Facebook Find-Outs From a Former Employee

by Alyssa Oursler | June 26, 2012 11:15 am

Sometimes, news about Facebook (NASDAQ:FB[1]) sounds a bit like a broken record. Take the disappointing IPO, for example, that continues to make investment headlines[2] even after big names have written the stock off.[3]

Old news.

Now, though, former employee Katherine Loss is shedding new light on Facebook[4] in her recently released book The Boy Kings: A Journey into the Heart of the Social Network.

Sure, if you’ve seen the movie The Social Network, the image of Facebook being more like a frat house — with a bunch of boys throwing toga and pool parties, a common theme in of many of Losse’s stories — isn’t exactly news either.

But here are a few facts you probably haven’t heard about the social media giant:

Endnotes:

  1. FB: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=FB
  2. continues to make investment headlines: https://investorplace.com/ipo-playbook/is-it-time-to-buy-facebook/
  3. have written the stock off.: https://investorplace.com/2012/06/mark-cuban-took-a-beating-on-facebook/
  4. shedding new light on Facebook: http://www.cnbc.com/id/47949424
  5. these highly-liked company pages: https://investorplace.com/2012/06/5-most-facebook-famous-stocks-goog-viab-znga-fb-nwsa/
  6. arranged into a roller rink: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/katherine-losse/facebook-boy-kings_b_1625966.html
  7. come a long way: https://investorplace.com/2012/06/new-law-requires-sex-offender-status-on-facebook/

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