FIR #270: Disgust, Convenience, and Reputation

Topics up for discussion in the monthly long-form episode include the following:L Are holograms about to go mainstream? There is outrage over revelations of massive wrongdoing by Uber. Will everyone keep riding them anyway? Uses of NFTs are expanding far beyond collectible artwork for investment purposes. How Wikipedia remediated dozens of fake articles could be a lesson for the rest of the world. Bad guys are extorting gift cards in exchange for removing negative online reviews. Dan York's report explores NFT adoption by Reddit and Snap; Instagram's move to let creators confine posts to subscribers; Facebook's test of multiple profiles; Twitter's latest innovations; and mobile live-streaming with Starlink. The next monthly, long-form episode of FIR will drop on Monday, August 15. FIR “shorts” — episodes under 15 minutes — will appear once or twice weekly. We host a Communicators Zoom Chat each Thursday at 1 p.m. ET. For credentials needed to participate, contact Shel or Neville directly, request the credentials in our Facebook group, or email 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. Shel has started a metaverse-focused Flipboard magazine. Neville’s “asides” blog, Outbox, is also available. For links from this episode, visit the primary show notes page.