S01E03: Who even uses Facebook anyway?

In our third episode, your intrepid hosts dig into the world of sourdough starter, Facebook, algorithms, and even the Stanford Prison Experiment. It all somehow connects together. We promise.

Our theme music is Carefree by Kevin MacLeod. Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3476-carefree. License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

Show Notes:

• Does anyone even use Facebook anymore? Some 2020 Facebook demographics from Sprout Social
• Facebook Memories
• Refinery29: Why Is Everyone So Into Making Bread Right Now?
• AI cancer thought experiment: modelled on Bostrom’s paperclip optimizer
• Forbes: Facebook Manipulated 689,003 Users’ Emotions For Science
• TED: Carole Cadwalladr — Facebook’s role in Brexit and the threat to democracy
• FT: Mark Zuckerberg: Big Tech needs more regulation
• Buchwald Associates: DMCA Safe Harbor Explained: Why Your Website Needs a DMCA/Copyright Policy
• Verge: THE TRAUMA FLOOR — The secret lives of Facebook moderators in America
• Wikipedia: Stanford Prison Experiment

Originally published at https://banterful.com on May 4, 2020.