A rather prominent “for sale” sign appears on the homepage of HarvardConnection.co, which bears a design resembling the original Facebook site.

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It’s not quite The Social Network, but “Facebook Follies,” a one-hour documentary about the consequences of sharing personal information on the social network, debuts on the Canadian Broadcasting Channel this Television Thursday.

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Facebook has already been the inspiration for a nonfiction book, The Facebook Effect from David Kirkpatrick, and a major motion picture, The Social Network. But since neither of them is completely factual, it’s probably better for books on this topic to stick to fiction.

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Former Harvard President Larry Summers told a technology audience today what he really thought of Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss twins.

At the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference, Summers recounted a meeting with the twins in his Harvard office, a scene dramatized in the movie, The Social Network.

The brothers came to Summers seeking some relief for their ConnectU idea that they allege was stolen by fellow Harvard classmate Mark Zuckerberg to form the basis of Facebook.

According to Fortune, Summers said:

One of the things you learn as a college president is that if an undergraduate is wearing a tie and jacket on Thursday afternoon at three o’clock, there are two possibilities. One is that they’re looking for a job and have an interview; the other is that they are an a**hole. This was the latter case.” …Rarely, have I encountered such swagger, and I tried to respond in kind.

Tough words from the former Obama cabinet official known for not pulling any punches.

The Winklevii twins have pursued Facebook since 2004. The latest in the Winklevii saga had the twins deciding not to pursue a case with the U.S. Supreme Court. But they turned around shortly thereafter to file a claim in Boston’s federal court.

Do you agree with Summers’ assessment of the Winklevii?

Just when you thought it was safe to assume Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss finished trying to sue Facebook, the annoying duo have decided to redirect their complaint to Boston’s federal court.
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The saying for the movie poster for The Social Network, “You don’t get to 500 million friends [now it's close to 700 million] without making a few enemies” seems awfully hypocritical now that the screenplay’s writer, Aaron Sorkin, revealed that he only joined Facebook temporarily to do research.

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Yesterday, Paul Ceglia moved his lawsuit claiming 84 percent ownership of Facebook to federal court, and the text of his challenge has become public.
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Mark Zuckerberg can hopefully breath a sigh of relief as a U.S. appeals court has rejected an appeal brought by the Winklevoss twins.
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The Social Network won only three out of the eight awards it had been nominated for.

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Like it or not, Facebook will get the spotlight treatment at this Sunday’s Academy Awards ceremony, as the movie that audiences have come to believe is a factual history rather than a fictional tale has eight nominations, for best: picture, actor, director, adapted screenplay, cinematography, film editing, soundtrack and sound mixing.
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