he sets up a buy. He says, hey, man, I'm interested in those wheels. You want to do a meetup? The guy says, yeah. And he loops in the police on it. And they show up. They recover the wheels. They find his truck. And he gets it back. Nice. That's legit. Good job by that, dude. The awareness to …” “… there you go. That's what it's all about. That was Tell Me Something Good. It's time for the good news. With Lunchbox. Tell me something good. Blake Hensley wakes up in the morning, goes out to his driveway. Oh, no. His 2023 custom Ford Raptor, gone. Missing. Stolen. He's like, oh, no. What am I going to do? You know what? Custom parts? I bet someone's going to try to sell it. So he gets on Facebook Marketplace. And he says, oh, those look like my wheels for sale. And he checks the serial number on the wheels. He's like, oh, those are my wheels. And he sets up a buy. He says, hey, man, I'm interested in those wheels. You want to do a meetup? The guy says, yeah. And he loops in the police on it. And they show up. They recover the wheels. They find his truck. And he gets it back. Nice. That's legit. Good job by that, dude. The awareness to know they're probably going to sell it. I mean, he must understand cars and he's probably bought some himself, not illegally, but like bought some stuff off Facebook Marketplace. Our very own Amy sells stuff on Facebook Marketplace. Yeah. People come to her house. We feel like it's a bit dangerous. Oh, I buy, sell. I sell and I buy. Some people are …” View more

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In a twist of fate, Blake Hensley discovers his stolen truck's wheels for sale on Facebook Marketplace. With a clever plan and police involvement, he manages to recover his truck, showcasing his quick thinking and knowledge of the marketplace. The discussion takes a humorous turn as the hosts debate the safety of selling items online, especially when strangers come to your house.

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The Bobby Bones Show · TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD (THURS): Bobby's Happy To Be Exhausted · Mar 26, 2026

“… Give me a break. You worry about that. You know, that's going to spill. No, I'm going to pick it up. You got cash? Yeah boy I sold a birdcage on Facebook Market Don call me boy Is that 10 or 20 10 You sold a birdcage yeah on on facebook what what does that even mean you sold a birdcage on facebook marketplace i put a birdcage up oh she had a bird my daughter had a bird for like a week and we had a whole like a court hearing who killed the bird chris hemsworth the bird i remember that but it's buried you still had the cage yeah it was just in the garage and i was like i need to sell this we're …” “… doing the talking. Bobby's just listening. So he's got the advantage there. She's looking for money right now. I'm taking it because it was her idea. I was going to do a no money bet. You know, you're going to spill that on my carpet. No, I'm not. Give me a break. You worry about that. You know, that's going to spill. No, I'm going to pick it up. You got cash? Yeah boy I sold a birdcage on Facebook Market Don call me boy Is that 10 or 20 10 You sold a birdcage yeah on on facebook what what does that even mean you sold a birdcage on facebook marketplace i put a birdcage up oh she had a bird my daughter had a bird for like a week and we had a whole like a court hearing who killed the bird chris hemsworth the bird i remember that but it's buried you still had the cage yeah it was just in the garage and i was like i need to sell this we're not getting another bird. Do they come to your house to get it? Yeah. Why? Unsafe. Facebook Marketplace. People come to your house from Facebook? People come to my house from DoorDash, Uber. That's different. Yeah, but they didn't have an encounter with me. Don't worry. Okay. Will you send someone else to sell it? My dealer. Her person. Her cage …” View more

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In this segment, Bobby and Amy engage in a comical debate over a bet involving the phrase 'time ticking.' The hilarity escalates as they discuss the sale of a birdcage, revealing a backstory filled with absurdity, including a court hearing about a deceased pet bird. The banter about the logistics of Facebook Marketplace and the value of 'cage money' adds to the humor.

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The Bobby Bones Show · TUES PT 2: Bobby Thought He Was Having A Heart Attack + Bobby And Amy Make A Bet + Amy Got The Worst Call Ever · Mar 24, 2026

“… their cars on here. They were swapping office furniture. It was a lot of normal stuff. Yeah, it was. The kind of stuff that you'd maybe see now on Facebook Marketplace. But yeah, it did have, especially, I think you hit the nail on the head with it became more popular for the more sexual stuff after Craigslist got rid of their Personals section, which was a very sad time in my life. I never used the Personals section, but I really enjoyed reading them when I was in early college. I loved reading them. My friends and I would place them for people as jokes in college. We would be like, so-and-so …” “… I think most of the stuff that was on there was certainly not sex trafficking. Again, this is part of The Village Voice. I can't stress that enough. It was sort of so banal. I think now the platform is so affiliated with sex, but people were selling their cars on here. They were swapping office furniture. It was a lot of normal stuff. Yeah, it was. The kind of stuff that you'd maybe see now on Facebook Marketplace. But yeah, it did have, especially, I think you hit the nail on the head with it became more popular for the more sexual stuff after Craigslist got rid of their Personals section, which was a very sad time in my life. I never used the Personals section, but I really enjoyed reading them when I was in early college. I loved reading them. My friends and I would place them for people as jokes in college. We would be like, so-and-so looking for so-and-so in Boulder or whatever. I mean, the Internet at this time was very emergent and small, and obviously there was always this sort of panic since the 90s about sex on the Internet. That's how we got the Communications Decency Act in the first place, which was this landmark law that was significantly overturned. But Section 230 is …” View more

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Backpage.com, once a hub for independent sex workers, was transformed by FOSTA-SESTA, leading to its shutdown and a significant shift in the internet landscape. Originally collaborating with law enforcement to combat trafficking, Backpage became a target for moral crusaders, ultimately resulting in its demise and raising questions about internet freedom and safety. This story reveals the complex interplay between regulation, morality, and the evolution of online platforms.

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Taylor Lorenz’s Power User · Why The Internet Is Broken · Feb 23, 2026

“… month or whatever, or it was actually free, but because I was canceling it, I had to pay for it retail. It was like $1,300. So I went to sell it on Facebook Marketplace, and I was going to sell it for $500. Somebody could get a brand new phone. But what did I have? A month and a half. People, I meet them at Fry's, which is a grocery store here in the Valley. They hand me the money. I hand them the phone, and there's a crack on the screen. Oh. And I was like, no, it must have cracked in my pocket on the way over here from my keys. Dummy. And they had driven like 40 minutes to buy this phone, and I …” “… what? I want something different. I'm going to switch from an iPhone to a Samsung. So I went and got a brand new Samsung, and it just stunk. So I had to go back to an iPhone. I had to buy out the, because I got the, you know, get the phone for $11 a month or whatever, or it was actually free, but because I was canceling it, I had to pay for it retail. It was like $1,300. So I went to sell it on Facebook Marketplace, and I was going to sell it for $500. Somebody could get a brand new phone. But what did I have? A month and a half. People, I meet them at Fry's, which is a grocery store here in the Valley. They hand me the money. I hand them the phone, and there's a crack on the screen. Oh. And I was like, no, it must have cracked in my pocket on the way over here from my keys. Dummy. And they had driven like 40 minutes to buy this phone, and I felt so bad. And I was like, you know what? Just take it. It's a broken phone. It'll get you by until you get in there. Like, no, no, no, no, no, no. I'm like, please just take it. And the guy goes, how about I'll give you 50 bucks for it. I said, sure. It's a broken phone. Go ahead. Next day, I get a message. There was a protective glass on the …” View more

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A Japanese toilet company, Toto, is unexpectedly leading the charge in AI chip manufacturing thanks to their expertise in ceramics. While most know them for fancy toilets, their ceramic technology is crucial in stabilizing silicon wafers during chip production, significantly boosting their profits. This innovative pivot has positioned them for explosive growth in the tech industry.

