WFMU: Techtonic with Mark Hurst: Playlist from February 19, 2018

Listener comments!
	6:01pm northguineahills: Techtonic platitudes, y'all...!
	6:02pm geezerette: wish it was the other way around.
	6:02pm melinda: Hi all
	🤖 6:02pm Bas NL: Hi Mark!
	6:02pm geezerette: Howdy!
	🤖 6:03pm Webhamster Henry: Hiya Mark and TechTones: in re: killing comedy, I like to quote Tom Lehrer on why he stopped writing satire: After Kissinger got the Nobel Peace Prize, you couldn't top that (words to that effect).
	6:04pm Number Six: Evening , Mark & All!
	🤖 6:04pm Ken From Hyde Park: Oh, dear ... the killer app strikes again!
	🤖 6:06pm Webhamster Henry: Is there going to be a Botnik minute on this show every week?
	🤖 6:07pm Ken From Hyde Park: "Romantic algorithms" ... is there a joke in there somewhere? Hoo boy.
	🤖 6:07pm Webhamster Henry: All The News That's Fit To Fake on Feb 16,2018 17:03:30 By laying out in excruciating detail the F.B.I. acknowledged on Friday that it had failed to sow political discord.
	6:07pm Commodore Vic: Read some made-band names from Botnick's AI generated Coachella line-up. That's comedy!
	6:08pm Commodore Vic: (AI generated band names)
	6:10pm geezerette: no argument. witches brew.
	6:14pm arrow apple: Beware the Industrial/Military Complex. Clay played it this AM. If someone does not mention guns about this slaughter, walk away.
	6:14pm ultradamno: I've noticed Twitter doing this too. Giving me notices that people I follow have liked something.
	6:17pm Number Six: I'm not on fb but I got a new phone and removed their preinstalled app. Within 24 hours I started getting messages saying that x number of people are looking for me on fb.
	6:17pm Switchblade Batman: Yup, FB is broken. It has been for years. Will be in the future. Eventually it'll go the way of Myspace
	🤖 6:18pm Ken From Hyde Park: Algorithm was Kurt "Chalky" Gottschalk's word of the week last Wednesday on Wake 'n' Bake.
	6:18pm queems: oh i played that art face game
	6:19pm queems: because i'm a sucker
	6:19pm Patty D: I used to get a notification on my facebook app and the only way to make it go away would be to open the App. When I would open the app I wouldn't have any actual notifications. What I did notice however was that the very first post in my feed was always a promoted post which meant I was giving it an "impression" by seeing it. Coincidence? Doubtful. P.S. love the show.
	6:21pm Chud: The Google Arts and Culture app has been around for a while... It's got a pretty good archive of high resolution scans of fine art from around the world
	🤖 6:21pm Webhamster Henry: I sent in pictures of electric sockets.
	6:22pm melinda: That selfie art thing seemed suspicious for exactly this reason.
	🤖 6:22pm Ken From Hyde Park: I applied some good ol' Techtonic skepticism and didn't send any selfies to that project.
	🤖 6:22pm Webhamster Henry: Also drawings and shots of stuffed animals.
	🤖 6:23pm Bas NL: A database of deleted stuff.. yum!
	6:23pm Chud: I'm not a fan or user of the selfie part of the app, though the algorithm they use doesn't need to send a full image back to their servers to match
	6:24pm queems: i relate to this angry guy
	🤖 6:24pm Webhamster Henry: And also, it's results ere quite poor. So it was roughly as accurate as Internet quizzes like "What Hogwarts House do you sort in?"
	🤖 6:25pm Webhamster Henry: "And also, it's results ere quite poor." <== "And also, its results were quite poor."
	6:25pm Fuzzy: Brain Candy.
	6:28pm queems: HE'S A CYBORG
	6:28pm Gooberz.jpg: Nice I just read that piece Digging the monster voice, for anonymity
	🤖 6:29pm Webhamster Henry: Hey , I'm in Pitch!
	🤖 6:29pm Ken From Hyde Park: OK, now he's sounding normal.
	🤖 6:29pm Webhamster Henry: It's a very interesting idea!
	6:32pm Gregg: The Onion was great until someone bought them and turned them into crap. I just remember the website Get Your War On. That was great too.
	6:36pm βrian: @Gregg: Amen. I'm from Madison.
	6:36pm geezerette: Yeah, GYWO was incredible! FB is a memory hole.
