Stayin' Alive in Tech

It's hard to believe, but the internet didn't always have teams of people and algorithms to keep us safe. As Vinton Cerf, one of the creators of internet protocols, put it: "We didn't focus on how you could wreck this system intentionally." Larry Friedberg was one of eBay's first Trust and Safety employees and came to define the profession. He's here to help us understand what good Trust and Safety looks like as we ask ourselves what Facebook might have done differently if they'd learned the lessons of the past.

LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

• Larry's post on the 3 pillars of trust and safety
• Designing your resolution room
• The Surprising Thing About Trust, by Seth Godin

MUSICAL INSPIRATION FOR THIS EPISODE ON SPOTIFY:

"The Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats

ABOUT THIS PODCAST

Stayin' Alive in Tech is an oral history of Silicon Valley and technology. Melinda Byerley, the host, is a 20-year veteran of Silicon Valley and the founder of Timeshare CMO, a digital marketing intelligence firm, based in San Francisco.

We really appreciate your reviews, shares on social media, and your recommendations for future guests. And check out our Spotify playlist for all the songs we refer to on our show.

Owen Thomas, Business Editor of The San Francisco Chronicle, discusses his career, starting at Suck.com. We'll explore the origins of Suck.com and its outsize impact on digital media; as well as how today's tone of tech media coverage was impacted by Suck.com.

LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

• Owen recommends anything by Polly Esther (Heather Havrilesky), but this is the article on straight dating mentioned in this episode.
• Ana Marie Cox snarks on Burning Man in the days of dial up, long before it was cool to do it on Twitter.
• The proof CNN's Jake Tapper was a "Suckster"—and his unforgettable screen name.

MUSICAL INSPIRATION FOR THIS EPISODE ON SPOTIFY:

"Dirty Laundry" by Don Henley

ABOUT THIS PODCAST

Stayin' Alive in Tech is an oral history of Silicon Valley and technology. Melinda Byerley, the host, is a 20-year veteran of Silicon Valley and the founder of Timeshare CMO, a digital marketing intelligence firm, based in San Francisco.

We really appreciate your reviews, shares on social media, and your recommendations for future guests. And check out our Spotify playlist for all the songs we refer to on our show.

There are so many great tech podcasts focused on the future.

So I'm doing something different - and that's talking about Silicon Valley's past. There are many lessons to be learned from our past that not only explain how we got here, but also provide clues as to where we're going.