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The Kim Komando Show · Mark Zuckerberg’s in the hot seat · Feb 21, 2026

“… good point. I have to pee. We'll come back with that. Awesome. Let's do that. I'll go pee as well. Speaking of religion, so show us this Sam Tripoli Facebook take. He was on Danny Jones, and this is what he said about Facebook. is a giant lie. It's a propaganda piece. That was a Pentagon program called LifeLog. LifeLog is a Pentagon program that wants to collect all your data for your whole life. What day did the government stop the LifeLog project Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa DARPA shut down the LifeLog Project February 4th 2004 What day was Facebook registered as a business Oh my God. No way, bro. The …” “It's a very good point. I have to pee. We'll come back with that. Awesome. Let's do that. I'll go pee as well. Speaking of religion, so show us this Sam Tripoli Facebook take. He was on Danny Jones, and this is what he said about Facebook. is a giant lie. It's a propaganda piece. That was a Pentagon program called LifeLog. LifeLog is a Pentagon program that wants to collect all your data for your whole life. What day did the government stop the LifeLog project Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa DARPA shut down the LifeLog Project February 4th 2004 What day was Facebook registered as a business Oh my God. No way, bro. The exact same day. They don't even hide it, dude. It was created by DARPA. Yeah. They handed it to Mark Zuckerberg. And then the Vossel twins were like... What about the other... Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's all... And that's why they became the first Bitcoin millionaires. millionaires because they play ball. It's all theater, dude. So what is the …” View more

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The segment dives into a wild theory that Facebook's origins are linked to a Pentagon program, LifeLog, which aimed to collect personal data for life. The comedic twist comes from the banter about the kookiness of the theory and the humorous camaraderie among friends discussing it, making it both entertaining and thought-provoking.

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The Joe Rogan Experience · #2466 - Francis Foster & Konstantin Kisin · Mar 11, 2026

“… happen. We knew what was happening immediately. In fact, it started after Trump won his first election. Back in 2017, they started doing this. Our Facebook traffic went from 30 percent of our traffic down to zero. So it's been going on a while.” “… when they take down your content and nobody can see it and you have a business like Gateway Pundit or Breitbart or Daily Wire or Daily Caller, that costs you money because nobody can see your content. So that was devastating for us. And we saw it happen. We knew what was happening immediately. In fact, it started after Trump won his first election. Back in 2017, they started doing this. Our Facebook traffic went from 30 percent of our traffic down to zero. So it's been going on a while.” View more

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Censorship on social media platforms has devastating impacts on businesses, as seen with Gateway Pundit’s traffic plummeting to zero after Facebook removed their content. This began in 2017, right after Trump's first election, highlighting the financial consequences of content suppression. The ongoing legal battles now aim to address these injustices and seek compensation for affected entities.

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Bannon`s War Room · Episode 5245: META Loses Lawsuit; The Next Steps In Stopping AI Dominance · Mar 25, 2026

“… at an increasing rate due to these tools like CloudCode. So they're moving much faster, but they're breaking things. This is like the early Zuck Facebook mantra. It's like move fast and break things. They're now taking it to the extreme. And as we become increasingly reliant on these tools, we might see this start to permeate even further than just Amazon. Well, the weirdest part about this is that AI kind of has moved from this assistive tool to now being the foundational bedrock for a lot of these different services that you just mentioned. And like AWS runs the entire internet. Every single …” “… anything from Amazon, the entire storefront was just totally offline. So AWS, the web services, runs a significant percentage of the internet. Amazon, the storefront, runs a significant percentage of the e-commerce. And these things have been going down at an increasing rate due to these tools like CloudCode. So they're moving much faster, but they're breaking things. This is like the early Zuck Facebook mantra. It's like move fast and break things. They're now taking it to the extreme. And as we become increasingly reliant on these tools, we might see this start to permeate even further than just Amazon. Well, the weirdest part about this is that AI kind of has moved from this assistive tool to now being the foundational bedrock for a lot of these different services that you just mentioned. And like AWS runs the entire internet. Every single business that you interact with online probably uses AWS on the backend. So if they go down, then your business goes down as well. That's where we get all these outages. Amazon had some pretty severe repercussions. They've now done a complete 180 on their policy of generating 80% of their code via AI. And they've now said, if you're a junior …” View more

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Amazon's aggressive shift to AI-generated code has led to outages costing them billions, forcing a policy reversal. The reliance on AI tools has created a disconnect between junior developers and the existing code base, resulting in significant operational disruptions. This situation illustrates the challenges of balancing innovation with reliability in tech.

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Limitless Podcast · The Good and Bad of AI Coding: Amazon Shuts Down, Autoresearch, Claude Code Review, Lovable · Mar 12, 2026

“… uh this guy well i met her through jay frank uh who has passed away now but he originally found me well this other guy sean paste found me on facebook and he worked for jay frank um it's a crazy story i was about to have a falling out with him. I told him they basically gave up on me. Uh, and I told him I'm, I'm about to leave yada, yada, yada. And they were like, well, what can we do to get you to stay? And he had introduced me to Martha at one point. And I said, the only way that I will stay with you is if I work with Martha. Um, so he transferred me to Martha and we've been working …” “… do? She does everything. Yeah. I mean literally everything. Everything other than create the music. so you're not in like witness protection right no okay uh what's your manager's name uh martha earls and so how did you meet martha so i met martha through uh this guy well i met her through jay frank uh who has passed away now but he originally found me well this other guy sean paste found me on facebook and he worked for jay frank um it's a crazy story i was about to have a falling out with him. I told him they basically gave up on me. Uh, and I told him I'm, I'm about to leave yada, yada, yada. And they were like, well, what can we do to get you to stay? And he had introduced me to Martha at one point. And I said, the only way that I will stay with you is if I work with Martha. Um, so he transferred me to Martha and we've been working together ever since. But what does that then mean? Because was she had this big fancy manager with, with huge clients? No. No, she had worked with an artist before, and she's so weird. She's right there. I know. But she came in late, so we're openly going. But she had been in the business for a long time. She knew a lot of people in the industry. She was …” View more

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In this hilarious segment, Kane Brown reveals the inside scoop on his manager Martha, who he claims does everything except create the music. The light-hearted banter about her surprising entrance mid-episode and Kane's playful insistence that she’s the only one allowed in adds a layer of comedy to their dynamic, making it a delightful listen.

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The Bobby Bones Show · BOBBYCAST - Kane Brown on Losing $10M, Family Trauma & Picking His Top 5 Songs · Mar 24, 2026

“… out. And this actually hits close to home. We have a mutual contact, which we've talked about before, who suffered a great deal due to a scam via Facebook and Facebook Marketplace and Messenger. And honestly, if this feature had come out months ago, it might have prevented something really bad from happening. So glad that they're actually launching this. Hopefully this is the one place where we know someone who was affected by it. It happened with Marketplace specifically. But because this is Facebook Messenger and that's where the Marketplace communications end up, hopefully they crack down on …” “And so you actually see messages there. It's rolling out. Meta has not said which country is first, but it is rolling out. And this actually hits close to home. We have a mutual contact, which we've talked about before, who suffered a great deal due to a scam via Facebook and Facebook Marketplace and Messenger. And honestly, if this feature had come out months ago, it might have prevented something really bad from happening. So glad that they're actually launching this. Hopefully this is the one place where we know someone who was affected by it. It happened with Marketplace specifically. But because this is Facebook Messenger and that's where the Marketplace communications end up, hopefully they crack down on that. Because this person was a victim of someone scamming through Facebook Marketplace. And they are out there. And so we know someone personally that has fell victim to that. So this is definitely needed. Hopefully it rolls out quickly. Hopefully it is pervasive. Like this actually like finds scammers and stops it. But that's happening. You know, …” View more

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Meta's rollout of scam detection features in Messenger could have prevented a personal tragedy for someone we know who fell victim to a Facebook Marketplace scam. This feature aims to identify and warn users about potential scams, especially in peer-to-peer transactions, which are rampant on platforms like Facebook. As scammers become more sophisticated, this initiative is a crucial step in protecting users from financial loss.

