The Gillmor Gang take the edge off of a slow week with a relaxed conversation about Instagram and Twitter direct messages, online anonymity, its effects on the brain, and Google's reasons for cacheing Gmail images. Occasionally Farber disappears to throw another log on the fire. The Gillmor Gang with John Taschek, Keith Teare, Dan Farber, and Steve Gillmor was recorded live Friday, December 13, 2013.

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