Seems to me like Timberlake played him pretty damn accurately. His voice is just a little deeper, but the mannerisms, arrogance, absolute self assuredness, he nailed all that.
I remember when Facebook first came out, the first thing I though was "There's no way that'll compete with Myspace." I don't even have a Myspace anymore.
@@rahulbasak5739 mark has a done a good job by keeping company name meta and now they are going into metaverse was like internet everyone owns and uses a bit of it but now meta will take over metaverse when you are saying metaverse you are saying the company name meta this was a very smart move he is again trying to capitalise entire metaverse market he has already put 188 billion dollars in it .If metaverse would not be in the hands of mark I would have felt more comfortable joining it.
Actually he made him look like a douchebag.. pretty sure his stock dropped after that movie for people did look at him in a positive light so I would say the opposite..
one thing I hate about Facebook... you cant not like or comment on a status, a photo, or even poke someone without your whole friends list seeing it.. its stupid
jaredontv That is the worst thing about Facebook!!! What I share with the public and my friends is one thing, what I do anywhere else on Facebook is my business.
I have distinct memories of MySpace shortly before Facebook appeared on the scene. It was so insanely customizable you could barely distinguish a MySpace profile from a standalone website. I feel amateur web design and “skinning” was a big thing in the early to mid 2000s and MySpace was simply pandering to its niche audience by providing those capabilities. Facebook opted for a more walled garden approach limiting customization and emphasizing the social aspect to the platform. I think this made it less intimidating and more appealing to a broader audience.
What? That is literally the opposite of what he is saying. He is saying that he and Facebook were only successful because other people failed. The opposite of its everyone else's fault.
This is a common trend in many business sectors. Poor management and execution is typically the precursor to failure. The Big 3 in Detroit should not have lost so much market share to Japan and gone bankrupt. Nokia and Ericsson should not have gone the way of the dodo to Samsung and Apple.
Maybe the big 3 shouldn’t have been so arrogant and told the customer what the customer wants and then build cars that they knew had defects and blame the customer for not buying American made crap and being a traitor. Arrogance gets people every damn time
You don't do a total rewrite of all your software in a different language when you're in a firefight with a competitor. They stood still for a year, Facebook didn't.
Myspace was an end all website. Back in 2008 I was still on Myspace while people slowly surrendered to FB. I liked it because I could meet girls on there . I only left when they left and who the hell meets women on FB?
well in theory he's correct. myspace had already arrived. facebook shouldnt have been able to come along and knock it over out of the blue without myspace fucking up.......however...however....the world is a fickle place...facebook wont be around forever either...
If I was Tom from MySpace, I would've done the same thing. Take the Money and run! There is no guarantee that any social network will be around for long time.
Myspace was great during its early years. I was a Myspace addict years ago. I remember people leaving it because of so much lag and constant changing of the formatting. A lot of the features they were adding were pointless and just took up space and loading time
The problem with MySpace was the music that blasted your ears when you visited someone’s page and then the JavaScript add ons that slowed your browser while trying to navigate the page. I was like no f this.
i loved myspace back when it was awesome. You could have your own background and music playing when people came to your page. Anyone that viewed it got a sense of personality out of each persons page right off the bat. But then one day i logged on and they had completely changed alot. My background no longer worked, my music didnt show up. And the whole ui/ experience was different then what was actually making it a nice website for connecting and to use. That is where i believe they really failed.
I remembered setting up a MySpace account during the summer of 2008. My friends told me about Facebook, and it is better. Within three weeks, everyone jumped onto Facebook. It was simpler and had fewer ads. By winter, it went downhill for MySpace. My parents signed up on Facebook in 2010, and it was over by then.
Similar experience tbh, I loved MySpace, the backgrounds, the song you could have on your page etc and had a lot of people I connected with but didn't see too many real life friends on there, I mostly just spoke to them on MSN, went over to Facebook after a friends recommendation and while it wasn't that interesting by comparison, virtually all my friends from years ago before I went to High School were just...there. People I hadn't seen for years and wondered if they were even still in the area. MySpace was cooler but Facebook was so much more appropriate for the masses and connected people far better.