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Primary Technology · MacBook Neo Review, Studio Display XDR Hands-On, Ticketmaster is the Worst · Mar 12, 2026

“… couldn't have connection, the way that we were used to. For RockCoverry, we immediately transitioned to online support. We started doing workouts on Facebook Live. Nobody wants to ever do that again, right? Nobody ever wants to do that again. Nobody wants to. No, I mean, we did, and it helped connect for that period of time. But there is simply no substitute for that face-to-face personal contact. What do you make of the data that shows that the youngest generation of adults drinks less than any previous generation, but those that do are more likely to drink to excess? so i love that it's not as …” “… in any way, either intensified or lessened? Oh, wow. It intensified. You know, I mean, everybody was impacted by COVID, by the pandemic. And like I just said, we believe that connection is the opposite of addiction. So during that time when we couldn't have connection, the way that we were used to. For RockCoverry, we immediately transitioned to online support. We started doing workouts on Facebook Live. Nobody wants to ever do that again, right? Nobody ever wants to do that again. Nobody wants to. No, I mean, we did, and it helped connect for that period of time. But there is simply no substitute for that face-to-face personal contact. What do you make of the data that shows that the youngest generation of adults drinks less than any previous generation, but those that do are more likely to drink to excess? so i love that it's not as common to drink at that age um the pessimist in me says that a lot of marijuana there's a lot of you know smoking and so um you know that's that's the flip side of it the excess you know that's there are people i guess that can drink without the same consequences as others But I don know what to make of that data You know at RockCovary we don even …” View more

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At Rock Covery, the belief is that connection is the antidote to addiction, offering more than just fitness. With over 12,000 members, they provide a safe community space that fosters relationships through various activities, proving that recovery can take many forms. Their approach highlights the importance of connection, especially intensified during the pandemic when traditional support was disrupted.

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Connections Podcast · Stories of addiction and recovery · Mar 12, 2026

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Life can take unexpected turns, as illustrated by Guy's journey from law school dropout to tech advocate. After discovering the importance of privacy in our digital age, he felt compelled to write a book about Signal, a messaging app that protects users' information. This journey highlights the significance of being open-minded and pursuing interests that lead to unexpected passions.

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Intelligent Machines (Audio) · IM 861: We Have Computer At Home - Coffee and the Rise of the Machines · Mar 11, 2026

“… OpenAI grabbed the infrastructure one. Neil, a social network for bots talking to bots. Sounds a little like LinkedIn, TBH. Well, it is unclear what Facebook is actually buying because researchers have looked into this particular social network after it went viral a few months ago, and they found that actually it's mostly smoke and mirrors. A lot of the bot activity in some of the more salacious posts, some of the more big picture scheming things that people were mostly alarmed about was actually orchestrated by humans behind the scenes. So it's very unclear what Mark Zuckerberg is getting with …” “… built by founder Matt Sillick's personal AI assistant he named Claude Claudeberg. There's also some classic tech land grab drama here. Last month, OpenAI hired OpenClause creator and is now open sourcing it. So Meta grabbed the social layer while OpenAI grabbed the infrastructure one. Neil, a social network for bots talking to bots. Sounds a little like LinkedIn, TBH. Well, it is unclear what Facebook is actually buying because researchers have looked into this particular social network after it went viral a few months ago, and they found that actually it's mostly smoke and mirrors. A lot of the bot activity in some of the more salacious posts, some of the more big picture scheming things that people were mostly alarmed about was actually orchestrated by humans behind the scenes. So it's very unclear what Mark Zuckerberg is getting with Moldbook. But hey, maybe this is the plan to revive Facebook.” View more

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Meta's recent acquisition of Moldbook, an AI-focused social network, raises eyebrows due to its questionable value. Despite being marketed as a platform for AI agents to interact, researchers found much of its activity was manipulated by humans. This acquisition may be part of Meta's strategy to revive Facebook amidst declining user engagement.

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Morning Brew Daily · AI Code Breaks Amazon From Inside & This Startup Wants to Abolish Night · Mar 11, 2026

“… was kind of build tooling in the Android code base. So I want to know the story behind how you got involved in that. So at the time, it was like Facebook's going to make a phone, right? Actually, there were some failed projects, but it was like this time it's really going to happen. We're going to partner with HTC. We're going to like fork Android and, you know, and do some stuff. And, you know, so that seemed super exciting. as a person just coming into the company. And I had done quite a bit of Java, I was more JavaScript. But at this point this is also where they called it FaceWeb the version …” “I understand that you were kind of like a JavaScript expert at the time. And then one of your first big projects at Meta was kind of build tooling in the Android code base. So I want to know the story behind how you got involved in that. So at the time, it was like Facebook's going to make a phone, right? Actually, there were some failed projects, but it was like this time it's really going to happen. We're going to partner with HTC. We're going to like fork Android and, you know, and do some stuff. And, you know, so that seemed super exciting. as a person just coming into the company. And I had done quite a bit of Java, I was more JavaScript. But at this point this is also where they called it FaceWeb the version of they kind of of like put HTML5 Facebook on the phone And like that was clearly not working And it was clear that like you know, mobile was going to be the future. That was kind of make or break for the company. And suddenly, you know, a friend was like, hey, like, I know you really like JavaScript, but like, you should really pick Java or …” View more

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Faced with a tight deadline to launch Facebook's Android phone, a developer had to overhaul a chaotic build system inherited from a contractor. Despite the challenges, including a frustrating code base and a lack of modularity, they embraced the hackathon culture to create a new build system, knowing their success at Meta hinged on it. This experience highlights the intense pressure and innovation within tech companies when launching groundbreaking projects.

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The Peterman Pod · OpenAI Codex Tech Lead On How His Career Grew And How He Uses Codex | Michael Bolin · Mar 09, 2026

“… became React.js. I kept crossing paths with these people. And later on, there was a bunch more people like this. But anyway, so I was working on Facebook groups. I was really excited about it because of this mission of connecting people to their community. This is the thing that drew me in. And at the time, I was a big Reddit user. I became a Reddit user back when I was a teenager because I didn't know anyone else that coded. Even in college, I didn't really know anyone that coded. and honestly i was always kind of embarrassed about it because i thought it was this nerdy thing and i thought it …” “… people, too. And, you know, like I did a bunch of JavaScript stuff. And it's funny, like I kept crossing paths with these people. And so Vlad, he worked on Bolt.js, which was the software. It was the framework that powered Ads Manager, which later became React.js. I kept crossing paths with these people. And later on, there was a bunch more people like this. But anyway, so I was working on Facebook groups. I was really excited about it because of this mission of connecting people to their community. This is the thing that drew me in. And at the time, I was a big Reddit user. I became a Reddit user back when I was a teenager because I didn't know anyone else that coded. Even in college, I didn't really know anyone that coded. and honestly i was always kind of embarrassed about it because i thought it was this nerdy thing and i thought it was kind of this this thing that i knew how to do but i wanted you know i wanted to be like a cool kid and you know like i couldn't like tell people that i coded it was like it was very nerdy um and and at some point i discovered it was some like programming community on reddit and i was i was just shocked like there's other people that are into …” View more

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Transitioning from Facebook to Instagram revealed the stark contrast in tech stacks, with Instagram's outdated systems hindering productivity. After realizing the need for improvement, I shifted my focus to Dev Infrastructure, leading crucial migrations and enhancing code quality. This journey not only showcased the challenges of legacy systems but also highlighted the importance of robust tech foundations in a rapidly evolving industry.

