Slightly Drunk & Extremely Online Podcast Slightly Drunk & Extremely Online Podcast

Colin talks with Francesc Aran about recent events in Catalonia and how the Spanish and state governments used the Internet and technology to litigate the call for independence.

Colin, Mike, and Carl talk about Bitcoin, blockchain, and how online communities have shaped, and been shaped by the cryptocurrency craze.

Colin, Ty, and Carl talk about self-policing communities online. Bourbon enthusiasts selling fake bottles, marathon and cycling cheaters being outed on Strava, and honor among the drug dealers of the Dark Web.

Colin, AK, and Carl talk Facebook's Suggested Friends algorithm, why it's problematic and what the company can do to fix privacy concerns. The pod focuses on Kashmir Hill's series of articles about how Facebook determines people you may know, and how their quest for user engagement has created serious privacy issues among their users.

Colin, Sara, and Mike talk about how content creators and bots have learned to game YouTube's video algorithms, and the rise of increasingly extreme content on YouTube showing children disturbing videos.

Colin and Sara talk Library Twitter. Living the #librarylife, posting cat and sweater pictures, yearning for free and open sharing of information, and generally being nice to one another.