Read the Bad Facebook Book
By Joshua Kim May 26, 2010 9:55 pmThis recommendation is only for people who work in higher education. Civilians should stay away.
I have 3 reasons why you should read The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook: A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal, by Ben Mezrich. (None of these reasons have anything to do with the book helping you figure out your Facebook privacy settings).
But before I jump into my 3 reasons to read the book, I'd like give you 3 reasons as to why this is not a good book:
Bad Book Reason 1 - Accuracy: You can pretty well assume that many (if not most) of the details in the book are inaccurate. Zuckerberg did not agree to be interviewed, so therefore all of the first person accounts that the narrative is based on will be largely self-serving and one-sided.
Bad Book Reason 2 - History: This would have been a much better book if Mezrich had done his homework better about the history of Internet startups and the technologies and