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The Pragmatic Engineer · Building Claude Code with Boris Cherny · Mar 04, 2026

“So I started on Facebook when it was still EDU and then I was one of the first 50 beta advertisers on Twitter and learning to kind of misuse their system Misuse their system These systems are huge and complex. Algorithms, likes, follows and a whole ad network. He wondered if he could manipulate any of that to his benefit. Same thing with YouTube. I used to be able to break anything into the front page of YouTube. And I guess I quickly became the guy that you would go …” “So I started on Facebook when it was still EDU and then I was one of the first 50 beta advertisers on Twitter and learning to kind of misuse their system Misuse their system These systems are huge and complex. Algorithms, likes, follows and a whole ad network. He wondered if he could manipulate any of that to his benefit. Same thing with YouTube. I used to be able to break anything into the front page of YouTube. And I guess I quickly became the guy that you would go to if you wanted to sort of like gray hat, black hat, some stuff. Gray hat and black hat and white hat. Let's talk about that. That's going to come up a lot in this episode. And we'll start with white hat. White hat is doing something that's 100% legal and safe, such as hacking your own computer. Nobody is going to come arrest you for that. Black …” View more

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Andrew became a notorious figure in social media marketing by exploiting loopholes on platforms like Facebook and Twitter. He manipulated algorithms and used tactics like clickjacking to artificially inflate popularity, blurring the lines between ethical and unethical marketing. This journey into 'gray hat' techniques reveals the risks and rewards of bending the rules in the digital age.

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Darknet Diaries · 171: Melody Fraud · Mar 03, 2026

“… happened to your dad? Yeah, for sure. So my father, he is a very gregarious man, right? So the type of person that is prone to becoming addicted to Facebook type of thing, right? Like he is involved in his community. He loves to get together with people. So Facebook was this place where he really, really found a connection. And for immigrants, I think as a daughter of immigrants, we're from Bangladesh, the connection to people back home. So Baba called me one day, he was like, hey, my bank account's not working. I don't know what's going on. One of your cousins asked me for money and I sent them my …” “… and the people that I love did not have. and I started doing workshops out of my living room online, making content, and then one thing led to another and here we are. That's amazing. Yeah, thank you. Are you willing to share a little bit about what happened to your dad? Yeah, for sure. So my father, he is a very gregarious man, right? So the type of person that is prone to becoming addicted to Facebook type of thing, right? Like he is involved in his community. He loves to get together with people. So Facebook was this place where he really, really found a connection. And for immigrants, I think as a daughter of immigrants, we're from Bangladesh, the connection to people back home. So Baba called me one day, he was like, hey, my bank account's not working. I don't know what's going on. One of your cousins asked me for money and I sent them my account information on Facebook. and he was really upset. He was really ashamed. I think that was a really big piece of it. And through the process, I was helping him out. It was also my moment to shine because my parents had absolutely no idea what I did for a living. Yeah, let me show you. That was what really led to the impetus of me starting …” View more

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After my dad fell victim to a scam on Facebook, I realized the urgent need for cybersecurity education in our community. This personal experience, combined with the struggles of those around me, motivated me to start Cyber Collective, where I now empower others with essential online safety knowledge. My journey from workshops in my living room to a dedicated initiative highlights the critical risks older individuals face online today.

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Terms of Service with Clare Duffy · How to Keep Your Parents and Grandparents Safe Online · Mar 03, 2026

“… a real stated versus revealed preference about a lot of this stuff. The reality is, is people like, even the U.S. think, oh, you could pay for Facebook or you could... People would rather see the ads. I think most people don't care. In this, a lot of tech... And this sort of ties into the skepticism of ads. It's sort of an elite town. There's elite regulators. Everyone's thinking about these very theoretical things. Isn't it a bit of the challenge, banner blindness, where Instagram advertising works so well because it's a picture feed and it's showing you pictures? And then some of the …” “… I mean, I think that that's a bridge that every tech company would be happy to cross if they came to it. I see. It's a thing that people say when you have very good targeting. I think there's a lot of... Like, I honestly think a lot of the... There's a real stated versus revealed preference about a lot of this stuff. The reality is, is people like, even the U.S. think, oh, you could pay for Facebook or you could... People would rather see the ads. I think most people don't care. In this, a lot of tech... And this sort of ties into the skepticism of ads. It's sort of an elite town. There's elite regulators. Everyone's thinking about these very theoretical things. Isn't it a bit of the challenge, banner blindness, where Instagram advertising works so well because it's a picture feed and it's showing you pictures? And then some of the pictures are like commercial. So this is where Facebook... Whereas with an AI app, you're like looking for an answer and you don't want to look at the banner. No, it's a huge concern. And this is one of the great ironies of meta slash Facebook is the extent to which... I mean, of course, Mark and everyone hates Apple for lots of, I think, very justifiable …” View more

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Apple's restrictions transformed Facebook from a platform into a powerful ad machine, allowing it to dominate the advertising space. This shift enabled Facebook to fully leverage its advertising model, turning user feeds into monetized content. The irony is that the very company Mark Zuckerberg resents helped him achieve unprecedented ad success.

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Cheeky Pint · Ben Thompson from Stratechery on AI ads, the end of SaaS, and the future of media · Feb 12, 2026

“… right? We may even see a consortium where you have a bunch of different companies come together and launch their own stablecoin. But look, Facebook, they were early to this, folks. Remember, they tried to do this in 2018 and they got blocked, right? Congress went crazy. They brought in Mark Zuckerberg and a bunch of people from Facebook. They shut it down immediately. And that's because they knew that this was trouble where Facebook had the network effects, the adoption, right? It had so many millions of people on it worldwide that if Facebook was to start some sort of stablecoin, it would …” “… to launch their stablecoin, folks. And this is what we were talking about when the Genius Act passed. You're going to see the major companies out there, the Amazons, the Metas, the Googles. They're going to launch some sort of stablecoin or adopt stablecoins, right? We may even see a consortium where you have a bunch of different companies come together and launch their own stablecoin. But look, Facebook, they were early to this, folks. Remember, they tried to do this in 2018 and they got blocked, right? Congress went crazy. They brought in Mark Zuckerberg and a bunch of people from Facebook. They shut it down immediately. And that's because they knew that this was trouble where Facebook had the network effects, the adoption, right? It had so many millions of people on it worldwide that if Facebook was to start some sort of stablecoin, it would be very disruptive, not only to the banks and these incumbents, but the government wouldn't be able to track it, right? Now they have the tools, now the legislation's in place, they can track it properly. So I'm actually surprised Facebook and Meta didn't start doing this sooner. But look, you know, better late than never, right? So Meta sent out …” View more

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Meta is making a comeback in the stablecoin arena, a move that could disrupt the financial landscape. After being blocked in 2018, they are now poised to leverage their massive user base and new regulatory tools to launch a stablecoin later this year. This could change the game for digital payments and challenge traditional banking systems.

