Facebook: 5 revelations from the 'frat house years'

Six years ago, it was a dorm room startup. Now, Facebook is the biggest site on the internet. A new book gives a telling glimpse of the company's dizzying rise to the top.

Mark Zuckerberg.
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, widely criticized for his site's handling of users' private information, now has to deal with a few exposed secrets of his own. The Facebook Effect, a new book by Fortune journalist David Kirkpatrick, gives readers a rare insider's look at the company that now dominates the internet — and its controlling young CEO, whose long-term vision helped a dorm-room startup become the global online network it is today. (Watch David Kirkpatrick discuss his book about Facebook.) From drunken 'frat' parties to venture capitalist feeding frenzies, here are five telltale tidbits:

1. Party antics at Palo Alto

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