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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