Episode 073 — Get Off My Lawn!

Ben and James discuss how Snapchat has built it’s product so effectively, the narcissist in all of us, and the structure of social around the world.

Links

• Ben Thompson: Snapchat’s Ladder — Stratechery
• Ben Thompson: Old-Fashioned Snapchat — Stratechery
• Snapchat’s Updated Policies Hint at Bigger Search, Ad Ambitions — MarketingLand
• “The Snarkie” — Twitter
• Ben Thompson: The Multitudes of Social — Stratechery
• Alex Muir: Facebook is the New Excel — AlexMuir.com
• WeChat Payments Rocket as China’s Tencent Rides Gaming Wave — Reuters
• Ben Thompson: Snapchat Follow-up; WeChat, Facebook Messenger, and iMessage — Stratechery Daily Update

After-show:

• Ben Thompson: Services, Not Devices — Stratechery
• Ben Thompson: It’s Time to Split Up Microsoft — Stratechery

Hosts

• Ben Thompson, @benthompson, Stratechery
• James Allworth, @jamesallworth, Harvard Business Review

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