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Thinking Crypto News & Interviews · BIG CRYPTO NEWS! META FACEBOOK STABLECOIN, TRUMP SBF PARDON, SBI RIPPLE ASIA XRP LEDGER! · Feb 25, 2026

“… pay fake fines or surrender account credentials. Scammers are becoming increasingly nimble, Agranovich said. Meta is rolling out new features across Facebook, Messenger, and WhatsApp to help users spot scams earlier. On Facebook, users will get alerts if a new friend request shows suspicious signals. WhatsApp will warn users if a link or device linking requests looks suspicious or tries to take over their account. Messenger will offer an AI review tool that scans conversations for common scam patterns, including suspicious job offers, end quote.” “… said scam groups are shifting from high-volume romance and crypto schemes to more targeted tactics. They're identifying wealthy individuals or people in high-trust roles and impersonating regulators, attorneys, or law enforcement to pressure them to pay fake fines or surrender account credentials. Scammers are becoming increasingly nimble, Agranovich said. Meta is rolling out new features across Facebook, Messenger, and WhatsApp to help users spot scams earlier. On Facebook, users will get alerts if a new friend request shows suspicious signals. WhatsApp will warn users if a link or device linking requests looks suspicious or tries to take over their account. Messenger will offer an AI review tool that scans conversations for common scam patterns, including suspicious job offers, end quote.” View more

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Meta has disabled over 150,000 accounts in a coordinated effort with international law enforcement to disrupt sophisticated scam operations targeting Americans. These scams, often run by trafficked workers in Southeast Asia, are evolving to become more targeted, using AI to impersonate trusted figures and pressure victims. With new features rolling out across their platforms, Meta aims to help users identify these scams before falling victim.

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Tech Brew Ride Home · The New King Of All Media · Mar 11, 2026

“… it at all. So this to me, the really cool example, because everyone buys cars, right? And this applies to other things. A lot of people buy stuff on Facebook Marketplace. They're looking for a specific thing somewhere. It can just go scan it. It can negotiate on your behalf. You could tell it the parameters that you want. And it's a pretty powerful use case. So moving on to the second archetype of user, we kind of bracket this as the knowledge worker” “… Claude Cowork, it probably wouldn't be able to handle this because it doesn't have the extensive tool use or the thinking patterns or the heartbeats baked into it to continue to follow up over and over and over for multiple days without prompting it at all. So this to me, the really cool example, because everyone buys cars, right? And this applies to other things. A lot of people buy stuff on Facebook Marketplace. They're looking for a specific thing somewhere. It can just go scan it. It can negotiate on your behalf. You could tell it the parameters that you want. And it's a pretty powerful use case. So moving on to the second archetype of user, we kind of bracket this as the knowledge worker” View more

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An AI agent negotiated a car deal, saving its owner $4,200, demonstrating the efficiency of AI in automating complex tasks. This agent scoured listings, evaluated options, and handled negotiations without any human intervention. This showcases a future where AI can take over significant responsibilities in our daily lives, from buying cars to handling operational work.

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Limitless Podcast · Inside OpenClaw: Should You Actually Use It? Probably Not. · Feb 18, 2026

“… the one of employees are taking pay cuts in huge numbers. Let me read this to you and kind of go through it. Because when you're seeing a market, Facebook's claiming they're going to let go of 20% from 78,000 to losing, what, 15,800 people. These are $370,000 a year jobs, high-paying jobs. Where's that job going to? Is this the conversations of Claude? Hey, we can do the job of this many people. I don't need to hire this many people anymore. And, you know, Jack Dorsey's tweet of six weeks ago, he just opened up and said, this is what I'm going through. What do you want me to do? AI developers. …” “… taking pay cuts in huge numbers. Okay. Dave Ramsey warns young hopefuls locked out of housing market, corporate America screwed you. So these, these messages are coming left and right, right? What should I be doing? And, and I think Rob, Let's go with the one of employees are taking pay cuts in huge numbers. Let me read this to you and kind of go through it. Because when you're seeing a market, Facebook's claiming they're going to let go of 20% from 78,000 to losing, what, 15,800 people. These are $370,000 a year jobs, high-paying jobs. Where's that job going to? Is this the conversations of Claude? Hey, we can do the job of this many people. I don't need to hire this many people anymore. And, you know, Jack Dorsey's tweet of six weeks ago, he just opened up and said, this is what I'm going through. What do you want me to do? AI developers. Yes, AI developers. Now you've got developers that are coming in that are as good of a developer. You may be a full stack, but a lot of them behind closed doors are just kind of using Claude and others to help them do that. They're using different language learning models. not even doing what they learn how to do. They're relying on it because they …” View more

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In a shocking trend, employees are taking significant pay cuts, with 40% of white-collar workers accepting salaries over 10% lower than before. Scott, who applied to 1,600 jobs and completed 78 interviews after losing his job, finally got an offer—but it was a major step down. This reflects a larger issue in today's job market, where even high-skilled positions are being replaced or diminished by AI advancements.

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PBD Podcast · Iran REJECTS Trump's 15 Point Peace Plan | PBD #765 · Mar 25, 2026

“… even more skewed in 2026. It's an incredible amount of concentration. I think a lot of it is due to companies staying private this long. The idea, Facebook went public at- What was Bill Gurley saying? He was saying Amazon went public sub a billion dollars. When Facebook went public at like 60 billion, it was like, wow, crazy. They waited way too long. And now it's like multiple trillion dollar companies are still private, which is just an incredible capital sink. So, I don't know. Should you even put those in the same bucket? Are they even venture bets at this point? If any venture capital fund is …” “… 30 for Anthropic, 20 for XAI. Then you have, you know, a bunch of Neo labs all picking up a billion each. Like you very quickly get to a few companies raising half of all the money. And that's shown here in the data from 2025. I think it's going to be even more skewed in 2026. It's an incredible amount of concentration. I think a lot of it is due to companies staying private this long. The idea, Facebook went public at- What was Bill Gurley saying? He was saying Amazon went public sub a billion dollars. When Facebook went public at like 60 billion, it was like, wow, crazy. They waited way too long. And now it's like multiple trillion dollar companies are still private, which is just an incredible capital sink. So, I don't know. Should you even put those in the same bucket? Are they even venture bets at this point? If any venture capital fund is putting that in their venture bucket at this point, it feels ridiculous compared to growth scale. I mean, you're bigger than probably 90% of the S&P. Like, it's a completely different business. Tamaz from Theory was sharing some kind of relevant data. He said, we're about to witness three of the largest IPOs in history. SpaceX is targeting one and …” View more

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Three of the largest IPOs in history are on the horizon, with a combined market cap of nearly $3 trillion. SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic are all set to enter the public market, but their low share float could create significant challenges for price discovery. This situation mirrors the lengthy and complex IPO journey of Saudi Aramco, which raised a record $29 billion but had a minimal float, impacting market absorption.

