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Why'd You Push That Button?

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Why'd You Push That Button?

Vox Media Podcast Network

Society & Culture, Arts, Technology, Design

4.4683 Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2019

⏱️ 1 minutes

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Summary

A new season of Why’d You Push That Button? is coming May 15th! Ashley Carman of The Verge and Kaitlyn Tiffany of The Goods by Vox will explore more of the tiny decisions that technology forces us to make, like why iPhone users judge people with green bubbles in iMessage; why people use anonymous online accounts; and why anyone would promote a tweet. Also, in a special three-part series, Ashley and Kaitlyn will explore the choices we have to make when it comes to death and the internet. Subscribe to get new episodes every Wednesday! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Caitlin, what's going to happen to your tweets when you die?

0:03.3

Really weird thing for you to ask me.

0:05.0

Someone, person to be determined, will present my death certificate to Twitter,

0:08.4

receive the rights to my tweets, and then put them in a book.

0:10.7

I'd buy that book.

0:12.1

Hi, I'm Ashley Carmen of The Verge.

0:15.0

And I'm Caitlin Tiffany of The Goods Buy Box.

0:17.9

And we are the host of Why'd You Push That Button,

0:20.5

a show where we confront the decisions

0:22.3

that technology forces us to make.

0:24.5

And good news.

0:25.5

We're back with a new season starting May 15th.

0:28.8

This season, we'll be tackling topics like why people slide into DMs.

0:33.5

I'm sliding into DMs of different, like, influencers all the time.

0:37.4

Why people run anonymous accounts. As an artist, it's also kind of fun to... I'm sliding into DMs of different, like, influencers all the time.

0:39.5

Why people run anonymous accounts.

0:44.7

As an artist, it's also kind of fun to, like, have this character that's me, but also not me.

0:48.9

And why iPhone users judge people who have green bubbles in iMessage.

0:50.6

That one is specifically about Ashley.

0:55.3

Plus, we will also have a special mini series about death online. I mean, there eventually will be more dead people on Facebook than living people. Listen to why'd you push that

0:59.8

button every Wednesday on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or in your favorite podcast app, and subscribe

1:05.5

for free to get our new episodes automatically. We'll see you later. Bye.

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