Q&A with Steven Levy on his new book, “Facebook: The Inside Story”, Instagram, interviewing Facebook executives, and the company's future after Mark Zuckerberg
and undeniably self-serving — goal with a tragic disregard for consequences,” Levy writes of Facebook https://www.nytimes.com/... Andrew Adonis / @andrew_adonis : ‘The eye of Sauron’ https://www.thetimes.co.uk/... Steven Levy / @stevenlevy : Facebook told him: “We gave Mr. Levy wide access to our executives, who were forthcoming about the most painful moments in Facebook's past. While we don't agree with everything he said, we also don't deny the challenges he describes and are actively working to solve them.” Casey Newton / @caseynewton : If you liked this, I think you'll also enjoy today's newsletter, where I share my favorite juicy bits from the book. Get it in your inbox here —> https://www.getrevue.co/... https://twitter.com/...
OK, here's a short thread of my favorite takeaways from @StevenLevy 's new book on Facebook. One, the company's series of scandals over the past several years can be traced to this fateful decision https://www.getrevue.co/... https://twitter.com/...
Casey gives us the sparknotes on Steven Levy's Facebook book, including the absolute banger smash hit single “I don't optimize for fun” by Mark Zuckerberg: https://www.getrevue.co/...
We are lucky to have reporters like Steven Levy who go and get the full picture and report it so well. From naive optimism to the outcome of today, this is a great understanding of how and why Facebook https://twitter.com/...
He's had more time sitting down with Zuck than any other reporter possibly could have over recent years. And he's used it well. Congrats, @StevenLevy on pub day! https://twitter.com/...
OK, it's pub day. I won't do this all the time, but just saying that today Facebook: The Inside Story is now on sale. 3 years in the making. SF Chron called it “even-handed and devastating.” Here are the links to buy it. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/ ...
I reviewed an excellent new book about Facebook which was a useful reminder of what a weird, power-hungry man Mark Zuckerberg is. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/...
“The company pursued its naïvely utopian — and undeniably self-serving — goal with a tragic disregard for consequences,” Levy writes of Facebook https://www.nytimes.com/...
Facebook told him: “We gave Mr. Levy wide access to our executives, who were forthcoming about the most painful moments in Facebook's past. While we don't agree with everything he said, we also don't deny the challenges he describes and are actively working to solve them.”
If you liked this, I think you'll also enjoy today's newsletter, where I share my favorite juicy bits from the book. Get it in your inbox here —> https://www.getrevue.co/... https://twitter.com/...