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TBPN · Happy Nvidia Day, Salesforce Earnings with Marc Benioff, Anthropic's New Stance on Safety | Doug O'Laughlin, Maxwell Meyer, Ben Lerer, Michael Manapat, Adam Warmoth, Connor Sweeney, Matthew Harpe · Feb 25, 2026

“… flag specific post comments for users, and the goons at the FBI would then pressure and coerce social media companies to delete the posts. I had my Facebook page removed the day after Election Day 2020. No good reason. Gone. Brandon Strock has walk-away movement. Half a million people on that. With stories why they left the Democrat Party, Facebook made it disappear. He's got it back. Elon Musk saved free speech. The size and scope of the Biden citizenship complex was enormous, affecting tens of millions of accounts online. The federal government had constructed a complex array of entities in order …” “… Stalinism. That's what happened in our country. For many years, the Biden regime, a series of censorship offices, were set up in many government agencies. Even the Commerce Department and the Census Bureau had disinformation offices, which could flag specific post comments for users, and the goons at the FBI would then pressure and coerce social media companies to delete the posts. I had my Facebook page removed the day after Election Day 2020. No good reason. Gone. Brandon Strock has walk-away movement. Half a million people on that. With stories why they left the Democrat Party, Facebook made it disappear. He's got it back. Elon Musk saved free speech. The size and scope of the Biden citizenship complex was enormous, affecting tens of millions of accounts online. The federal government had constructed a complex array of entities in order to coerce and then threaten social media companies to cooperate in silencing dissonant political speech. In one of the requests for takedowns, the FBI demanded Twitter delete 929,000 tweets they claimed were foreign speech they disliked. In another instance, the FBI demanded the deletion of pro-Second Amendment posts liked by nearly 100,000 users …” View more

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The Missouri v. Biden case reveals that the government actively pressured social media platforms to silence dissenting voices, impacting millions of American citizens' free speech. Lead plaintiff Jim Hoff highlights how this censorship complex, likened to Stalin's disinformation tactics, sought to control narratives on critical issues like election integrity and COVID-19. This landmark case marks a significant victory for free speech in the U.S.

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The Rob Carson Show · Don’t Catch the Stupid: Free Speech Wins and Tampon Politics Fails · Mar 25, 2026

“… say one more thing? I just also wanted to add they creating a precedent to create a world where I would be safer than they would Yes yes The British Facebook user I came across years ago was transvestigating Andrew Tate because Andrew Tate bulge wasn big enough in his speedo I remember that one. Yeah. Have you seen that one of my favorite videos of all time is Andrew Tate being like, would you rather fuck Megan Fox with a penis or Hulk Hogan with a pussy? That's one of my favorite videos, yeah. He's like, you're not thinking about the question. And then he said he endorses fucking Megan Fox with a …” “… don't pass by saying that those people look trans. I'm just saying they're not safe from other trans investigators. Yes. Yes. That's all I mean. I came across a post years ago, a couple of years ago of a British person again. Who was. Sorry, can I say one more thing? I just also wanted to add they creating a precedent to create a world where I would be safer than they would Yes yes The British Facebook user I came across years ago was transvestigating Andrew Tate because Andrew Tate bulge wasn big enough in his speedo I remember that one. Yeah. Have you seen that one of my favorite videos of all time is Andrew Tate being like, would you rather fuck Megan Fox with a penis or Hulk Hogan with a pussy? That's one of my favorite videos, yeah. He's like, you're not thinking about the question. And then he said he endorses fucking Megan Fox with a penis over. He's saying it's gayer to fuck Hulk Hogan with a pussy than Megan Fox with a penis. One of my favorite videos online. And if you disagree, then you're gay. And he's right. Okay. Yeah. I'm thinking it through. Sure. Yeah, I agree. I think. But to Kitty's slightly more coherent point. I agree that like transvestigation is a fire that …” View more

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Transvestigation has turned the tables on right-wing figures like J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk, as they now find themselves the targets of these conspiracy theories. This shift began when a boxer named Khalif faced harassment after winning a match, leading to a counter-suit against those spreading rumors. The phenomenon illustrates how once a trend starts, it can spiral out of control, affecting even those who initiated it.

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Panic World · The people who think every celebrity is secretly trans · Mar 11, 2026

“… Just go trade crypto if you're going to trade futures. Yes, yes. What do you day trade? Only blue collar, like over $500,000 market cap options. So Facebook, Tesla, things like that. but I also have people sitting in my office right now. So I got to go. I thought maybe someone died and that this was important. Oh, it's more important, but thank you. Love you. Call your daddy back. He called. Here you go. I got to talk to this. Hello. Hello, Papa. What? Hello. Hello. Hello, sir. I'm with your daughter. Oh, hi. How are you? Good. I'm doing wonderful. Why the f*** are we giving her thousands of …” “… quit. What the fuck? Oh, I thought he quit. She thinks she going to be a professional day trader She wants to do futures That disgusting Oh what That how she thinks she going to make a living forever Why is that disgusting? That's not disgusting. Just go trade crypto if you're going to trade futures. Yes, yes. What do you day trade? Only blue collar, like over $500,000 market cap options. So Facebook, Tesla, things like that. but I also have people sitting in my office right now. So I got to go. I thought maybe someone died and that this was important. Oh, it's more important, but thank you. Love you. Call your daddy back. He called. Here you go. I got to talk to this. Hello. Hello, Papa. What? Hello. Hello. Hello, sir. I'm with your daughter. Oh, hi. How are you? Good. I'm doing wonderful. Why the f*** are we giving her thousands of dollars of credit card usage instead of her growing up and getting a f***ing job? Because I ain't got a lick of f***ing sense. You have a lick of sense? Whoa. What's your sense? I don't. I don't have any. Oh, I agree. Thank you. Very good. Why do you want her to be a professional streamer? Listen, I thought it would be a good idea. She wasn't doing …” View more

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Day trading can be a lucrative career, but is it right for everyone? In a candid phone call, a brother reveals he makes around $90,000 a year trading blue-chip stocks, while his sister dreams of making a living through day trading and streaming. Their conversation dives into the risks and misconceptions of pursuing trading as a full-time job.

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Financial Audit · Wannabe E-Girl Made $0.52 Last Month | Financial Audit · Mar 11, 2026

“… say. What it does say is that this will not be that. The only features listed in the MacRumors piece are health tracking, because who doesn't want Facebook to have that, and built-in Meta AI, because just because you don't want it everywhere, doesn't mean it's not going to be everywhere. The question, of course, is the built-in Meta AI for situational awareness? Is it for being creepy? Guess there's no reason it can't be both. The Facebook watch is expected sometime this year, according to TheInformation. Well this was fast. Remember the news last week that had Rivian coming out with a dedicated …” “… from TheInformation. Sounds like a pared-down version of an earlier project. Cancelled in 2022, the original idea was a range of watches, each with cameras. Were those for situational awareness? Were they for being creepy? The Peace doesn't say. What it does say is that this will not be that. The only features listed in the MacRumors piece are health tracking, because who doesn't want Facebook to have that, and built-in Meta AI, because just because you don't want it everywhere, doesn't mean it's not going to be everywhere. The question, of course, is the built-in Meta AI for situational awareness? Is it for being creepy? Guess there's no reason it can't be both. The Facebook watch is expected sometime this year, according to TheInformation. Well this was fast. Remember the news last week that had Rivian coming out with a dedicated app for Apple Watch? Yeah, it's out already. Engadget says the app can handle a few features, including setting cabin temperature, setting a target state of charge, venting the windows, and probably the biggest feature, locking and unlocking the car. As was pointed out last week, Rivian started supporting digital car keys in Apple Wallet late last …” View more

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Meta's upcoming smartwatch raises eyebrows with its health tracking and built-in Meta AI features, sparking concerns over privacy and situational awareness. Initially canceled, the project has been reimagined but still leaves many questioning its true purpose. Meanwhile, Rivian's new Apple Watch app allows users to control their vehicles, showcasing the growing integration of tech in our daily lives.

