Episode 137 — Addicted to Facebook

Ben and James discuss Facebook’s algorithm change, the difference between Facebook and Snapchat, and what the company’s motivations might be.

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Links

• Ben Thompson: Facebook’s Motivations — Stratechery
• Ben Thompson: Mobile Makes Facebook Just an App; That’s Great News — Stratechery
• Ben Thompson: Facebook and the Feed — Stratechery
• Ben Thompson: Facebook, Phones, and Phonebooks — Stratechery
• Ben Thompson: Popping the Publishing Bubble — Stratechery
• Ben Thompson: Defining Aggregators — Stratechery
• Tyler Cowen: A Simple Theory of Moore’s Law and Social Media — Marginal Revolution
• Farhad Manjoo: It’s Time for Apple to Build a Less Addictive iPhone — New York Times

Hosts

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

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