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Episode 137 — Addicted to Facebook

Exponent

Ben Thompson / James Allworth

Technology

4.6832 Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2018

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Ben and James discuss Facebook’s algorithm change, the difference between Facebook and Snapchat, and what the company’s motivations might be. Presented by WordPress.com: Get 15% off on a new site by visiting WordPress.com/Exponent. 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 … Continue reading Episode 137 — Addicted to Facebook

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0:00.0

Hi, James. Ben, how are you? I'm doing okay. How are you? I'm good. Back on the other side of the

0:06.2

Pacific Ocean, uh, kind of enjoying the San Francisco weather again after a dose of 40 degree

0:13.2

slash 100, high 90s, 100 degree Fahrenheit weather in Sydney. It's kind of nice being in a

0:19.6

city that's a little bit cooler.

0:21.5

I think that's the first time someone said they're enjoying San Francisco weather.

0:24.6

So another first for Exponent.

0:28.0

Yeah, yeah, something like that.

0:29.7

And I have my mic stand again too, so no more dropping the mic this week.

0:33.8

Well, I guess there's pluses and minuses to everything.

0:38.3

Yeah, true.

0:39.5

There's a theme.

0:41.0

So our thanks to WordPress.com for sponsoring Exponent, as they do every week.

0:46.4

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0:54.7

You don't need experience. They guide you through the process from start to finish and take care of the

0:57.7

technical side of your site up and running. Their customer support team is made up of WordPress

1:00.9

experts, eager to help you get the most from your site, and they're available to help 24 hours a day,

1:05.5

Monday through Friday and weekends. I think that, just to say seven days a week. Yeah, I know. I've been wondering about

1:11.1

that since they've been a sponsor. Plans start at just $4 per month and all plans include a custom

1:16.6

domain name for the life of the plan. Go to WordPress.com slash exponent to get 15% off your

1:22.2

website today. That's WordPress.com slash exponent. Our thanks to WordPress.com for sponsoring exponent.

1:30.3

Indeed. Thank you, guys. So uh wrote about a new topic this week wait uber again i think i believe we have now used this uh this intro every

1:38.0

for the like the last three episodes about facebook but alas alas what are you going to do? There was, Facebook made a algorithm,

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