	6:38pm Fredericks: To "ere" is human, Webhamster.
	6:38pm Gooberz.jpg: FB isn't even a good memory hole anymore. It's absolute mind control shit now. There's no reason to be there in 2018
	6:39pm Fredericks: Also, I think Lehrer said he couldn't do satire anymore.
	6:39pm geezerette: Memory holes are not a good thing.
	6:40pm βrian: Never actually used FB; only lurked a bit to find old friends. Just seemed too creepy.
	6:40pm Gooberz.jpg: All of this shit has moved over to Instagram now; and even there, the shark has been thoroughly jumped
	6:41pm Fox: I'd like to get that quote of Facebook = Walmart to post all over FB. Is that ok?
	6:41pm βrian: Every time I drop in on instagram, I get a blank page. Then I remember to turn javascript on. That's silly.
	6:42pm el_musgo: Just deleted FACEBOOK app from my phone. FEELS GOOD!
	🤖 6:42pm Webhamster Henry: Fortunately we have the WFMU playlist chatboards as a FB alternative.
	6:43pm Gooberz.jpg: FB is at least tolerable back in the 90s
	6:43pm Fox: Is FB harmful if you only interact with humans, and not with re-posted content?
	6:43pm βrian: State-of-the-art web design these days is shite. (In my view.)
	6:43pm geezerette: You're also spending your non-refundable time. Working for them unaware and unpaid.
	🤖 6:44pm Webhamster Henry: Google + is Still There!
	6:44pm Gregg: Youtube channels that are being demonitized (like Jimmy Dore) are transitioning over to Steemit.
	6:44pm βrian: Will FB reinstall that app?
	6:45pm Fox: I remember when LiveJournal and AIM and independent messageboards was how most social networking happened. I remember thinking that the internet was a place where people were thoughtful and was meant for great written expression, increasing the literacy of the common person.
	6:45pm northguineahills: I use FB once a week to figure out shows in my new town. I have never had the phone app.
	6:45pm βrian: Some kind of open-source equivalent to FB might be interesting. Maybe Iceland could turn it's hydrothermal toward that!
	🤖 6:46pm Ken From Hyde Park: Bring back Geocities!
	6:47pm Gregg: And Hamster Dance!
	6:47pm Mark Hurst: Vulture.com article on Cuplicated - www.vulture.com...
	6:48pm βrian: My favorite browser was iCab!
	6:48pm βrian: ... if not Lynx.
	🤖 6:51pm Ken From Hyde Park: 201-KEN-WFMU
	6:51pm Phil with the phone: Call in to FABULOUS studio B with your constructive input! 201-536-9368
	6:51pm melinda: I use FB on my ipod touch without the app.
	6:52pm melinda: The Techtonic t shirt looks good.
	6:53pm dstimpf: Some phones won't even allow you to uninstall the facebook app....pretty weird.
	6:53pm ultradamno: Never been on Facebook, only use Twitter on iPad mini or home computer.
	6:54pm queems: i deleted facebook 6 years ago and never looked back. not sure if i can give up instagram, though
	🤖 6:54pm Webhamster Henry: if you have an iOS device, and you want to use the desktop (not mobile) version of a webist, like facebook, hold the "reload" button ↻ and a menu pops up that says "Request Desktop Site" and you'll be able to pick up Facebook Messages without the app. The mobile version of Facebook's website does not allow messages!
	6:55pm queems: it uses similar algorithms now though
	6:55pm queems: yepppp
	6:55pm Switchblade Batman: What about Ello?
	6:56pm Gooberz.jpg: Instagram is all algorithms and ads too. Feels exactly like FB. Same thing now
	6:56pm sufferwords: never had FB on phone- feel i have to lurk on home computer as to stay abreast of modern trends- one helpful hint i have all notifications turned off
	6:56pm melinda: I just joined Instagram and it does feel sort of facebooky.
	6:57pm queems: @melinda it used to be a lot different. it has been sliding into facebook territory more and more
	🤖 6:57pm Webhamster Henry: That's Safari's convention .. I'm not sure if other browsers do it too.
	🤖 6:57pm Ken From Hyde Park: Great, the secret's out. Apple will likely turn that feature off on the next upgrade.
	6:58pm SeanG: great show!