You signed up for MySpace pretty late. MySpace peaked in 2006, by 2007 it was just half relevant as 2006 and 2008 it was pretty decent but died off completely by that point.
its true... if myspace didnt get bombarded with spam and password stealing it would still be top dog... ppl got tired of getting messages from their friends about viagra
@dwcai81 That's the vibe Ive always gotten from him. Yes he is super smart and came up with Napster and whatnot. I had friends stealing/sharing material in other ways before that - he just figured out how to put a name on it. He's smart for sure, but that "douche" aura he's got kinda ruins a lot for him, I think
he neglected to mention the fact that myspace basically sold themselves out to the music companies to advertise the shit that kids these days listen to
At the beginning of facebook, people where complaining about its lack of customization snd saying my space was ‘sooo much better’ because you could customize it. I remember creating a couple of groups (or something similar) that reached 10 million subscribers in a couple of weeks as they revealed how to customize facebook.
I left Friendster and Yearbook since people there became moody and I ended with technical glitches that made it impossible to communicate with anyone. MySpace eliminated their forums and groups and is starting to stink. FaceBook too has its fair share of technical glitches. I admire Mark Zuckerberg, but would not ask to become his friend.
When Tom sold MySpace to NewsCorp he only saw dollar signs. NewsCorp only saw ways to advertise garbage to an existing user base. Thanks for caring, Tom. Lesson 178: Anything Rupert Murdoch touches in this era will turn to garbage.
Tom saw the end and took a better life. Myspace was better but could never sustain growth without investiment and investiment means the end of control. He gave up control, took the money, and created a life for himself without becoming a super villian. He's def in my CEO top 8.
After a 35 year stint as a Commercial Banker at a major US bank I have to say that Sean Parker fits the mold of what is all wrong with large corporations today. He has no original thought; demeans others in order to make himself appear larger than he is, drops names, speaks inappropriately, and obviously will "talk the talk" all day long to anyone who will listen (must be all his investor friends). This is an example of a true narcissist. He will fall...and fall hard. Such a little man.
@Mr1in1000000 I had facebook for 2-3 years, and then gave it up. That gave me the self-discipline and confidence to (a few months after) kick my 2-3 year oxycontin addiction. !!!
@ivangronsky Parker played a huge roll in Facebook, he was the only one who had real experience doing what they did. Without him Facebook would have never taken off.
Hmm. Is he right about this? Friendster and Myspace were just mostly composed of stuff that didn't interest me. I never noticed server problems. They had crappier ways of sending or posting messages and photos than Facebook, and Myspace is still nearly as much of an eyesore as it was early on. Facebook just had content that was actually worth using.
Many people aren’t. He’s definitely brilliant but almost insufferably arrogant. No hate towards the guy but I just can’t respect that attitude no matter who you are, or what you’ve done.
I agree with you. That is called "prosumerism" where people are "producer" and "consumer" in the same time. Do you think it would be right if facebook or google will share their money with users?
@rbh1138 the problem with that theory is that humans are creatures of habit...600 million people have a habit of visiting facebook daily, and it will be tough to draw them out of that comfort zone
Seems to me like Timberlake played him pretty damn accurately. His voice is just a little deeper, but the mannerisms, arrogance, absolute self assuredness, he nailed all that.
Justin was more Sean Parker than Sean Parker himself OMG
As in portrayed an insufferable arsehole perfectly? Damn straight he did.
Guy achieves more at 20 years old than most and youre talking about how he was portrayed by a pop star?
@@52BLUE Pop star/ actor who portrayed him accurately, yeah.
@@52BLUE That “pop star” you’re so easily dismissing was also at the top of his profession at 20..
"I like standing next to you Sean.
It makes me look so tough."
😂😂
Maybe Timberlake didn't exaggerate his role in the social network
JT was so fine in that role OMG, he’s got skills
Justin also owned Myspace starting in 2011, which is pretty hilarious
I remember when Facebook first came out, the first thing I though was "There's no way that'll compete with Myspace." I don't even have a Myspace anymore.
Who's this Myspace?
@@PieTheWayOriginal haha
It's pretty amazing to see comments that are these older
@@goggins_amazing ikr it's like time travel
And now no one use Facebook.
- a million dollar isn't cool, you know what is cool ?!
- Billion dollars !
