Welcome back to The Howard Lindzon Show.

Howard’s back with week two of the finger—now officially nicknamed “Pointy”—and we’re getting closer to the big reveal at the Cashtag Awards on May 4 at the New York Stock Exchange, where voting is wrapping up. Think: finance’s version of the ESPYs—awards, laughs, Nathan McIntosh, Polymarket as sponsor, and a room full of market people.

Then we get into the heavy stuff. Howard’s Sunday blog line hits hard: “We were promised Web3.0 and all we got was deglobalization, degeneracy, and slop.” The point isn’t just crypto disappointment—it’s the bigger shift: while the world was chasing NFTs and decentralization narratives, AI was quietly building in labs and now the entire “web” experience is changing. If you’re 15 or 20, the internet is TikTok and a chatbot—you don’t “surf the web” anymore.

From there: X as a “freak show,” algorithmic timelines rewarding garbage, the uncomfortable truth that negativity sells, and why people are migrating toward niche communities and group chats for signal over noise. Howard explains why StockTwits benefits from this shift—real-time streams, people talking to people, and no algorithm propping up the loudest “Cat Turd” equivalent.

We close on a rare optimistic note: good work still wins. In a world of giants, small teams can drill into one pain point, build something real, and get rewarded.

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Chapters

00:05 - Intro + “Pointy” finger nickname update