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Mac OS Ken · W. Virginia Wants Apple to Scan iCloud for CSAM - MOSK: 02.20.2026 · Feb 20, 2026

“… an explosion of answering machines, PBXs, just all this stuff that is just layered on top of the existing stuff. But you can't do that anymore. When Facebook launched, they had this problem that everyone who could have used Facebook had a MySpace account. And so Zuck gave everyone who had a MySpace account a bot that you fed your MySpace credentials to and it would go to MySpace several times a day and impersonate you, scrape everything waiting for you, and put it in your Facebook feed, and you could reply to it. So you didn't have to choose between your friends and a superior service. Facebook's …” “… of publishers, and he said, your margin is my opportunity. So you take those high margins, you make them your opportunity. And so when AT&T gets broken up and they lose the ability to control what you plug into the phone jack, we see modems, we see an explosion of answering machines, PBXs, just all this stuff that is just layered on top of the existing stuff. But you can't do that anymore. When Facebook launched, they had this problem that everyone who could have used Facebook had a MySpace account. And so Zuck gave everyone who had a MySpace account a bot that you fed your MySpace credentials to and it would go to MySpace several times a day and impersonate you, scrape everything waiting for you, and put it in your Facebook feed, and you could reply to it. So you didn't have to choose between your friends and a superior service. Facebook's initial pitch was, we're like MySpace, but we're not run by an evil billionaire and we never spy on you. Thank God. Yeah. Thank God. And so you could eat your cake and have a two. And you do this to Facebook, they will nuke you till you glow. It's not technically challenging and it's not hard to think of cool things to do.” View more

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The tech industry's relentless pursuit of market dominance is leading to chaos, with many startups failing to deliver real innovation. This trend is reminiscent of past tech disruptions, where permissionless innovation thrived. However, today’s landscape sees incumbents blocking new entries, resulting in a CES filled with hollow promises rather than groundbreaking products.

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Better Offline · CES 2026: Part Ten (Epilogue) · Jan 10, 2026

“… to build such wealth on being so wrong so often. But let's even dig into the merits because I love the case of that too. When I did that analysis on Facebook, they did not have a monetization strategy. What they had was a lot of traffic. And I pattern matched that traffic on – I don't know if this is two-world. but there was something called blue mountain i think back in the e-cards website yes yes they were tremendously popular at the time they had a ton of traffic right and all the traffic brought them was ruined because they did not have a mechanism for turning that traffic into gold It was just …” “… a thousand shot, a million shots over the course of their careers. In fact, this is why the VC parallel is so important. VCs have gotten tremendously rich being right 10 percent of the time. I mean, that's an incredible stat for me that you're able to build such wealth on being so wrong so often. But let's even dig into the merits because I love the case of that too. When I did that analysis on Facebook, they did not have a monetization strategy. What they had was a lot of traffic. And I pattern matched that traffic on – I don't know if this is two-world. but there was something called blue mountain i think back in the e-cards website yes yes they were tremendously popular at the time they had a ton of traffic right and all the traffic brought them was ruined because they did not have a mechanism for turning that traffic into gold It was just trash It was trash traffic It was just people who wanted an e And what are you going to do with that? Maybe today you could make it work. They certainly couldn't at the time. My analysis was Facebook is trash traffic. It's just a bunch of people talking about all sorts of shit that isn't intentional in the way that a Google search, for example, is. …” View more

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David Heinemeier Hansson reveals that many investors, including himself, initially saw Facebook's traffic as 'trash' without a solid monetization strategy. He explains how the shift to surveillance capitalism transformed this perceived trash into gold by targeting ads based on user data. This insight highlights the unexpected ways businesses can turn failures into successes.

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My First Million · DHH: $100M+ Advice That'll Piss Off Every Business Guru · Mar 17, 2026

“… that you see in tobacco or asbestos cases. But so as part of what you do in a big case like this, where you have thousands and thousands, the Facebook, you know, Meta, YouTube, Snapchat, TikTok, all of them were like, we don't want to sit here and litigate a thousand of these cases individually. That'll be very costly. Instead, we're going to select a handful of literally called bellwether cases. I think it's eight or something in this case. And that's going to be used to determine the future of all of this litigation. So how this is the first of it. It's actually not the first because on …” “… of these companies and kind of taking on the same novel legal argument where they're trying to argue defective design or negligent design. They knew about it, but they didn't care enough to fix it. I mean, they're basically making the same sort of argument that you see in tobacco or asbestos cases. But so as part of what you do in a big case like this, where you have thousands and thousands, the Facebook, you know, Meta, YouTube, Snapchat, TikTok, all of them were like, we don't want to sit here and litigate a thousand of these cases individually. That'll be very costly. Instead, we're going to select a handful of literally called bellwether cases. I think it's eight or something in this case. And that's going to be used to determine the future of all of this litigation. So how this is the first of it. It's actually not the first because on Tuesday, a New Mexico jury. I don't believe that's is that part of the same multidistrict? No, that's different. But it's similar. This was the case brought by the state attorney general in New Mexico. They found Meta liable for violating state law by failing to safeguard users of its apps from child predators. And that fine was $375 million, a little …” View more

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The recent court rulings against Meta and YouTube mark a significant victory for the movement advocating for accountability in social media addiction cases, potentially opening the floodgates for future litigation.

The recent court rulings against Meta and YouTube mark a significant victory for social media addiction litigation, potentially opening the floodgates for future cases.

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Intelligent Machines (Audio) · IM 863: Fire and Ash - Hot Takes on Tech Trials · Mar 25, 2026

“… is absolutely exponential. The craziest part is that this is outdated. It is now officially, yeah, it's surpassed 200,000, which puts it just under Facebook React and above Linux, which is insane. Yeah, the growth is remarkable. Yeah, it's startling how fast it's gotten. And to an extent, I think it's important that it stayed unacquired during this time because had like Anthropic bought it, had OpenAI bought it earlier before it kind of reached this huge amount of like kinetic energy, I'm not sure it would have grown to the size that it did. And the fact that it was able to be the Wild West for a …” “… growth of adoption. What you're looking on your screen right now is a highlight of why this is the fastest growing open source project. If you go onto the GitHub repo, you can start a project as a software engineer that uses this repo. And the line is absolutely exponential. The craziest part is that this is outdated. It is now officially, yeah, it's surpassed 200,000, which puts it just under Facebook React and above Linux, which is insane. Yeah, the growth is remarkable. Yeah, it's startling how fast it's gotten. And to an extent, I think it's important that it stayed unacquired during this time because had like Anthropic bought it, had OpenAI bought it earlier before it kind of reached this huge amount of like kinetic energy, I'm not sure it would have grown to the size that it did. And the fact that it was able to be the Wild West for a little while, be this fun developer playground, I mean, it still is, but now it's associated with the brand. I think that was really important to that growth. Yes, agreed. Okay, this might be a hot take, but I think that we potentially might be hyping the FUD or the FEAR a little too much. I do think that Anthropic's watching this very closely. I …” View more

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The podcast highlights the rapid rise of OpenClaw and its acquisition by OpenAI as a transformative moment in AI, emphasizing the potential for personal agents to enhance productivity while maintaining open-source principles.

The podcast emphasizes the rapid growth and significance of OpenClaw's acquisition by OpenAI, framing it as a pivotal moment in AI development that transcends financial incentives, focusing instead on innovation and open-source values.

