E23: Two Things New Social Platforms Must Get Right From Launch

E24: Pavlov Would Be Proud: How to Stop Drooling Every Time Your Pocket Buzzes

Your attention is your most valuable and irreplaceable asset, and everybody wants a piece of it. Let’s look at a 90s Solution for a 21st-Century Problem: Escaping the Attention Trap. Read the full post and show notes at: ⁠https://pauloflaherty.com/2025/11/13/pavlov-would-be-so-proud-how-to-stop-drooling-every-time-your-pocket-buzzes/?utm_campaign=e24&utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=rss Subscribe and rate "Just The Posts with Paul O'Flaherty" on: Apple Podcasts: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/just-the-posts-with-paul-oflaherty/id1755911904⁠ Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/39mlcB7U8AvryvmETbOEbG?si=xNvhIxNeR7O-Ur2jPfjqZQ Amazon Music: ⁠https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/648c660e-ebfc-4419-9894-67df4c84bfc9/just-the-posts-with-paul-o'flaherty⁠ YouTube Podcasts: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3Gk-7xrYW2cpPXBWYU8K6MSyp50hvxx0⁠ ----- SOCIALS ----- Follow @pauloflaherty on Threads: ⁠https://www.threads.com/@pauloflaherty⁠ Follow @pauloflaherty on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PaulOFlaherty?sub_confirmation=1 Follow @pauloflaherty on Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/PaulOFlaherty⁠ Follow @pauloflaherty on Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/pauloflaherty/⁠ ----- CHAPTERS ----- 00:00 Introduction 01:27 Attention Economy 02:46 Asynchronous Communication 05:10 The Great Promise Undelivered 06:35 I want my attention back 07:40 The key 08:38 What are you missing 10:36 Recommended Reading 10:52 Outro Music used: Disappointed (Marie Vocal). Performed by ABSO for Stellar Art Wars, and is Public Domain. #technology #marketing #irish #paulof #pauloflaherty #podcast #attention #cellphones #selfhelp #smartphones Paul O'Flaherty: Consultant, Podcaster, Father, Gamer, Problem Solver, Opinionated, Sarcastic, Marketing and Business Nerd. Here to Help. Maybe.

E23: Two Things New Social Platforms Must Get Right From Launch

We are seeing a rise in the number of regional and alternative social networks to counter the old guard of Facebook, Instagram, and X. Here are the two lessons they need to learn to avoid ending up on the digital scrapheap like so many networks of the past. Read the full post and show notes at: ⁠https://pauloflaherty.com/2025/10/08/two-things-new-social-platforms-must-get-right-from-launch/?utm_campaign=e23&utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=rss Subscribe and rate "Just The Posts with Paul O'Flaherty" on: Apple Podcasts: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/just-the-posts-with-paul-oflaherty/id1755911904⁠ Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/39mlcB7U8AvryvmETbOEbG?si=xNvhIxNeR7O-Ur2jPfjqZQ Amazon Music: ⁠https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/648c660e-ebfc-4419-9894-67df4c84bfc9/just-the-posts-with-paul-o'flaherty⁠ YouTube Podcasts: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3Gk-7xrYW2cpPXBWYU8K6MSyp50hvxx0⁠ ----- SOCIALS ----- Follow @pauloflaherty on Threads: ⁠https://www.threads.com/@pauloflaherty⁠ Follow @pauloflaherty on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PaulOFlaherty?sub_confirmation=1 Follow @pauloflaherty on Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/PaulOFlaherty⁠ Follow @pauloflaherty on Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/pauloflaherty/⁠ ----- CHAPTERS ----- 00:00 Introduction 00:19 Why Local Social Networks? 01:27 Make It Easy 02:30 Make It Easy For Creators 03:20 Creators Create Everywhere 04:26 The Idealist Problem 05:22 Outro #technology #irish #paulof #pauloflaherty #podcast #socialmedia #useradoption #userexperience #growth Paul O'Flaherty: Consultant, Podcaster, Father, Gamer, Problem Solver, Opinionated, Sarcastic, Marketing and Business Nerd. Here to Help. Maybe.

E22: I Fixed Social Media

Tired of endless, unreadable Terms of Service agreements? So am I. Well, I've devised a possibly genius (and incredibly corny) solution: a mandatory sign-up delay. New users would be forced to wait for the amount of time it would take to actually read all the fine print before they can create an account. This simple change would discourage trolls and, for the first time ever, give companies a reason to write their policies in a way that people can actually understand. Read the full post and show notes at: ⁠https://pauloflaherty.com/2025/08/15/i-fixed-social-media/ Subscribe and rate "Just The Posts with Paul O'Flaherty" on: Apple Podcasts: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/just-the-posts-with-paul-oflaherty/id1755911904⁠ Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/39mlcB7U8AvryvmETbOEbG?si=xNvhIxNeR7O-Ur2jPfjqZQ Amazon Music: ⁠https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/648c660e-ebfc-4419-9894-67df4c84bfc9/just-the-posts-with-paul-o'flaherty⁠ YouTube Podcasts: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3Gk-7xrYW2cpPXBWYU8K6MSyp50hvxx0⁠ ----- SOCIALS ----- Follow @pauloflaherty on Threads: ⁠https://www.threads.com/@pauloflaherty⁠ Follow @pauloflaherty on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PaulOFlaherty?sub_confirmation=1 Follow @pauloflaherty on Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/PaulOFlaherty⁠ Follow @pauloflaherty on Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/pauloflaherty/⁠ ----- CHAPTERS ----- 00:00 Intro 00:16 The Problem With TOS 01:26 How I Fixed It 03:06 Outro #technology #marketing #irish #paulof #pauloflaherty #podcast #social media, #facebook #termsofservice, #TOS Paul O'Flaherty: Consultant, Podcaster, Father, Gamer, Problem Solver, Opinionated, Sarcastic, Marketing and Business Nerd. Here to Help. Maybe.

