Is Facebook or Twitter Worse at Creating These Ideological Filter Bubbles?

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Is the social me space just full up. No more major entrance. Bhat we have is what we're going to get. And it will evolve in modest ways but the ages of a new instagram are over? I think the younow, every sort of new generation comes along and they want to be somewhere different than the generation that came before. But as i just noted, because facebook owns so much of the social advertizing market, it's very hard for a third intret to gain traction in a meaninful way. That's what i'm more concerned about.

Not only is Ben Thompson's Stratechery frequently mentioned on MR, but such is Tyler's fandom that the newsletter even made its way onto the reading list for one of his PhD courses. Ben's based in Taiwan, so when he recently visited DC, Tyler quickly took advantage of the chance for an in-person dialogue.

In this conversation they talk about the business side of tech and more, including whether tech titans are good at PR, whether conglomerate synergies exist, Amazon's foray into health care, why anyone needs an Apple Watch or an Alexa, growing up in small-town Wisconsin, his pragmatic book-reading style, whether MBAs are overrated, the prospects for the Milwaukee Bucks, NBA rule changes, the future of the tech industries in China and India, and why Taiwanese breakfast is the best breakfast.

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