Recode Decode: David Marcus, VP of Messaging, Facebook

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2017

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Facebook's messaging products boss, David Marcus, talks with Recode's Kurt Wagner about how the company is trying turn its Messenger app into a hub for interactions between companies and consumers. Marcus explains what Facebook learned from last year's rollout of "bots" on the platform and why the latest tools are poised to be more useful. He also explains why Facebook is not planning to take a cut of purchases made within Messenger and how it's balancing plans to inject ads into the app with users' privacy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:54.0	Hi, I'm Cara Swisher, Executive Editor of Recode.
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1:25.0	Today, I am once again handing the reins over to Recode's senior social media editor, Kurt Wagner.
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1:32.0	He recently spoke to Facebook's head of messaging David Marcus at the company's headquarters in Silicon Valley.
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