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I watched the movie “The Social Network” the other day. I could say I was pleasantly surprised but I wasn’t. The movie was good, don’t get me wrong. I was just surprised at how the website “Facebook” was born. Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in the United States or the world, like it really matters which.

The thing that disappointed me most is how his best friend was ousted from the company. That was just not right. When I first heard that the movie was basically about the two parties who were suing Mark I really thought it was just because they may have been jealous of what he was accomplishing. Boy was I wrong. I know when a movie is made there is probably some dramatics added. For example; When Sean Parker (cofounder of Napster) throws a check in Eduardo’s face and has him removed from the “Facebook” office. Sean recently said that this is not true. He also said it was not true about the cocaine arrest that got him removed from the Facebook Corporation. That part is easily checked as arrest records are public record. I myself did not check because it is just not that important to me.

I have gotten way ahead of myself because I am assuming that everyone has seen this movie. It is actually a good movie. The actor Jesse Eisenberg who portrays Mark Zuckerberg did a flawless job. He was very good. Andrew Garfield plays Eduardo Saverin who was Mark’s best friend was also very good. If Mark was portrayed accurately by Eisenberg than Mark should have been grateful to actually have a real friend. He is not very pleasant. Actually Jesse Eisenberg played Zuckerberg as rather cocky. At least I thought so.

Facebook started in only colleges after Zuckerberg stole the idea from some fellow students who hired him to write the script/code for the website. Mark Zuckerberg did write the code but just went live himself, with Eduardo’s money, without including the students who came up with the idea. The difference between what was “The Facebook” and sites like Friendster or My Space was that it was exclusive to college students. It started in Harvard and expanded to other schools. I believe that is how it spread so quickly. It does not tell us when they opened up to the public. They opened the site to more and more colleges so students could stay in contact and share photos, etc. I personally do not see a difference between Face Book and My Space, other than the game apps. Now that is a good idea. You can upload pictures on just about any social networking site. Yes, including ours. We have a whole Gallery of pictures. Anyway back to the movie.

I am going to skip over a lot of the details. Lets first bring in Sean Parker who is played by Justin Timberlake. Justin is a pretty good actor if I do say so. He did a fine job. Sean Parker (Timberlake) is not nice either. He made and lost a lot of money when he co founded Napster. He did contribute to the company but screwed over Eduardo in the process. Even if they brought in Sean there is no reason for what they did to Eduardo. Obviously if Zuckerberg is a billionaire there was plenty of money to go around. Parker had some contacts that Eduardo did not have since he was involved with Napster. That in my opinion did not give a reason to oust Eduardo. Especially by blind siding him and screwing him over royally. That is not a true friend. Of course Mark Zuckerberg can buy all the friends that he wants. I sure do not want friends that way. I hope he has learn some lessons and knows what having a true friend means.

That is the basics. I am going to skip to the part where Mark settles both law suits and pays out a boat load of money. The students that sued him for stealing their idea received 65 million dollars. I think they can live with that. Eduardo received an undisclosed amount which you know had to be over 65 million. He also got his name back up on the site as co founder. He deserves it.

I would recommend watching this movie. I really enjoyed it. It may not be as exciting as an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie but it kept my attention.

Debbie
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