Quite Frankly Ep. 68: Rumble & the Death of Social Media, AI Romance & Dream Stories
Frankie Val goes solo for a self described grab bag night, just him and what he calls the molten core of his audience. He opens on Rumble landing WWE Main Event and turns it into a lament for what social media used to be, back when authenticity and consistency beat paying to boost a post into an algorithm that no longer serves the creators who built real bonds.
From there it wanders happily. A viral South Korean dating show about human AI romance (Frankie is unimpressed, noting people have loved inanimate objects forever), his blunt disgust at the mRNA fast tracking victory laps out of the UN…
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