The Social Network
The Social Network
Michelle Graul
St. Johns River State College
Imagine having an idea worth twenty-five billion dollars. In the essay, “The Social Network”, Alissa Wilkinson writes about the movie, “The Social Network”, which is about Mark Zuckerberg, the world’s youngest billionaire, and his idea that changed the world. We can hardly remember the world ten years ago where we couldn’t see pictures from the event that we missed last night online the next day or create our own event, inviting everyone who’s numbers we don’t have. All of that changed when Zuckerberg created a website called Facebook. In 2003 (before Facebook) Zuckerberg was a sophomore at Harvard University, but he wasn’t an ordinary student. Wilkinson says,
“He could bring down an entire network in a couple of hours by just throwing together a website between late-night beers”.
Zuckerberg created a website called Facemash, which put him on academic probation for bypassing security regulations and violating privacy restrictions. This also got the attention of Cameron and Tyler Winkelvoss and their business partner, Divya Narenda. These students had the idea of a website called the Harvard Connection. Harvard Connection was going to be a social media website exclusively for Harvard students. After meeting these three students and their idea, Zuckerberg and his friend Eduardo Saverin (CFO of the company) went on to create thefacebook.com. When the Winkelvoss’s found out about thefacebook.com, they were accusing Zuckerberg for stealing their idea. Later down the road, thefacebook.com became Facebook.com. With the help of Napster founder, Sean Parker, Facebook started to expand rapidly. In the end, Saverin was the second law suit that Zuckerberg faced. “So, in some ways, Zuckerberg is the archetypal Millenial. But is Zuckerberg the villain of this story? No. In fact, we can’t help but agree when he tells someone that he’s not a bad guy. Confused, yes; angry, yes; young and
Michelle Graul
St. Johns River State College
Imagine having an idea worth twenty-five billion dollars. In the essay, “The Social Network”, Alissa Wilkinson writes about the movie, “The Social Network”, which is about Mark Zuckerberg, the world’s youngest billionaire, and his idea that changed the world. We can hardly remember the world ten years ago where we couldn’t see pictures from the event that we missed last night online the next day or create our own event, inviting everyone who’s numbers we don’t have. All of that changed when Zuckerberg created a website called Facebook. In 2003 (before Facebook) Zuckerberg was a sophomore at Harvard University, but he wasn’t an ordinary student. Wilkinson says,
“He could bring down an entire network in a couple of hours by just throwing together a website between late-night beers”.
Zuckerberg created a website called Facemash, which put him on academic probation for bypassing security regulations and violating privacy restrictions. This also got the attention of Cameron and Tyler Winkelvoss and their business partner, Divya Narenda. These students had the idea of a website called the Harvard Connection. Harvard Connection was going to be a social media website exclusively for Harvard students. After meeting these three students and their idea, Zuckerberg and his friend Eduardo Saverin (CFO of the company) went on to create thefacebook.com. When the Winkelvoss’s found out about thefacebook.com, they were accusing Zuckerberg for stealing their idea. Later down the road, thefacebook.com became Facebook.com. With the help of Napster founder, Sean Parker, Facebook started to expand rapidly. In the end, Saverin was the second law suit that Zuckerberg faced. “So, in some ways, Zuckerberg is the archetypal Millenial. But is Zuckerberg the villain of this story? No. In fact, we can’t help but agree when he tells someone that he’s not a bad guy. Confused, yes; angry, yes; young and