The video shows a close-up of a person's hand holding a smartphone. The screen of the phone is blurred, but the word "PERIOD" is visible in large white letters. The person's thumb is shown pressing the send button on the phone. The video then shows a text message conversation between two people. The message reads, "just so you know, I'm going to be keeping a record of everything we talk about over SMS from now on." The sender of the message is identified as Matthew Honan. The video ends with the phone screen showing the message has been sent.