logo
episode-header-image
Nov 2015
36m 32s

#47 Quit Already!

Gimlet
About this episode
Everybody has that one Facebook friend who just won't stop posting their political opinions. This week, we talk to one of those Facebook friends, someone whose opinions got her into an enormous mess. (ALSO, be sure to check out the Radio Ambulante story this-a-way: http://radioambulante.org/audio/renunciaya) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastcho ... Show More
Up next
Dec 2024
Casey Wants to Believe
If you like this episode and want to hear more, please sign up for our premium feed here! https://hyperfixedpod.com/joinIf you would like to join at the $60 yearly level and receive your very own Big Chub Chet's button, you can do so here:https://hyperfixedpod.com/buttonThere are ... Show More
34m 17s
Jun 2022
#189 Goodbye All
One last thing before we go. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 
53m 49s
Jun 2022
#188 Into the Depths
Inspired by @depthsofwikipedia, this week we dive deeper into three of our favorite weird Wikipedia pages. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 
45m 34s
Recommended Episodes
Sep 2023
Facebook Is Giving Up on News—Again
Meta says it will retire Facebook's "news" tag in the UK, France, and Germany, ahead of rules that might force it to pay for content. Users may not care, but it has left the media scrambling. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and ... Show More
9m 38s
Aug 2022
Facebook's Plan To Be Cool Again
Facebook defined an era of social media built on our connections, our social lives. We’re watching that era come to a close. Now, your main feeds of both Facebook and Instagram will use AI to start increasingly recommending content from people you don't follow. Kind of like anoth ... Show More
31m 15s
Sep 2023
Meta Isn't Enforcing Its Own Political Ads Policy, While the 2024 US Election Looms
A nonprofit watchdog group has found that the right-wing group PragerU has pushed out more than 100 political ads on Facebook and Instagram, flouting Meta’s policies. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here. 
9m 15s
Oct 2020
Ep. 1 - The Left Is Lying About Facebook And Conservatives
Jeremy Boreing, Co-CEO of The Daily Wire, debunks the lie that Facebook favors conservatives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 
13m 58s
Jun 2024
145. the worst type of people in the world
i wanted to talk about all the kinds of people in the world that really get on my nerves, so let’s take a look shall we? luv you byeeeee xoxoxoxo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 
18m 9s
Feb 2022
Listener Mail: Grandfathers on America's Most Wanted, North Korean Museums, and... is Facebook in your head?
A listener learns their grandfather was on America's Most Wanted. Will shares his adventures at museums in North Korea and Tehran. Anon calls in to relate her own spooky experience with Facebook somehow knowing her thoughts, and selling ads off them -- without her speaking into a ... Show More
1h 9m
Aug 2021
What Facebook doesn't want you to know about misinformation
We're taking a quick break from our hiatus for an update on the recent news about COVID vaccine misinformation on Facebook.  Plus, we revisit the story of Ifeoma Ozoma and her fight to keep medical misinformation off social media platforms way before the pandemic ever began.  We’ ... Show More
40m 41s
Mar 2019
Facebook says it’s all about privacy now. OK, sure.
Kara and Scott are back! They talk about Zuckerberg's supposed shift towards more privacy on Facebook and, well, we'll believe it when we see it. Meanwhile Congress is ramping up its efforts on shaking up how we think of antitrust and big tech companies. They get into what they e ... Show More
36m 22s