Facebook: The Inside Story Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Steven Levy (Author), Will Damron (Narrator), Penguin Audio (Publisher)

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In his sophomore year of college, Mark Zuckerberg created a simple website to serve as a campus social network. The site caught on like wildfire, and soon students nationwide were on Facebook.

Today, Facebook is nearly unrecognisable from Zuckerberg's first, modest iteration. It has grown into a tech giant, the largest social media platform and one of the most gargantuan companies in the world, with a valuation of more than $576 billion and almost 3 billion users. There is no denying the power and omnipresence of Facebook in American daily life. And in light of recent controversies surrounding election-influencing 'fake news' accounts, the handling of its users' personal data and growing discontent with the actions of its founder and CEO, never has the company been more central to the national conversation.

Based on years of exclusive reporting and interviews with Facebook's key executives and employees, including Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg, Steven Levy's sweeping narrative digs deep into the whole story of the company that has changed the world and reaped the consequences.

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18 hours and 57 minutes
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Steven Levy
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Will Damron
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27 February 2020
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English
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Penguin Audio
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B082PX6DR6
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Unabridged
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Listening Length	18 hours and 57 minutes
Author	Steven Levy
Narrator	Will Damron
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Audible.com.au Release Date	27 February 2020
Publisher	Penguin Audio
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B082PX6DR6
Best Sellers Rank	51,784 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 118 in Business Writing (Books) 215 in Internet & Telecommunications 398 in Accounting

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Author Matthew Robert Payne

This was a very well researched and written book

Reviewed in Australia on 9 May 2021

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I rarely finish a book but I love Facebook and I loved this book. As a writer myself I realise what it takes to keep a persons interest and have a person finish your book and this book was done perfectly.

Matthew Robert Payne
Author of 60+ Christian books on Amazon

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Ann S. Moffatt

inside facebook

Reviewed in Australia on 9 October 2020

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having worked in the ict industries since 1959, i'm fascinated in the history of the industry.

i was astonished how ZUCK a 19 year old with a limited vision for his app could end up a multi billionaire. i cringed as i watched him make huge mistakes yet the use of the product continued to grow. there have been so many errors in the life of facebook yet its used by half the world's population.

a good read told simply and after considerable research into this v interesting company.

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Nicholas Pickthall

Blurry font

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 April 2021

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Book I received is unreadable due to the blurry font. I’ve read that printing on recycled paper can have this affect. Not sure if that is the issue. But either way, unreadable.

Handy Andy

Interesting history

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 April 2020

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Well written and interesting

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Sumant Bhattacharya

The extent to which this book sells the tech bombast - is quite a shocker!

Reviewed in India on 10 May 2020

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Apart from the detailing - where Levy covers all meetings, product discussions and other goings on, this book looks like a paid PR job. It shies away from being honestly crtical and openly sells the usual tech bombast and delusion ("We are here to change and do good to the world").
The extent to which the author goes to paint Zuckerberg as an innocent, idealistic do-gooder (clearly assuming the readers to be ignorant, ill-aware, ill-read villagers) is a howler.
Frankly - if you don't pick this one, you won't miss much.

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JLG

Good read.. and confirms what everyone knows about Facebook

Reviewed in Canada on 15 February 2021

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I enjoyed this book because first, it was well-researched and second, the author had close personal contact with founder Mark Zuckerberg.

What's clear, after reading this book, is that Zuckerberg, while well-intentioned, ended up creating a bit of a monster after he opened up Facebook to the general population. The book is very well written and edited. It's a bit long though.

I personally stopped using Facebook in 2014 and deleted my account when it was clear to me that FB was passing my private information to others, and it became too bloated, full of "fake news", ads, and increasingly irrelevant to me. In fact, after I deleted my account, I no longer got spam emails - proof positive that my email address and other info was passed on by FB to third parties without my knowledge - something the book illustrates in spades with countless examples.

After reading this book, I came to the conclusion that the world was just fine without Facebook, and, if it should go away today, the sun will still rise tomorrow.

Shrikant

A must read !!

Reviewed in India on 5 June 2020

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David Kirkpatrick's book "The Facebook Effect" helps you to "know" Facebook, whereas Steven Levy's book "Facebook: The inside story" helps you to "understand" Facebook. Brilliant job by Steven Levy for an unbiased portrait of Facebook leadership, their decision making philosophy, and how the company is managing the downturn. A must-read for everybody who loves or hates Facebook.

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