When Facebook lied about video views and destroyed the online content industry (feat off topic rambling)

Author: John Dylan Gott Hastings
Published: Tue 18 Jul 2023
Episode Link: https://shows.acast.com/john-and-dylan-online/episodes/64b1945379e40e00117d4241

Comedians John Hastings and Dylan Gott talk about how Facebook lied about video views and almost destroyed College Humor, Funny or Die, Cracked.com, and a ton more! Plus we ramble on about MC Hammer, QAnon, Being a comedian, CNN, Howard Stern, and a visual gag that only makes sense if you watch the episode on YouTube

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Here are some links to the research we did for the show!

Matt Klinman tweet

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/10/was-the-medias-big-pivot-to-video-all-based-on-a-lie

https://techcrunch.com/2015/11/04/facebook-video-views/

https://www.theringer.com/2018/3/26/17157020/online-comedy-the-onion-funny-or-die-digital-media

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-facebook-hackers-gaming-its-video-algorithm

https://www.cracked.com/article_26088_dark-secrets-facebook-doesnt-want-you-to-know.html

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/10/facebook-driven-video-push-may-have-cost-483-journalists-their-jobs/573403/