I agree with most of this. I think the negative reaction we're seeing to this new business model from Facebook compared to what Google did is that Google baked it into their product from the beginning, IIRC.
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The goal of The Social Network wasn't to tell the most accurate possible story about the founding of Facebook or give the best context to the situation...it was to tell an entertaining story. They succeeded. If you want a detailed account of Facebook's history, check out The Facebook Effect.
Sorkin isn't a tech journalist, he's a movie producer - a really good one.
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Jason is great - excited to see this.
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