E21: Dear AI, It's Not You. It's Your Friends

“AI may include mistakes” is the modern “sold as is.” Hidden warnings, confident wrong answers, and hype so thick you could spread it on toast. I’m all for AI’s future, but today’s version is a cocktail of gimmicks presented with enough fanboy energy to launch Elon and Sam Altman to Mars. Read the full post and show notes at: ⁠https://pauloflaherty.com/2025/08/11/dear-ai-its-not-you-its-your-friends/ Subscribe and rate "Just The Posts with Paul O'Flaherty" on: Apple Podcasts: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/just-the-posts-with-paul-oflaherty/id1755911904⁠ Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/39mlcB7U8AvryvmETbOEbG?si=xNvhIxNeR7O-Ur2jPfjqZQ Amazon Music: ⁠https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/648c660e-ebfc-4419-9894-67df4c84bfc9/just-the-posts-with-paul-o'flaherty⁠ YouTube Podcasts: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3Gk-7xrYW2cpPXBWYU8K6MSyp50hvxx0⁠ ----- SOCIALS ----- Follow @pauloflaherty on Threads: ⁠https://www.threads.com/@pauloflaherty⁠ Follow @pauloflaherty on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PaulOFlaherty?sub_confirmation=1 Follow @pauloflaherty on Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/PaulOFlaherty⁠ Follow @pauloflaherty on Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/pauloflaherty/⁠ ----- CHAPTERS ----- 00:00 Intro 00:19 Just Not Your Friends 01:21 Fine Print 02:51 They Know Better 03:27 Potential Vs. Hype 03:54 Outro #technology #marketing #irish #paulof #pauloflaherty #podcast #ai #artificialintelligence #hype #podcast #fanboy Paul O'Flaherty: Consultant, Podcaster, Father, Gamer, Problem Solver, Opinionated, Sarcastic, Marketing and Business Nerd. Here to Help. Maybe.

E20 - 8 Inches Wide and 1 Inch Deep: The Problem With AI

Ever wonder why AI, the supposed pinnacle of technological achievement, still can't do your taxes without messing them up, but it's totally ready to replace human artists? I'm asking why general AI is less of a genius and more of a really wide, really shallow puddle. Forget the doomsayers and the productivity / tech-bro cheerleaders - let's talk about why AI is being shoved into every corner imaginable, even when it's objectively terrible at it. If you're as confused as I am about this whole "AI revolution," then buckle up. Read the full post and show notes at: ⁠https://pauloflaherty.com/2025/07/09/8-inches-wide-and-1-inch-deep-the-problem-with-ai/ Subscribe and rate "Just The Posts with Paul O'Flaherty" on: Apple Podcasts: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/just-the-posts-with-paul-oflaherty/id1755911904⁠ Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/39mlcB7U8AvryvmETbOEbG?si=xNvhIxNeR7O-Ur2jPfjqZQ Amazon Music: ⁠https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/648c660e-ebfc-4419-9894-67df4c84bfc9/just-the-posts-with-paul-o'flaherty⁠ YouTube Podcasts: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3Gk-7xrYW2cpPXBWYU8K6MSyp50hvxx0⁠ ----- SOCIALS ----- Follow @pauloflaherty on Threads: ⁠https://www.threads.com/@pauloflaherty⁠ Follow @pauloflaherty on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PaulOFlaherty?sub_confirmation=1 Follow @pauloflaherty on Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/PaulOFlaherty⁠ Follow @pauloflaherty on Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/pauloflaherty/⁠ ----- CHAPTERS ----- 00:00 Introduction 00:19 Why is AI everywhere? 01:18 Pucker Up 01:42 Emotional Audiobooks 02:59 Better Than Humans? 03:39 Hiding in Plain Sight 06:21 Not a specialist 07:21 Smash-up Mash-up 08:47 Think of it like 09:09 Outro #technology #marketing #irish #paulof #pauloflaherty #podcast #ai #artificialintelligence #llm #productivity Paul O'Flaherty: Consultant, Podcaster, Father, Gamer, Problem Solver, Opinionated, Sarcastic, Marketing and Business Nerd. Here to Help. Maybe.