A bajillion dollars
For Elon it's Trilion & for mine it's infinite
@@mr.contentking2042 Meta is already a trillion dollar company
@@rahulbasak5739 mark has a done a good job by keeping company name meta and now they are going into metaverse was like internet everyone owns and uses a bit of it but now meta will take over metaverse when you are saying metaverse you are saying the company name meta this was a very smart move he is again trying to capitalise entire metaverse market he has already put 188 billion dollars in it .If metaverse would not be in the hands of mark I would have felt more comfortable joining it.
Justin Timberlake did a huge favor for this guy.
Why? This guy is a billionaire.
@@antoniovasquez9946 imagine being a billionaire that no one respects
Actually he made him look like a douchebag.. pretty sure his stock dropped after that movie for people did look at him in a positive light so I would say the opposite..
@@brucechanfilms266 no one? That might not be true
@@feralmode Lmao
one thing I hate about Facebook... you cant not like or comment on a status, a photo, or even poke someone without your whole friends list seeing it.. its stupid
jaredontv Completely agree!!!
jaredontv That is the worst thing about Facebook!!! What I share with the public and my friends is one thing, what I do anywhere else on Facebook is my business.
not true, you can change the option. i have done it.
You actually can't.
no I was being sarcastic
"and the water under the Golden Gate is freezing cold"
Look at my eyes and tell me i don't know wht i'm talking about.
Came here to see if he was as bad as the movie "The Social Network" portrayed him. He is.
You gleaned that from what exactly in 54 seconds?
"Your gonna have a business card that says "Im CEO BITCH!"...classic line :)
And surprisingly not fictional.
I have distinct memories of MySpace shortly before Facebook appeared on the scene. It was so insanely customizable you could barely distinguish a MySpace profile from a standalone website. I feel amateur web design and “skinning” was a big thing in the early to mid 2000s and MySpace was simply pandering to its niche audience by providing those capabilities. Facebook opted for a more walled garden approach limiting customization and emphasizing the social aspect to the platform. I think this made it less intimidating and more appealing to a broader audience.
Exactly.. People were practically learning html just to make myspace pages.. Facebook was vastly simpler and did everything right.
@@uncommon8896 simpler doesn’t mean better
@@joecorrea8254 for mass market adoption generally simpler is better
@@uncommon8896 true but they didn’t have to rush into it, MySpace was ahead of it’s time
Not really, each profile and the same features and you could tell by the bright mess it was just another MySpace page.
“I like standing next to you, Sean. Makes me look so tough.”
Justin Timberlake is a truly underrated actor. his portrayal of this guy was flawless
"I"ll send flowers"
Sean Parker is the guy who tells you everyone else is the problem and it’s everyone else’s fault
What? That is literally the opposite of what he is saying. He is saying that he and Facebook were only successful because other people failed. The opposite of its everyone else's fault.
He's saying it's everyone else's fault he became a multi billionaire
This is a common trend in many business sectors. Poor management and execution is typically the precursor to failure. The Big 3 in Detroit should not have lost so much market share to Japan and gone bankrupt. Nokia and Ericsson should not have gone the way of the dodo to Samsung and Apple.
Maybe the big 3 shouldn’t have been so arrogant and told the customer what the customer wants and then build cars that they knew had defects and blame the customer for not buying American made crap and being a traitor. Arrogance gets people every damn time
this is what i keep saying, facebook didnt win, myspace lost, theres a big different
You don't do a total rewrite of all your software in a different language when you're in a firefight with a competitor. They stood still for a year, Facebook didn't.
Glad I graduated high school before Facebook and the rest of social media took off
Myspace truly did blow it.
Myspace was an end all website. Back in 2008 I was still on Myspace while people slowly surrendered to FB. I liked it because I could meet girls on there . I only left when they left and who the hell meets women on FB?
That's Jack Dorsey to the left, if anyone's curious.
The MySpace way doing things will eventually return
One can hope.
well in theory he's correct. myspace had already arrived. facebook shouldnt have been able to come along and knock it over out of the blue without myspace fucking up.......however...however....the world is a fickle place...facebook wont be around forever either...
It's been the number one social media site for almost 15 years now....what are you even saying?
you were wrong 😶
Man, Timberlake nailed his emphasis on certain words, holy shit
now i understand what 'seanathon' means...
If I was Tom from MySpace, I would've done the same thing. Take the Money and run! There is no guarantee that any social network will be around for long time.
