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by David Kirkpatrick


  Draper Fisher Jurvetson, 120

  Drucker, Peter, 136

  Dublin, 285

  Dylan, Bob, 233

  Dyson, Esther, 12

  eBay, 9, 48, 53, 88, 220

  e-condoms, 295

  Edelman Digital, 264

  Efrusy, Kevin, 115, 116–21, 122, 124, 130, 133, 134, 135, 215

  Egypt, 8, 280, 289, 291

  Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), 201, 208–9, 233, 309

  Eliot, T. S., 49

  Ellison, Nicole, 68

  El-Maayirgy, Sherry, 280

  email, 16, 67, 188, 274

  engagement ads, 260–61

  eUniverse, 75

  Evans, Katherine, 211

  Evite.com, 216

  Evolution of God, The (Wright), 202

  f8 event, 222–25, 226, 227, 228, 231, 245

  Facebook:

  Accel’s meetings and deal with, 117–18, 119–20, 124–26, 129, 130, 143, 146–47, 170, 183, 318, 320, 322, 323

  advertising on, 37–38, 42, 43, 44, 55, 60, 61–62, 101–3, 109–10, 111–12, 132, 139–43, 177–79, 221, 232, 235, 237, 246, 255, 256–68, 270–73, 307

  American values and, 278–80

  amount of content on, 11–12

  board of, 125–26, 138, 146–48, 236, 320–21; see also specific board members

  capital of, 42, 62, 63, 86

  chat on, 219

  as circumscribed to university students, 84, 88, 91–92, 100, 149–50

  company cars of, 57, 98

  company “pages” on, 246

  complaints about, 165–66, 189–195, 196, 197, 201, 249, 304, 308–10

  conventional media and, 295–98

  corporations and, 298–301

  Courses application on, 226

  customer support requests to, 132–33

  data centers of, 225–26, 285

  early college-based growth of, 32–33, 34–39, 88, 89, 92, 94, 100, 101, 110–11, 140, 149–51, 179

  Emerson Street office of, 117–18, 121, 129, 130–31, 151

  exhibitionism and, 13

  in expansion beyond colleges, 98, 149–51

  expenditures of, 55, 59

  “fans” on, 246, 310

  friending on, 12–13, 14, 30, 32, 33, 34, 61, 92, 100, 173, 181, 193–94, 297, 312–13

  Frisson party for, 103–4

  frivolous gatherings organized on, 8

  games on, 9, 228–30, 283

  glitches in code of, 132

  Google’s advertising talks with, 238–39, 242

  Google’s desire to buy, 54, 326

  groups on, 3–6, 7, 8–9, 93, 151, 189–92, 211, 263–64, 288, 289, 290, 294

  growth chart of, 111

  hiring and recruitment by, 47, 105, 106, 116, 129, 130–31, 132–34, 135, 138, 157–58, 165–66, 175, 188, 251–54, 256

  housing subsidy offered to employees of, 137

  human resources rating system at, 255

  imitations of, 101, 171, 282, 284–85, 334

  immaturity at, 128, 133, 198

  incorporations of, 41, 53, 62–63, 99

  inspiration for, 28–29

  intellectual property theft accusation and lawsuit against, 40–41, 65, 66, 80–85, 97, 173

  internal communication issues in, 162–64

  investments in, 9–10, 30, 38, 41, 42–44, 53–54, 59, 62, 63, 86, 87–88, 89, 94, 107–27, 129, 130, 183, 232, 236, 244, 246, 284–85, 318, 322–23

  invitations on, 216–17

  launch of, 29–33, 34, 77, 78, 79

  logo of, 30, 145

  marketing with, 9, 15, 116

  Microsoft’s ad deal with, 178, 179, 235–37, 239, 242–46, 249, 255, 257–58, 261, 273, 326–27

  Microsoft’s desire to purchase, 239–42, 285

  Mini-Feed on, 189, 220, 303

  on mobile devices, 316

  MySpace’s interest in buying, 138–39, 153

  name change of, 145

  News Feed on, see News Feed

  number of members of, 9, 16, 17, 30–31, 34, 35, 39, 59, 64, 86, 90, 92, 103, 110–11, 131, 151, 153, 177, 196, 197, 227, 250, 261, 267, 270–71, 303, 309, 311, 320, 329, 334

  offers to buy, 11, 41, 54, 182–87, 195–98, 239–42, 285, 326

  office routine at, 49–54

  open registration on, 172, 184, 185, 195, 196–98

  ownership of, 9–10, 34, 40, 62–63, 87–90, 94, 95, 96, 112, 113, 124, 126, 147–48, 170, 184, 269, 321, 322

