FIR #207: About That Bonus... - a podcast by The FIR Podcast Network Everything Feed

The May installment of The Hobson & Holtz Report includes reports on these stories:



* Research finds that fear is sometimes a great way to influence people’s behavior.

* A train company emailed employees they were getting a bonus. It turned out to be a cybersecurity test.

* Should brands and marketers pay attention to BitClout?

* What, exactly, is the hybrid model that is likely to define the future of work?

* Employee activism is taking a number of forms. The employee exodus from Basecamp is one of the latest.

* Prepare yourself for the changes in travel

* Dan York reports on social audio as Clubhouse releases an Android app, Twitter launches Spaces for everyone with more than 600 followers, and Facebook pivots into audio. Also: Instagram and YouTube updates, and Automattic’s acquisition of CC Search.



Our FIR recording sessions are now being streamed live, because why not? We already stream it in order to capture a backup recording on YouTube; we’ve just been making these restricted streams. We have decided to make them public so you can watch and comment. Our next recording is Saturday, June 12 at noon ET. You’ll see our pre-recording conversation as well as seeing how the sausage gets made. Watch live here.

(You can watch the video of the making of this episode, though it’s clearly too late to share comments we can read right into the show.)

We are hosting an FIR Communicators Zoom Chat each Thursday during the stay-at-home period at 1 p.m. ET. For credentials needed to participate, contact Shel or Neville directly or request the credentials in our Facebook group or send an email to fircomments@gmail.com.

Special thanks to Jay Moonah for the opening and closing music.

You can find the stories from which Shel’s FIR content is selected at Shel’s Link Blog. Neville’s link blog, Outbox, is available, as well.

Links from This Month’s Episode



* FIR Interview with “Digital Pivot” author Eric Schwartzman

* Fear Is the Key to Convincing Residents to Evacuate Before a Storm

* Train firm’s ‘worker bonus’ email is fake: it’s actually a cybersecurity test

* A Train Company Told 2,500 Staff They Were Getting A Bonus – But It Was Actually A Cybersecurity Test

* Twitter thread on the train cybersecurity kerfuffle with Rachel Miller

* Rail staff falsely promised bonus in cyber security exercise

* Why BitClout Is the Platform Brands and Marketers Must Watch

* Crypto social network BitClout arrives with a bevy of high-profile investors — and skeptics

* How Bitclout Aims To Let People Bet On Twitt...

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