Myspace was great during its early years. I was a Myspace addict years ago. I remember people leaving it because of so much lag and constant changing of the formatting. A lot of the features they were adding were pointless and just took up space and loading time
Just replace the word "My space" with "youtube" and it still works.
The problem with MySpace was the music that blasted your ears when you visited someone’s page and then the JavaScript add ons that slowed your browser while trying to navigate the page. I was like no f this.
In the movie he kind of reminded me of techy tyler durden, since apparently Fincher is familiar with "cool" characters.
Oh lord I miss myspace. That was the golden age of social networking. Nobody knew how to do social media yet so everyone was hooking up with everyone
If not the drug case, this thing would had been his exit ticket from Facebook
i loved myspace back when it was awesome. You could have your own background and music playing when people came to your page. Anyone that viewed it got a sense of personality out of each persons page right off the bat. But then one day i logged on and they had completely changed alot. My background no longer worked, my music didnt show up. And the whole ui/ experience was different then what was actually making it a nice website for connecting and to use. That is where i believe they really failed.
I didn't like going to someones page then being blasted by a song I didn't like
Damn Justin really nailed his role this guys speaks and behaves in same exact way.
Didn't know they made Sean Parker from the social network a real person
Fuck yeah. Rockstar of Silicon Valley indeed.
Gross incompetence = Parker as a human.
I remembered setting up a MySpace account during the summer of 2008. My friends told me about Facebook, and it is better. Within three weeks, everyone jumped onto Facebook. It was simpler and had fewer ads. By winter, it went downhill for MySpace. My parents signed up on Facebook in 2010, and it was over by then.
Similar experience tbh, I loved MySpace, the backgrounds, the song you could have on your page etc and had a lot of people I connected with but didn't see too many real life friends on there, I mostly just spoke to them on MSN, went over to Facebook after a friends recommendation and while it wasn't that interesting by comparison, virtually all my friends from years ago before I went to High School were just...there. People I hadn't seen for years and wondered if they were even still in the area. MySpace was cooler but Facebook was so much more appropriate for the masses and connected people far better.
You signed up for MySpace pretty late. MySpace peaked in 2006, by 2007 it was just half relevant as 2006 and 2008 it was pretty decent but died off completely by that point.
its true... if myspace didnt get bombarded with spam and password stealing it would still be top dog... ppl got tired of getting messages from their friends about viagra
Been saying since the start MySpace was better.
I'm convinced Facebook won because you could see women's photos without having to be their "friend".
And he is 100% right.
MySpace did rule the world.. and then dropped the ball so hard.
There certain things about MySpace that were better than Facebook. Somethings even now no body has.
Myspace didn't blow it ... Tom sold and enjoys his life.
i like to search you online sean..."it make me feel tough" lol
This guy's a legend for Napster alone.
Sean don't lie, Sean don't lie, Sean don't lieeeee. Cocaine
Oh how the mighty have fallen
-A billion dollars isn't cool,you know whats cool?!
-A Frillion wagillian bzillian dollars !
How can people say that Facebook is turning into a quote on quote 'Myspace'....Really give me 5 real good examples of its "change"????
I always disliked Myspace because it was too damn busy and graphically loud. I was always afraid of getting a seizure.
"A million dollars isn't cool anymore, you know what's cool? A billion dollars."
gross incompetence. precisely.
0:43-0:57 Thought I was watching the movie again. LMAO!
It looks like this video is summoned by the algorithm, currently at 597,163 views.
Drop the the. Just Facebook. It's clean.
I almost this is Benedict Cumberbatch 😂
MySpace was so fun
@dwcai81 That's the vibe Ive always gotten from him. Yes he is super smart and came up with Napster and whatnot. I had friends stealing/sharing material in other ways before that - he just figured out how to put a name on it. He's smart for sure, but that "douche" aura he's got kinda ruins a lot for him, I think
he neglected to mention the fact that myspace basically sold themselves out to the music companies to advertise the shit that kids these days listen to
What they listened to
@@wokeupinagarbage that they dont even like themselves a year later
At the beginning of facebook, people where complaining about its lack of customization snd saying my space was ‘sooo much better’ because you could customize it. I remember creating a couple of groups (or something similar) that reached 10 million subscribers in a couple of weeks as they revealed how to customize facebook.
