I wonder where some of these sites (e.g. the ones you listed) would be without the venture capital companies...

Like, where does this real spendable money come from?

The true story behind FaceBook is not the vision of Mark Zuckerberg and some Asian programmers as depicted in the movie and on 60 Minutes, but rather Peter Thiel, the gay conservative Stanford educated hedge fund capitalist who has built the $500B valuation.

Is it real or is it Ponzi? Does Mark Zuckerberg truly have $5B to spend at Wal*Mart, to decorate his rental house within walking distance of the FaceBook office?

Was "The Social Network" an unauthorized biography, or was it a well orchestrated PR campaign for the Goldman Sachs run up to an IPO, for the sake of Wall St Investors who don't know how to use IE without an Executive Assistant?