Episode 095 | The Social Dilemma. Figuring it out with Nelly Yusupova | Free and Figuring It Out
This week we are delighted to welcome on to the show guest Nelly Yusupova.
A CTO, start-up tech advisor, and the creator of TechSpeak for Entrepreneurs, Nelly was recently included in Fast Company’s, “League of Extraordinary Women” and has been at the forefront of the women’ s movement online since 1999.
A Wall Street Journal’s “Woman on the IT Fast Track”, Nelly is a speaker and presenter for many organizations and major industries events including BlogHer & Social Media Jungle. She has been featured in and on media such as INC Magazine, NBC Today Show and TechRepublic.
In this interview filled with brilliant insight and great advice we discuss...
The start of the social web; web 1.0, flat web pages (no comments or videos!) and the amplification of self-expression (4.15)
The beginning of the beast; addiction, ease of gaining data and the effects on mental health (10.0)
Advice on how to break these bad habits and why the Smartphone become the abliser (13.0)
Notifications and making tech work for you (17.0)
Total Information Awareness Project; how we freely gave up our data but would not give it to the government (21.0)
If the product is free, you are the product (26.0)
How social media has evolved - they tapped into a psychological need to compare each other “The more you see, the more you share” (28.0)
How to take back control (30.0)
Using it professionally over personally (34.0)
Algorithms and manipulated feeds (36.0)
We have the power! (39.0)
Free is never free; why we should support paying for Facebook (40.0)
Round Up “We are in control of our own privacy. Mindfully and intentional decide what we are going to do and how we are going to do it.” (45.0)
We finish the interview by asking Nelly our quick fire guest questions!
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Charelle Griffith, 32, is a marketing strategist for coaches and consultants, and founder of PropelHer, a personal development blog and book club. She lives in London, dates men and has been single for 5 years (except for a summer romance in 2018). Connect with Charelle on Instagram.
Verity Brown, 34, is a northerner and the founder of The Authentic DatA Revolution and is currently living in the Lake District, UK. She is bisexual, was single for 3.5 years and is in a relationship with a woman. Connect with Verity on Instagram.