The Social Network

Add me on Facebook at cuteako_27@yahoo.com.ph. Please do.

Of the 18 million Filipino users, such request is but a needle in a haystack.

To date, the Philippines ranks 6^th for the most number of users around the globe and it would be very likely that even kids who have yet to enter school have their own account. The advent of social networking has definitely seeped into our bloodstream.

“Facebook has 500 million members in 207 countries. It’s currently valued at 25 billion dollars.” It is no miracle that its creators reach Forbes richest billionaires and its story to reach this massive success is no joke.

The Social Network tells about Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his best friend Eduardo Saverin  and how they developed the site into a huge online networking phenomenon. Because the website was such a big hit among Harvard students and has attracted over a million members in two years, Mark was later sued by Saverin and pioneer financers the Winklevoss and accused him of stealing their ideas. In the end, both parties settled and Facebook remains to be a high commercial success to date.

Armed with good scriptwriting by Aaron Sorkin, Social Network dramatically illustrates the life of Zuckerberg as a teenager and his frustrations in college where a geek like him is an outcast to the school’s exclusive organizations. (more…)