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This is sort of a bunch of BS, but I think it shows what a great guy Parker is underneath it all. Eduardo was a real asshole to Parker for a long time (please

by numair 16y ago

This is sort of a bunch of BS, but I think it shows what a great guy Parker is underneath it all. Eduardo was a real asshole to Parker for a long time (please do remember that Eduardo was the guy who basically dictated the story in that cheap book), which I never understood -- after all, it was Parker's mad genius that created most of Eduardo's wealth. Perhaps Eduardo has finally gotten over himself and "forgiven" Parker for making him a billionaire, since this re-writing of history is far from how things were even 6 months ago. The movie wasn't all that inaccurate. Sean Parker is crazy. The thing you don't see in the movie, however, is that Parker's craziness is actually what made Facebook successful, and what took it from being another boring nerd project to the center of modern culture.

andrewljohnson 16y ago
You write like you have some authority on this issue. Are you a Facebook insider? Obviously the movie is a work of fiction, but how do _you_ know it was Sean Parker that made Facebook? I always assumed it was Zuck, Moskowitz, and the rest of their cadre.
- numair 16y ago
  http://public.numair.com/2006_parker.html http://public.numair.com/2006_parker.html
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  - thinkcomp 16y ago
    After reading this I still don't really know who you are, but I was there at Harvard for a good part of it, and it's well-established that the movie is not accurate, nor is the book that it's based on.
    - numair 16y ago
      This may come as a complete surprise to you, but the fact that you went to Harvard doesn't mean you know shit about what it takes to build a successful social network, or what made Facebook successful. The guy who created the photo system on Facebook didn't go to Harvard. The guy who invented photo tagging didn't go to Harvard (hell, he didn't even work at Facebook...). The guy who cut the deals to fiendishly import contacts from various large IM/mail networks didn't go to Harvard. The guy who designed the site and made it usable didn't go to Harvard. The guy who kept the site from melting down didn't go to Harvard. I know you think you are somehow directly responsible for the success of Facebook, but you aren't. Very little of the success of Facebook has anything to do with the people who went to Harvard. The difference is, the quiet guys who created most of the innovations that define the way we interact today don't suffer from whatever sort of insecurity they breed in the admissions pool at universities like Harvard that causes people like you to spend all of your time striving for recognition rather than quietly innovating and enjoying the impact of your work. You, Eduardo, the Winkelvoss twins... All of you want to feel important, to be recognized. It's nuts. It makes no sense. But again, you went to Harvard, you know about this better than I do. This is the first and last thing I will say about all of this, but do understand that I'm simply the only one willing to say what many have been thinking for quite some time -- mainly because I am so far removed from the drama of it all that my opinion is worthless. (I should note that there are a lot of great people who have gone to Harvard, and a lot of great people who went to Harvard work at Facebook -- there's just an incredible number of people who come out of there who feel compelled to convince everyone else of how great they are.)
      - ctl 16y ago
        You, Eduardo, the Winkelvoss twins... All of you want to feel important, to be recognized. It's nuts. It makes no sense. But again, you went to Harvard, you know about this better than I do. Give me a break. Desire for recognition is, if not universal, at least common enough that you don't need to infer ridiculous bullshit about Harvard's entire undergrad population to explain a couple instances of it.
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by numair 16y ago

andrewljohnson 16y ago

You write like you have some authority on this issue. Are you a Facebook insider? Obviously the movie is a work of fiction, but how do _you_ know it was Sean Parker that made Facebook? I always assumed it was Zuck, Moskowitz, and the rest of their cadre.

numair 16y ago
http://public.numair.com/2006_parker.html http://public.numair.com/2006_parker.html
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- thinkcomp 16y ago
  After reading this I still don't really know who you are, but I was there at Harvard for a good part of it, and it's well-established that the movie is not accurate, nor is the book that it's based on.
  - numair 16y ago
    This may come as a complete surprise to you, but the fact that you went to Harvard doesn't mean you know shit about what it takes to build a successful social network, or what made Facebook successful. The guy who created the photo system on Facebook didn't go to Harvard. The guy who invented photo tagging didn't go to Harvard (hell, he didn't even work at Facebook...). The guy who cut the deals to fiendishly import contacts from various large IM/mail networks didn't go to Harvard. The guy who designed the site and made it usable didn't go to Harvard. The guy who kept the site from melting down didn't go to Harvard. I know you think you are somehow directly responsible for the success of Facebook, but you aren't. Very little of the success of Facebook has anything to do with the people who went to Harvard. The difference is, the quiet guys who created most of the innovations that define the way we interact today don't suffer from whatever sort of insecurity they breed in the admissions pool at universities like Harvard that causes people like you to spend all of your time striving for recognition rather than quietly innovating and enjoying the impact of your work. You, Eduardo, the Winkelvoss twins... All of you want to feel important, to be recognized. It's nuts. It makes no sense. But again, you went to Harvard, you know about this better than I do. This is the first and last thing I will say about all of this, but do understand that I'm simply the only one willing to say what many have been thinking for quite some time -- mainly because I am so far removed from the drama of it all that my opinion is worthless. (I should note that there are a lot of great people who have gone to Harvard, and a lot of great people who went to Harvard work at Facebook -- there's just an incredible number of people who come out of there who feel compelled to convince everyone else of how great they are.)
    - ctl 16y ago
      You, Eduardo, the Winkelvoss twins... All of you want to feel important, to be recognized. It's nuts. It makes no sense. But again, you went to Harvard, you know about this better than I do. Give me a break. Desire for recognition is, if not universal, at least common enough that you don't need to infer ridiculous bullshit about Harvard's entire undergrad population to explain a couple instances of it.
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