  Palo Alto house of, 44, 51, 52, 54–56, 63, 64–65, 86, 94–95

  photos on, 33, 99, 153–57, 180, 194, 205, 206, 210, 216–17, 220, 227, 280, 302

  platform strategy for, 11, 215–16, 217–34, 262–63, 278, 302, 305–7

  “poke” option on, 32, 91, 92, 138, 173

  political activism on, 2–6, 7, 8, 15, 192, 288, 289–95

  possible IPO of, 321–22

  private messaging on, 324

  purpose of, 12

  rambunctious reputation of, 129

  recession and, 272

  redesign of, 303, 311

  registering of, 26

  relationship status on, 194, 205–6

  as replacement for address book, 93–94

  returning users of, 111, 118

  revenue of, 11, 41, 42, 43, 62, 101–2, 110, 112, 159, 170, 178, 232, 262, 273

  romantic options on, 32, 91

  salaries at, 59, 106

  sales offices of, 271

  Saverin’s differences with team at, 59–63, 64, 65, 89, 126

  in self-promotion to developers, 222–25

  servers used for, 29–30, 38, 57–58, 59, 63, 86, 87, 94, 132, 156, 175, 225, 256, 285, 325

  shopping on, 316–17

  simplicity of, 11, 61, 64, 82, 100, 144–45, 153–54, 276

  software used by, 58–59

  speed of, 58

  stock of, 89–90, 106, 112, 113, 124–25, 133, 147–48, 236, 269, 305, 321, 322

  tagging photos on, 154, 155, 156, 157, 212

  timing of, 39

  translation of, 16, 243, 275, 277, 282, 286, 302

  transparency of, 14–15, 200, 202–203, 204–6, 207, 210–11, 214, 287–88, 319, 323

  as trusted company, 209, 329–30

  unorthodox computer code of, 132

  user time spent on, 92–93, 108, 274

  as “utility,” 144, 159, 160

  valuations of, 43, 89–90, 95, 110, 121, 124, 126, 161, 168, 170, 174, 183, 184, 236, 239, 240, 244, 256, 267, 319, 322–23

  Viacom’s desire to purchase, 113, 125, 159–60, 162, 164, 166–67, 168–71, 182

  work networks at, 172–74, 185

  WTI’s loans to, 95–96, 112–13

  Yahoo’s desire to purchase, 182–87, 195–98

  see also privacy

  Facebook Ads, 247–48, 250, 255, 258–59

  Facebook API, 219

  Facebook Blog, 332

  Facebook Connect, 234, 251, 305–7, 314, 328, 335

  Facebook credits, 262–63, 329

  Facebook Fridays, 299

  Facebook Global Monitors, 16, 275, 283, 328

  “Facebook Is … Fostering Political Engagement: A Study of Online Social Networking Groups and Offline Participation,” 293