The host emphasizes the rapid growth and significance of OpenClaw's acquisition by OpenAI, framing it as a pivotal moment for decentralized AI solutions and personal agents, while also expressing optimism about maintaining its open-source roots.

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Limitless Podcast · OpenAI Just Acquired OpenClaw: Why This Is A Huge Deal · Feb 16, 2026

“… you spend and ramp and how we can actually reduce that time as much as possible, which is, by the way, the opposite of how many PMs are trained. The Facebook and Netflix, right? The fangs of the world that are mainly advertising businesses, like it is the opposite. And I think there's going to be reckoning for sure. But also a very exciting time. I mean, you know, I think it's very scary. And a lot of people are alarmist and everyone should be paranoid. But man, it's an amazing time to be a builder right now, especially a product manager where you have taste and vision. The time it takes to go from …” “… bake that into your product? So it's a very different way of thinking where fundamentally like a login in your product in the future, I think is going to be a failure. Right. And I think that's also how we think about it. We track the amount of time you spend and ramp and how we can actually reduce that time as much as possible, which is, by the way, the opposite of how many PMs are trained. The Facebook and Netflix, right? The fangs of the world that are mainly advertising businesses, like it is the opposite. And I think there's going to be reckoning for sure. But also a very exciting time. I mean, you know, I think it's very scary. And a lot of people are alarmist and everyone should be paranoid. But man, it's an amazing time to be a builder right now, especially a product manager where you have taste and vision. The time it takes to go from your taste and vision to a product is shorter than ever. and I think it's a really, really, really exciting time to be a builder here. Yeah, and I think another thing you mentioned is just setting up systems to dedicate all the bullshit work to AI, right, so you can focus on stuff that you actually enjoy doing. That's a key part of it. So, yeah. …” View more

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In the future, product management will resemble having a finance co-worker rather than navigating complex tables and charts. Geoff Charles, CPO of Ramp, emphasizes the need for deep domain expertise to create AI systems that handle mundane tasks, allowing product managers to focus on innovation. This shift not only enhances efficiency but also transforms the role of product managers into builders with unprecedented speed and creativity.

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Behind the Craft · Inside Ramp, the $32B Company Where AI Agents Run Everything | Geoff Charles · Mar 15, 2026

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Donald Trump's influence reshaped the Republican Party and American politics, encapsulated in Jeffrey Sonnenfeld's new book, 'Trump's Ten Commandments.' The book outlines ten principles defining Trump's era, reflecting his unique leadership style and its implications for the future of U.S. politics. Sonnenfeld, an advisor to five presidents, shares his insights on how these commandments emerged from his experiences with Trump.

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Meet the Press · Meet the Press NOW — March 10 · Mar 10, 2026

“… Meta in particular is well aware of the problems that users experience on its platform. Right. Like there was a famous case years ago called The Facebook Papers, where this employee named Francis Hagen leaked tens of thousands of pages of internal conversations where they knew, for example, that Instagram was causing these like spirals among teenage girls where they would like end up having really serious body dysmorphia issues and in eating disorders. And they knew Meta did that there were things they could do to prevent this. And they chose not to do it because they didn't want to harm …” “… the problem is that these platforms get you hooked. And it's the design of the platforms that's the problem. And there is a lot of evidence backing up this argument. There have been all these, you know, document leaks over the years that shows that Meta in particular is well aware of the problems that users experience on its platform. Right. Like there was a famous case years ago called The Facebook Papers, where this employee named Francis Hagen leaked tens of thousands of pages of internal conversations where they knew, for example, that Instagram was causing these like spirals among teenage girls where they would like end up having really serious body dysmorphia issues and in eating disorders. And they knew Meta did that there were things they could do to prevent this. And they chose not to do it because they didn't want to harm engagement. The stakes of this are incredibly high because presumably if the court finds against the big social media companies, that leaves them open to the mother of all class action lawsuits. Right. Because this has affected everyone who's used that platform. There are more than 2000 similar lawsuits going through the courts right now at like different …” View more

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The ruling against social media companies for addiction could lead to significant changes in how these platforms are designed and regulated, but it also raises questions about user responsibility and the role of personal choice.

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The Interface · Is Havana Syndrome really real? · Feb 26, 2026

“… in northern, Virginia It was to break up their search capacity to make sure there's more competition there and then to break up their ad server Also Facebook We believe that the best environment is to make sure that you break up the oligarchs that you open up to Entrepreneurial capitalism and entrepreneurial finance in the animal spirits that compete across all these Amazon Twitter all of it and you're saying the time has come to break them all up break them all up and President Trump's administration start off by trying to see this now Federal judges have intervened and you've had some difficulty …” “… first first of all, let's just start this administration We had we had Google and federal court if your listeners are not familiar this we had Google and federal court and two federal courts In the greater imperial capital area one in DC and one in northern, Virginia It was to break up their search capacity to make sure there's more competition there and then to break up their ad server Also Facebook We believe that the best environment is to make sure that you break up the oligarchs that you open up to Entrepreneurial capitalism and entrepreneurial finance in the animal spirits that compete across all these Amazon Twitter all of it and you're saying the time has come to break them all up break them all up and President Trump's administration start off by trying to see this now Federal judges have intervened and you've had some difficulty There's also been obviously some people in the administration and donors like the big tech oligarchs It's one of the reasons they came and embraced Trump So strongly, you know people that a lot of progressives say well how these guys abandon you They abandoned you because you were out of power and trust me as soon as we have any issues with power of …” View more

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The podcast segment presents a nuanced view on the implications of AI and data centers, highlighting both the fears of job loss among the working class and the potential for technology to liberate them from undesirable work.

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The Last Invention · “Build the AI Wall” with Steve Bannon · Jan 27, 2026

“… worried right now because I think, you know, anybody gets their niche. I wonder where that lead-in crap came from. He's getting his niche from Facebook. When somebody tells me something about UK basketball, my first question, did you get that from Facebook? Oh, dude, leave it alone. You know, I mean, come on, dude. Like, can he even find his way to reparator? Does he have to have help? I don't think that's fair. But I don't think that the argument isn't that he believes Facebook. The argument is, though, that he's taking that as the representation of what's out there. What's been reported. …” “Hey, guys. I just want to say we've had some of the greatest coaches in college basketball at my time, you know, on this earth as a Kentucky fan. But I'm really worried right now because I think, you know, anybody gets their niche. I wonder where that lead-in crap came from. He's getting his niche from Facebook. When somebody tells me something about UK basketball, my first question, did you get that from Facebook? Oh, dude, leave it alone. You know, I mean, come on, dude. Like, can he even find his way to reparator? Does he have to have help? I don't think that's fair. But I don't think that the argument isn't that he believes Facebook. The argument is, though, that he's taking that as the representation of what's out there. What's been reported. He's taking, I don't think he thinks, I mean, he knows these things aren't true. but the problem is he's taking that as when he says this is what fans think he's taking this no fans are laughing at this should be laughing at it now if aunt bertha is not laughing at it you need to tell aunt bertha come on there are a lot of aunt berthas out there let's …” View more

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Fans are questioning whether Mark Pope is too influenced by social media, particularly Facebook, to gauge real opinions about Kentucky Basketball. They express concern that he's taking these online sentiments as representative of the entire fanbase, leading to misguided decisions. This conversation highlights the disconnect between online chatter and actual fan sentiment, emphasizing the need for coaches to engage authentically with their supporters.

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KSR · 2026-03-24- KSR - Hour 2 · Mar 24, 2026

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