Techtonic with Mark Hurst: Playlist from February 19, 2018

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February 19, 2018: Matt Klinman on "how Facebook is killing comedy"

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This evening, a conversation with Matt Klinman on the effect that Facebook is having on comedy.

Links:

• How Facebook is Killing Comedy, Matt's interview with Splitsider

• Facebook Notification Has Crossed the Line (Wired, Feb 15)

• How I Cracked Facebook's New Algorithm and Tortured My Friends, by Katie Notopoulos

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- Delete social media apps from your smartphone.
- Pick up a book.
- Support independent, non-monopolist services like these alternatives and, of course, WFMU.

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Listener comments!
	6:01pm northguineahills: Techtonic platitudes, y'all...!
	6:02pm geezerette: wish it was the other way around.
	6:02pm melinda: Hi all
	🤖 6:02pm Bas NL: Hi Mark!
	6:02pm geezerette: Howdy!
	🤖 6:03pm Webhamster Henry: Hiya Mark and TechTones: in re: killing comedy, I like to quote Tom Lehrer on why he stopped writing satire: After Kissinger got the Nobel Peace Prize, you couldn't top that (words to that effect).
	6:04pm Number Six: Evening , Mark & All!
	🤖 6:04pm Ken From Hyde Park: Oh, dear ... the killer app strikes again!
	🤖 6:06pm Webhamster Henry: Is there going to be a Botnik minute on this show every week?
	🤖 6:07pm Ken From Hyde Park: "Romantic algorithms" ... is there a joke in there somewhere? Hoo boy.
	🤖 6:07pm Webhamster Henry: All The News That's Fit To Fake on Feb 16,2018 17:03:30 By laying out in excruciating detail the F.B.I. acknowledged on Friday that it had failed to sow political discord.
	6:07pm Commodore Vic: Read some made-band names from Botnick's AI generated Coachella line-up. That's comedy!
	6:08pm Commodore Vic: (AI generated band names)
	6:10pm geezerette: no argument. witches brew.
	6:14pm arrow apple: Beware the Industrial/Military Complex. Clay played it this AM. If someone does not mention guns about this slaughter, walk away.
	6:14pm ultradamno: I've noticed Twitter doing this too. Giving me notices that people I follow have liked something.
	6:17pm Number Six: I'm not on fb but I got a new phone and removed their preinstalled app. Within 24 hours I started getting messages saying that x number of people are looking for me on fb.
	6:17pm Switchblade Batman: Yup, FB is broken. It has been for years. Will be in the future. Eventually it'll go the way of Myspace
	🤖 6:18pm Ken From Hyde Park: Algorithm was Kurt "Chalky" Gottschalk's word of the week last Wednesday on Wake 'n' Bake.
	6:18pm queems: oh i played that art face game
	6:19pm queems: because i'm a sucker
	6:19pm Patty D: I used to get a notification on my facebook app and the only way to make it go away would be to open the App. When I would open the app I wouldn't have any actual notifications. What I did notice however was that the very first post in my feed was always a promoted post which meant I was giving it an "impression" by seeing it. Coincidence? Doubtful. P.S. love the show.
	6:21pm Chud: The Google Arts and Culture app has been around for a while... It's got a pretty good archive of high resolution scans of fine art from around the world
	🤖 6:21pm Webhamster Henry: I sent in pictures of electric sockets.
	6:22pm melinda: That selfie art thing seemed suspicious for exactly this reason.
	🤖 6:22pm Ken From Hyde Park: I applied some good ol' Techtonic skepticism and didn't send any selfies to that project.
	🤖 6:22pm Webhamster Henry: Also drawings and shots of stuffed animals.
	🤖 6:23pm Bas NL: A database of deleted stuff.. yum!
	6:23pm Chud: I'm not a fan or user of the selfie part of the app, though the algorithm they use doesn't need to send a full image back to their servers to match
	6:24pm queems: i relate to this angry guy
	🤖 6:24pm Webhamster Henry: And also, it's results ere quite poor. So it was roughly as accurate as Internet quizzes like "What Hogwarts House do you sort in?"
	🤖 6:25pm Webhamster Henry: "And also, it's results ere quite poor." <== "And also, its results were quite poor."
	6:25pm Fuzzy: Brain Candy.
	6:28pm queems: HE'S A CYBORG
	6:28pm Gooberz.jpg: Nice I just read that piece Digging the monster voice, for anonymity
	🤖 6:29pm Webhamster Henry: Hey , I'm in Pitch!