  Facebook Lite, 317

  Facebook Open Stream API, 314–15

  Facebook phone, 282

  Facebook Principles, 309

  Facelift project, 144–45

  Facemash, 23–25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 80, 82, 158

  Fake, Caterina, 213

  Fanbase, 306

  Fanning, Shawn, 46, 48

  Farmville, 229–30, 283

  Favreau, Jon, 204, 205

  Federal Trade Commission, 208–9, 249

  Fenton, Peter, 115, 116, 117

  Fetterman, Dave, 175, 219, 220

  50 Cent, 138

  Fight Club, 143

  Filo, Jeff, 216

  FIOS, 297, 298

  First Amendment, 211

  Fleischer, Ari, 294


  Flickr, 115–16, 153, 213

  Fluff Friends, 228

  flyers, 102–3, 111

  Food Fight, 228

  Fortune, 10, 11, 166, 199, 206, 222, 249

  Foursquare, 306

  Fox, 153

  Fragodt, Anikka, 274, 283

  France, 16

  Freeloader, 48, 73

  Freston, Tom, 160, 168, 169

  Friedman, Thomas, 7

  FriendFeed, 304, 317

  Friendster, 28, 29, 31, 70–72, 73, 75–76, 84, 85, 92

  in Asia, 282, 283

  Facebook’s borrowing from, 27

  investments in, 46, 51, 71, 72, 88, 112, 115

  success as curse to, 52, 58, 71–72, 74, 79, 86, 130, 132, 144

  Frisson, 103–4

  Fuerza Latina, 24, 25

  Funwall, 231

  Future of the Internet, The—and How to Stop It (Zittrain), 310

  Gadre, Rudy, 243

  Gandhi, Mohandas, 135

  Garden State, 143

  Gates, Bill, 213, 215, 216, 217, 218, 320

  Gawker, 306

  Gay, Rowena, 213

  Genachowski, Julius, 334

  Geocities, 67

  Germany, 171, 282–83

  gift economy, 287, 288, 293, 295

  Gladwell, Malcolm, 103

  Glassman, James, 291, 292

  Gleit, Naomi, 138, 182, 198

  globalization, 9–10, 278

  global village, 332

  Gmail, 188, 259

  Goldberg, Adam, 36

  Goldberg, Dave, 253

  Goldman Sachs, 43

  Google, 16, 104, 151, 165, 209, 245, 256, 275, 291, 297, 318, 323, 325, 331

  advertising and, 111, 139, 178, 216, 237, 251, 254, 255, 259

  antitrust investigations against, 326, 327

  as competitor with Facebook for talent, 129–30, 327

  Dodgeball acquired by, 184

  Facebook investment of, 126

  Facebook purchase as desire of, 54, 326

  Facebook’s advertising talks with, 238–39, 241, 242

  Friendster purchase proposed by, 71

  IPO of, 170, 321

  MySpace’s deal with, 177

  News Corporation’s deal with, 237–38

  Orkut bought by, 78, 87

  Sandberg at, 251, 252, 253, 255

  Google Android, 316

  Google Checkout, 231

  Google Docs, 269

  Google One, 254

  Google Zeitgeist, 238

  Gordon, Susan, 92

  Gould, Alan, 267

  Graffiti, 228

  Graham, Don, 107–9, 114, 119, 120–21, 123–24, 136, 254, 320, 321

  Great America Theme Park, 198

  Green, Joe, 24–25, 30

  Causes created by, 224–25, 231–32

  Greenspan, Aaron, 79, 81–82, 84–85

  Greylock Partners, 170, 319, 322

  Grimmelmann, James, 212

  Gross National Happiness Index, 332

  Grove, Andy, 53

  Grown Up Digital (Tapscott), 265

  Guantanamo Bay, 290

  Gustav, Hurricane, 294

  Hagel, John, 203, 299

  Haiti, 296

  Halicioglu, Taner, 53, 64, 94

  Halo, 56, 98

  Hamel, Gary, 298

  Harper, Julius, 308, 309

  Harvard Connection, 26, 40–41, 80–81, 83, 85

  launch of, 101

  Harvard Crimson, 23, 24, 26, 28, 31, 33, 37–38, 40, 63, 80, 102, 108, 295

  Harvard University, 6, 12, 14–15, 17, 19–41, 64, 90, 93, 108, 157, 209, 253, 331

  endowment fund of, 114

  “facebooks” at, 23, 28, 79, 90

  shopping week at, 32

  Hasbro, 229

  Hi5, 152

  Highlights, 311

  Hills, The, 167

  Hirsch, Doug, 154, 155, 163, 165

  HIV, 295

  Hoffman, Reid, 72–73, 87–88, 105, 116, 128, 172, 202, 322

  “Hollaback Girl” (song), 141, 142, 247

  Holtzbrinck publishing firm, 171

  Hong Kong, 275, 282, 283

  Hotmail, 188, 241–42

  houseSYSTEM, 79, 81, 85

  HTML, 53, 75

  Huffington Post, 298, 306

  Hughes, Chris, 14, 21, 30, 35, 45, 107, 293, 322

  in departure from Facebook, 269–70

  as Facebook spokesman, 40, 64, 103, 134

  at Frisson party, 103

  and open registration, 195

  simplicity pushed by, 64

  Hutchison Whampoa, 282

  IBM, 67

  Iceland, 275

  impressions, of engagement ads, 261

  InCircle, 78

  India, 78, 282

  Indonesia, 8, 16, 73, 282, 283, 286, 289–90

  information overload, 14

  Inside Facebook (Baloun), 137

  InsideFacebook.com, 16

  Inside Network, 230, 262

  instant messaging, 16, 27, 29, 137, 144, 162, 187, 219

  Intel, 53, 300, 313–14

  Interactive Advertising Bureau, 264

  Interpublic Group, 177, 179

  Interscope Records, 141, 142

  Investment Club, 30

  IPC, 187

