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A podcast about the things we consume online and our relationship to the world wild web, hosted by Melissa Eshaghbeigi, find her online at @eshaghbeigi @closingmytabs

Send me the link Melissa Eshaghbeigi

    • Society & Culture

A podcast about the things we consume online and our relationship to the world wild web, hosted by Melissa Eshaghbeigi, find her online at @eshaghbeigi @closingmytabs

    the overexposure of our personal lives

    the overexposure of our personal lives

    Questioning the balance between living in the moment and the digital urge to document everything. Closing My Tabs on Freya India's substack article "You don't need to document everything."

    • 6 min
    I am starting to regret my wifi tattoo

    I am starting to regret my wifi tattoo

    And we're back. Well. Melissa is. New year, new intentions, same ragrets. A little moment of reflection as we enter the new year. I and everyone around me, we're all just, like, realizing things.

    • 12 min
    social media is in its flop era

    social media is in its flop era

    Hello hello after a little time off we are back and discussing...everything. In this episode, Melissa and Paul chat through the current state of social and discuss everything from Threads to the writer's strike to how Canadians will no longer have access to news content on Facebook and Instagram. Gang gang! Ice cream! What a time to be alive!



    Links for clicking


    Canadians will no longer have access to news content on Facebook and Instagram: https://bit.ly/3Kl9vGY




    Move fast and beat Musk: The inside story of how Meta built Threads: https://bit.ly/3Qi83Ji




    Jonah Hill’s Alleged Text Messages: https://bit.ly/3OiXl2H

    • 57 min
    tiktok is melting my brain: problematic social media use

    tiktok is melting my brain: problematic social media use

    Are we depressed or are we too online? In this episode, Melissa and Paul get real about their complicated relationship with social media. They discuss PSMU (problematic social media use) and challenge themselves to climb out of the deep dark algorithmic rabbit role they've made careers out of. Mindfulness! Digital Detoxes! Mental Wellbeing! It's healing season, baby.

    • 34 min
    live, laugh, LinkedIn: why the culture of LinkedIn sucks

    live, laugh, LinkedIn: why the culture of LinkedIn sucks

    In this episode of "Send Me the Link," PK Lawton and Melissa Eshaghbeigi explore the world of LinkedIn, examining its benefits and drawbacks as well as any potential risks. They draw attention to the platform's problematic culture, which is disproportionately geared toward men and does not take racial or gender identity into account. By showing examples of the "worst of LinkedIn," they show how harassment and misreading of signals can happen. The podcast also critiques the lack of critical analysis of LinkedIn culture, leading to potentially negative consequences. Join them as they navigate the complexities of professional networking on LinkedIn.

    • 28 min
    deinfluencing: #tartedubai, mascaragate & north korea

    deinfluencing: #tartedubai, mascaragate & north korea

    From the #tartedubai influencer trip to Mikayla Noguiera's lashlighting controversy all the way to North Korea, in this episode Paul and Melissa talk about the current state and future of the influencer economy. 



    Read:
    - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/dec/01/break-the-internet-by-olivia-yallop-review-the-anxiety-of-influence
    - https://twitter.com/RobertFreundLaw/status/1619157205328207872

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    • 40 min

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