I left Friendster and Yearbook since people there became moody and I ended with technical glitches that made it impossible to communicate with anyone. MySpace eliminated their forums and groups and is starting to stink. FaceBook too has its fair share of technical glitches. I admire Mark Zuckerberg, but would not ask to become his friend.
When Tom sold MySpace to NewsCorp he only saw dollar signs. NewsCorp only saw ways to advertise garbage to an existing user base. Thanks for caring, Tom.
Lesson 178: Anything Rupert Murdoch touches in this era will turn to garbage.
Tom saw the end and took a better life. Myspace was better but could never sustain growth without investiment and investiment means the end of control. He gave up control, took the money, and created a life for himself without becoming a super villian. He's def in my CEO top 8.
So true about Rupert Murdoch.
Full interview?
I'm predicting ,, in 2013 , , more than 2,000 people will be unemployed, ,, and they all worked for Facebook.
THATS Sean Parker?! Wow, talk about Hollywood casting lol
WELCOME to India.
This guy is a badass
Tom has just unfriended Sean Parker.
Back when a Billion dollars was cool.
Myspace was lit. I remember every one just saying fb was more of a cleaner more organized look
listening to music knowing we didn't have to pay for it just makes it that much more satisfying.
The ULTIMATE Con Man.
How did they get Justin Timberlake to play HIM??? Ewww..... Lol
It is true, the competition wasn't solid.
To this day Myspace is better then Facebook
After a 35 year stint as a Commercial Banker at a major US bank I have to say that Sean Parker fits the mold of what is all wrong with large corporations today. He has no original thought; demeans others in order to make himself appear larger than he is, drops names, speaks inappropriately, and obviously will "talk the talk" all day long to anyone who will listen (must be all his investor friends). This is an example of a true narcissist. He will fall...and fall hard. Such a little man.
10 years later and he's worth 2.8 billion.
What did you expect from a women predicting finance , business and the future 🫣🤣@@TanakaJulian
-a million dollar isnt cool, you know whats cool?
-YOU?
_A billion dollars_
i want to stand next to him.
@Mr1in1000000 I had facebook for 2-3 years, and then gave it up. That gave me the self-discipline and confidence to (a few months after) kick my 2-3 year oxycontin addiction. !!!
@ivangronsky Parker played a huge roll in Facebook, he was the only one who had real experience doing what they did. Without him Facebook would have never taken off.
Thanks lot
Christ this cocaine has some blood in its veins
how old are they Sean?...Sean?....how old are they?
Hmm. Is he right about this? Friendster and Myspace were just mostly composed of stuff that didn't interest me. I never noticed server problems. They had crappier ways of sending or posting messages and photos than Facebook, and Myspace is still nearly as much of an eyesore as it was early on. Facebook just had content that was actually worth using.
Precisely. The speaker in the video was not correct.
He's most deff right lmao u just didn't like it
he's so right about myspace doe
PinStripes41 I agree! I liked it so much more than Facebook. Felt more personalised.
He’s not wrong
I don't like Facebook. It is too blahhhhhhhhhhh.
Something new will come out - much much better.
Sean Parker always seemed like a douchebag to me. All the way back when Napster was "cool."
He may be a genius, but...Not a fan
Many people aren’t. He’s definitely brilliant but almost insufferably arrogant. No hate towards the guy but I just can’t respect that attitude no matter who you are, or what you’ve done.
what's a MySpace?
even despite all that myspace is still around somehow
why are there baby bottles all around him? :D
LOL...this guys is awesome...I love how confident he is!..no wonder he's so successful...not afraid to speak his mind...no biase to his own work!
No myspace when down as soon as they changed their entire site smh Go on Myspace now, and it's literally different.
Reminds me of when lenin beat trotsky.
Giant dorkwad
So I saw the movie, loved it. However real life is real life, and Hollywood is Hollywood. For the record Shawn Parker really did blow it for himself.
hahahah this guy knows all about "blowing it"
I agree with you. That is called "prosumerism" where people are "producer" and "consumer" in the same time.
Do you think it would be right if facebook or google will share their money with users?
i think in hindsight all internet companies look pretty weak 10 years ago just like facebook in a year will look ridiculous
@rbh1138
the problem with that theory is that humans are creatures of habit...600 million people have a habit of visiting facebook daily, and it will be tough to draw them out of that comfort zone