DON'T READ THE COMMENTS

I have long had a theory: Podcast hosts are hard to troll. Not because we’re so delightful, although we are. It’s structural. There’s no comment box in the iTunes feed. You have to go to iTunes on your computer, leave a review. It takes commitment.

On Facebook and Twitter, though, the hate comes easy. Including some directed at Dylan Marron. A grandmother in North Dakota saying he deserved to die. The teenager calling him the most pathetic human being he’d ever seen. At first, Dylan was shaken. Then he was curious. So he started calling these people. And Conversations With People Who Hate Me was born.

THE CALL IS COMING FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE
 

READING 

• Facebook is creating a version of Messenger just for kids, and is braced for a "skeptical — if not outright hostile — response." (NY Times)
• Huh, the companies with the most cash parked overseas seem to be oddly clustered in one industry. (Axios)
• The FCC's plans to dismantle net neutrality and greenlight a tiered internet are moving ahead fast. (Ars Technica)
• Rough month for digital media. Layoffs at Buzzfeed. Mashable sold for a quarter of its valuation. (Fast Company, Bloomberg)

PEOPLE WHO DON'T HATE ME