Facebook News - Is Facebook a Better Pill Advertiser?

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News for facebook has figured out what people like. It's probably less profitable as a result of that. Twitter, by virtue of it not having an algorithm, or at least up until this point, that controls what you see in your news feed, you get to decide much more. And my suspicion is that they looked at when people presented negative news, like they presented more negative stuff on the on face book's news feed. I i realize this thought isn't entirely fully formed, but, ami starting to mno, i'm on the same page as you.

In this week’s episode we spend a good bit of time revisiting the native ads discussion, then dive into the different ways that Twitter and Facebook have handled the news this week. From there we discuss Twitter’s timeline changes, the realities of venture capital, and whether or not our entire economic system will survive the automation revolution. Yes, it gets deep quickly!

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Derek Willis: New Republican Leader Finds New Friends, and Quick Cash – New York Times
Marco Arment: I’ll Never Fly Amazon Again – Marco.org
Ben Thompson: Twitter is Great for Unprofitable News – Stratechery (members-only)
Mathew Ingram: Twitter vs. Facebook as a news source – GigaOm
Matt Buchanan: The Twitter of Tomorrow – New Yorker
Humans Need Not Apply – YouTube