The Facebook

Just watched ‘The Social Network’ for the third time. The makers say that everything shown in those two hours is true. Mark obviously denies. Whatever is the truth, but one has to accept that it’s an outstanding story. How many people get a billion dollars for a rigorous session of ASP coding? By the way, what is the income source of ‘facebook’? I mean, they don’t put any ads. I hear something about them selling private data of the users to marketing companies.

If that is true, then it’s the private little information of people like you and me who made this nerd world famous, youngest billionaire ever. It’s quite disturbing to know that MNC are ready to pour billions to peep into our lives. They want to know everything. What have you done? What are you doing now? What you plan to do next? How do you relate with others? What is your marital status? What you like to wear? What is your favorite drink? Everything.

There are phases when I enjoy conspiracy theories. That is one of my favorite pastimes. It’s amazing what different people pull out of same set of facts. There are all kinds of these theories. From “NASA never landed on the moon” to “the ultimate aim of Google is to rule this world”. And interestingly, they use YouTube, a Google service which is based in USA to spread their ‘message’.

Coming back to the topic, they show Mark writing a blog. When he completes a paragraph, he puts a </p> tag. What the hell? How a non-technical person is supposed to write a blog? Or was it just an HTML page Mark used to edit every now and then? Were there no blogging platforms there back in ’03? Whatever. But the typing speed is worth watching. I bet everybody who has watched the movie has, at some point, wished to pull up a keyboard and test his or her skills. They must have boosted the video speed.

Anyway, the movie is a treat if you are a nerd, not bad if you are a lover of sci-fi Hollywood movies and a nightmare if you are a regular watcher of Bollywood movies. So, go ahead, make some pirated copies ;)