	🤖 6:29pm Ken From Hyde Park: OK, now he's sounding normal.
	🤖 6:29pm Webhamster Henry: It's a very interesting idea!
	6:32pm Gregg: The Onion was great until someone bought them and turned them into crap. I just remember the website Get Your War On. That was great too.
	6:36pm βrian: @Gregg: Amen. I'm from Madison.
	6:36pm geezerette: Yeah, GYWO was incredible! FB is a memory hole.
	6:38pm Fredericks: To "ere" is human, Webhamster.
	6:38pm Gooberz.jpg: FB isn't even a good memory hole anymore. It's absolute mind control shit now. There's no reason to be there in 2018
	6:39pm Fredericks: Also, I think Lehrer said he couldn't do satire anymore.
	6:39pm geezerette: Memory holes are not a good thing.
	6:40pm βrian: Never actually used FB; only lurked a bit to find old friends. Just seemed too creepy.
	6:40pm Gooberz.jpg: All of this shit has moved over to Instagram now; and even there, the shark has been thoroughly jumped
	6:41pm Fox: I'd like to get that quote of Facebook = Walmart to post all over FB. Is that ok?
	6:41pm βrian: Every time I drop in on instagram, I get a blank page. Then I remember to turn javascript on. That's silly.
	6:42pm el_musgo: Just deleted FACEBOOK app from my phone. FEELS GOOD!
	🤖 6:42pm Webhamster Henry: Fortunately we have the WFMU playlist chatboards as a FB alternative.
	6:43pm Gooberz.jpg: FB is at least tolerable back in the 90s
	6:43pm Fox: Is FB harmful if you only interact with humans, and not with re-posted content?
	6:43pm βrian: State-of-the-art web design these days is shite. (In my view.)
	6:43pm geezerette: You're also spending your non-refundable time. Working for them unaware and unpaid.
	🤖 6:44pm Webhamster Henry: Google + is Still There!
	6:44pm Gregg: Youtube channels that are being demonitized (like Jimmy Dore) are transitioning over to Steemit.
	6:44pm βrian: Will FB reinstall that app?
	6:45pm Fox: I remember when LiveJournal and AIM and independent messageboards was how most social networking happened. I remember thinking that the internet was a place where people were thoughtful and was meant for great written expression, increasing the literacy of the common person.
	6:45pm northguineahills: I use FB once a week to figure out shows in my new town. I have never had the phone app.
	6:45pm βrian: Some kind of open-source equivalent to FB might be interesting. Maybe Iceland could turn it's hydrothermal toward that!
	🤖 6:46pm Ken From Hyde Park: Bring back Geocities!
	6:47pm Gregg: And Hamster Dance!
	6:47pm Mark Hurst: Vulture.com article on Cuplicated - www.vulture.com...
	6:48pm βrian: My favorite browser was iCab!
	6:48pm βrian: ... if not Lynx.
	🤖 6:51pm Ken From Hyde Park: 201-KEN-WFMU
	6:51pm Phil with the phone: Call in to FABULOUS studio B with your constructive input! 201-536-9368
	6:51pm melinda: I use FB on my ipod touch without the app.
	6:52pm melinda: The Techtonic t shirt looks good.
	6:53pm dstimpf: Some phones won't even allow you to uninstall the facebook app....pretty weird.
	6:53pm ultradamno: Never been on Facebook, only use Twitter on iPad mini or home computer.
	6:54pm queems: i deleted facebook 6 years ago and never looked back. not sure if i can give up instagram, though
	🤖 6:54pm Webhamster Henry: if you have an iOS device, and you want to use the desktop (not mobile) version of a webist, like facebook, hold the "reload" button ↻ and a menu pops up that says "Request Desktop Site" and you'll be able to pick up Facebook Messages without the app. The mobile version of Facebook's website does not allow messages!
	6:55pm queems: it uses similar algorithms now though
	6:55pm queems: yepppp
	6:55pm Switchblade Batman: What about Ello?
	6:56pm Gooberz.jpg: Instagram is all algorithms and ads too. Feels exactly like FB. Same thing now
	6:56pm sufferwords: never had FB on phone- feel i have to lurk on home computer as to stay abreast of modern trends- one helpful hint i have all notifications turned off
	6:56pm melinda: I just joined Instagram and it does feel sort of facebooky.
	6:57pm queems: @melinda it used to be a lot different. it has been sliding into facebook territory more and more
	🤖 6:57pm Webhamster Henry: That's Safari's convention .. I'm not sure if other browsers do it too.
	🤖 6:57pm Ken From Hyde Park: Great, the secret's out. Apple will likely turn that feature off on the next upgrade.
	6:58pm SeanG: great show!

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