The Facebook Effect with Mark Zuckerberg

[Recorded: July 21, 2010]
The growth and impact of Facebook is mind blowing, even for an industry that considers "overnight success" to be a long-range goal. Founded in a Harvard dorm room on February 4th 2004 by 19-year-old Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook announced in July 2010 that had it reached the milestone of 500 million registered users. Facebook isn't just an American success story, most users are outside of the United States and half of them log on every day.

Facebook has already made an irreversible impact on society, marketing and politics -- even facilitating political protests around the world in countries such as Colombia and Iran. Facebook is also changing our sense of identity: "I am on Facebook; therefore I am."

Longtime Fortune magazine technology writer David Kirkpatrick chronicles the rise of Facebook in one of the most anticipated books of 2010: "The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company That Is Connecting The World." Kirkpatrick gained the full cooperation of Zuckerberg and his team in writing the book. The Facebook Effect is the first historically authoritative account of how a simple idea became one of the dominant ways to communicate on the Internet.

As part of its Net@40 series, the Computer History Museum is proud to present this one-of-a-kind evening of fascinating dialogue between Zuckerberg and Kirkpatrick on the past and future of Facebook. The moderator is Guy Raz, the Peabody award-winning host of NPR's All Things Considered.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Computer
• History
• Museum
• Facebook
• Effect
• CEO
• Mark
• Zuckerberg
• Internet
• Social
• Networking
• Privacy
• Silicon
• Valley
• David
• Kirkpatrick
• Harvard
• Strategy

[hellohihelloe]

Thumbs up if you didn't watch the entire video.

[skupernation]

thumbs up if you did watch the whole video

[substance8484]

WHO THINKS FACEBOOK IS FRAUD

[gtwhatwhatIhateyou]

Who the #### made this

[ipeze]

Thumbs up if you fast fowarded to when zuckerberg speaks

[booty1983]

This isn't social networking. It's social destruction. It's making people even more lazy; more socially lacking when it comes to human interaction. Seriously, if you met me on the street, would you even know how to talk to me? No, you wouldn't. I'd look like a big hairy guy who was ready to kick your ass. And you'd avoid me. Sure, a profile pic, and some text... makes it all better. But that thought is still in the back of your head. And even when I talk, you're thinking about it in text format.

[booty1983]

What he's not telling you is that: users are stupid, and don't want to waste time with several different options when in regards to information settings. Facebook is all about instant gratification. A friend adds you? Awesome! That's the definition of Facebook: Instant gratification. And they know it. People online who don't know you, like you! Woohoo! Or people you've ignored for years want to friend you! Woohoo!

Instant Gratification. It make you feel good, without having to do anything.

[MrRohithpvssa]

Mark is so mature for his age and it was great to see his view of the future of FB. But they would have to add a lot more features to make FB innovative. Google + has innovated much faster and better than FB. Now FB is just playing catchup by copying what Google + is doing... In terms of revenue, FB can never match Google as they have more varied products and Google has created products for making tools which can help in day to day life....

[11kungfu11]

Ehhh 1:33:54 seconds? CIA's profiling program isnt worth that much of my masturbation time

[MattahsilliM]

also between 12:30 - 12:35, pleaseee!

[MattahsilliM]

Could someone please quote me what does Mark exactly say between minutes 10:00 - 10:05?

[Swackers90]

Thumbs up if you think Zuckerberg is in the closet.