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Why We Keep Forgiving Facebook : 1A It's been 15 years since Mark Zuckerberg co-created the social network in his dorm room. But like many teenagers, it's prone to misbehave and worry the grown-ups. Some expect Facebook to implode before it turns sweet sixteen.

We spoke with Roger McNamee, former adviser and early investor, about how the company changed the world in unexpected ways and — in his view — refused to do right by its users in times of trouble.

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Why We Keep Forgiving Facebook

Why We Keep Forgiving Facebook

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You may have lots of friends on Facebook. But are you friends with Facebook?

It's been 15 years since a Harvard student named Mark Zuckerberg co-created the social network in his dorm room. But like many teenagers, it's prone to misbehave and worry the grown-ups. Some expect Facebook to implode before it turns sweet sixteen.

No one intended Facebook to cause the problems that it has: not Zuckerberg, its engineers, its early investors or advisors.

We spoke with Roger McNamee, former advisor and early investor, about how the company changed the world in unexpected ways and — in his view — refused to do right by its users in times of trouble.