In this reading things really started to get ugly. The winkeltovs had found out about thefacebook and believed that Mark had ripped the idea right out of their hands. Mark once was working with them on harvard connection, and although they were both very different they both were social-networking sites. With thefacebook spreading so quickly, the winkletovs decided to take action for what was "theirs." Being the sons of a very wealthy attorney-firm, The winkletovs, along with Divya, sent Mark and Eduardo a cease & desist letter, calling them to speak with the school board on stealing the idea for their website. All in all, Mark wasn't phased by the letter from the Winkletovs. Infact, he easily wrote back to the school board and the winkletovs and stood up for himself, saying that he used none of the ideas from the Harvard Connection, and that he even told them in Janurary that he had other prioroties aka The Facebook.
Also In this reading we got to meet up with Mark's roomates. Dustin Moskovitz, the quiet, withdrawn, dark haired guy along with Chris Hughes, the more flamboyant, outspoken, and southern of the two each came aboard thefacebook. Dustin worked on the computer stuff that Mark couldn't do by himself, and Chris talked, taking charge of publicity. They all agreed to open thefacebook to other ivy league schools, they believed that the facebook had to get bigger, granted they weren't making a penny off of it now.
This reading was really good! I'm really enjoying this book, it's hands down one of my favorites. It makes me soo excited for college, only one more year and then NYU here I come! I can only hope NYU is anything like this book.
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