  iPhones, 50, 226, 230, 306, 316

  iPod, 218, 300

  Iran, 6–7, 8

  Israel, 275, 279

  Italy, 16, 276, 279, 280

  iTunes, 102

  Iverson, Joshua, 43

  James, Josh, 266

  Janzer, Paul, 133

  Japan, 276, 281, 282, 283

  Jarvis, Jake, 226

  JavaScript, 53

  Jin, Kang-Xing, 26, 257

  Jobs, Steve, 257, 320

  Johnson, Kevin, 240, 242

  Justice Department, U.S., 327

  Kazakhstan, 265

  Keep, Elmo, 213

  Kelly, Chris, 13, 150, 201, 208

  Kendall, Tim, 257

  Kennedy, Ted, 294

  KickMania, 232

  Kirkpatrick, Clara, 219

  Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, 71, 112

  Korea, 276

  Koyi K Utho, 280

  Kurds, 291

  Lafley, A. G., 176

  Laguna Beach, 167

  Lane, Sean, 248

  Lane, Shannon, 248

  Lazerow, Mike, 267

  Lebanon, 291

  Lessin, Sam, 40, 41, 82

  Lester, Amelia, 33, 40

  Letterman, David, 290

  Levinas, Emmanuel, 93

  Levinsohn, Ross, 153

  Lexulous, 229

  Li, Ping, 121

  Licklider, J. C. R., 66

  Li Ka-shing, 244, 246, 256, 282, 285, 322

  Ling, Ben, 231, 327

  LinkedIn, 46–47, 72, 73, 87, 88, 90, 105, 116, 128, 172

  Lithuania, 16

  Little, Caroline, 109–10

  Live Music (film), 265

  Los Angeles Times, 110, 245

  LunarStorm, 69

  Ma, Chris, 107–8

  Ma, Olivia, 107

  McCollum, Andrew, 46, 55

  Facebook logo designed by, 30

  Wirehog worked on by, 44, 53, 64, 94, 104

  McConaughey, Matthew, 176

  McDonald’s, 263

  McGrath, Judy, 160, 168, 169

  Macintosh, 56, 215, 218, 220

  MacKinnon, Emma, 93

  McKinsey & Company, 105, 128, 160

  McLuhan, Marshall, 332

  McNamee, Roger, 252, 253

  Macromedia, 114

  Macster, 56

  Madrid, 276, 283

  Mafia Wars, 229

  Malaysia, 73, 275, 282

  Manage.com, 29–30, 38

  MapQuest, 187

  marketers, and Facebook’s demographics, 9, 15, 116, 233, 263–64

  see also Facebook, advertising on

  Marks, Meagan, 223

  Marlette, Scott, 131, 132, 154, 155, 156


  Mass Animation, 265

  MasterCard, 42–43

  Match.com, 67, 71

  Mattel, 229

  Matthews, Dave, 143

  Mayer, Marissa, 78

  Mazda, 264, 265

  Meebo, 110

  Mercer Management Consulting, 43

  Meritech Capital Partners, 322

  Mexico, 291

  Michigan, University of, 78, 190

  Michigan Daily, 190

  Michigan Tech, 94

  Microsoft, 25, 48, 158, 161, 178, 179, 209, 215, 296, 301

  antitrust regulations against, 327

  Facebook app for, 224, 226

  Facebook’s ad deal with, 178, 179, 235–37, 239, 242–46, 249, 255, 257–58, 261, 273, 326–27

  News Corporation’s proposed deal with, 237, 238

  purchase of Facebook desired by, 239–42, 285

  Microsoft Office, 269

  Miller, Jonathan, 187

  Millon de Voces Contra Las FARC, Un, 3–6, 7, 8, 288, 290

  Milner, Yuri, 285, 328

  Minitel, 67

  MIT, 37

  monetization, 257–60, 302

  consumer, 262

  Monster.com, 115

  Moochspot, 219

  Moore, Ann, 187

  Moore, Gordon, 313–14

  Moore’s law, 313–14

  Morales, Oscar, 1–6, 7, 8, 288, 289, 290–91

  Morin, Dave, 188, 207, 228

  platform marketing by, 220, 222, 223, 225

  Moritz, Michael, 104, 146

  Moskovitz, Dustin, 14, 19, 21, 30, 39, 46, 52, 55, 64, 86, 93, 94, 97, 100, 103, 136, 162, 164, 242, 307, 311–12

  as ambivalent towards ads, 61–62, 141, 247

  as chief technology officer, 39–40

  code learned by, 34–35, 37, 45

  in departure from Facebook, 269, 270

  Facebook ownership of, 34, 40, 62–63, 113, 124, 269, 322

  as Harvard drop-out, 64

  on image of frivolity, 144

  immaturity of, 128

  investors and, 117–18, 126

  in move to California, 44–45

  on News Feed, 180

  and opening of Facebook to new demographics, 149, 150, 196, 216

  Parker’s arrest and, 146

  on Parker’s sophistication, 96–97

  personality and work ethic of, 21, 35, 40, 50, 132

  platform work of, 225

  on political activism, 6

  recruiting by, 175, 188

  sale of Facebook disdained by, 183, 184, 186

  schools added by, 34–35, 37, 38, 58, 140

  as Wirehog shareholder, 99

  Mousavi, Mir Houssein, 7

  MoveOn.org, 249, 250

  MP3 files, 266

  M team, 254–55, 256, 257

  MTV, 113, 159–61, 167, 168, 185, 291

  Murdoch, Rupert, 139, 153, 161, 166, 177–78

  Murphy, Mike, 175, 257, 263, 267, 271

  Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow, 292

  MySpace, 31, 74–77, 78, 79, 85, 87, 92, 128, 185, 224, 268, 281, 333, 335

  advertising on, 177–78

  excessive look of, 75, 77, 144

  Google’s deal with, 177

  as interested in buying Facebook, 138–39, 153

 

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