In February’s long-form Hobson and Holtz Report, Neville and Shel spend more than half the show with news and commentary about a variety of Web3 elements, including the metaverse, NFTs, DAOs, cryptocurrency, and blockchain — all of it from the perspective of the impact these fast-emerging technologies will have on public relations and organizational communication. In the first part of the episode, the focus is on three non-Web3 stories:

• How to make a good first digital impression
• The communication industry’s responsibility for addressing non-binary and trans matters
• The UK’s online safety law undergoing revisions to stamp out illegal content

In his Tech Report, Dan York reports on “static videos” becoming a thing on Instagram, a British band’s protest against Spotify’s algorithm, a Twitter test to send DMs by bypassing the DM button on your profile, Wired’s review of the messaging app Telegram, the release of WordPress 5.9, and a new project Dan’s working on.

Find links for stories and reports in this episode here.

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The next monthly, long-form episode of FIR will drop on Monday, March 21, 2022.

We are hosting a Communicators Zoom Chat each Thursday at 1 p.m. ET. For credentials needed to participate, contact Shel or Neville directly or request the credentials in our Facebook group or send an email to fircomments@gmail.com.

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

You can find the stories from which Shel’s FIR content is selected at Shel’s Link Blog. Neville’s link blog, Outbox, is available, as well.

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