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Author's Note
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Chapter 1
Stealing Myspace
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Chapter 2
Circle of Friends
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Chapter 3
Rising from the Ashes
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Chapter 4
The Trailer Park of the Internet
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Chapter 5
Struggling to Survive
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Chapter 6
The Fakester Revolution
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Chapter 7
Building Myspace
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Chapter 8
The Boardroom Coup
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Chapter 9
The Fix-it-Later Philosophy
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Chapter 10
Operation Show Time
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Chapter 11
Are We Missing the Next Google?
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Chapter 12
Tsunami
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Chapter 13
Independence
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Chapter 14
The King of Spyware
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Chapter 15
Schmuck Insurance
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Chapter 16
The Game is on
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Chapter 17
Project Ivory
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Chapter 18
Holding a Tiger by the Tail
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Chapter 19
A Fine Line Between Risque and Dirty
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Chapter 20
"A Place for Fiends"
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Chapter 21
Pebble Beach
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Chapter 22
War Against Web 2.0
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Chapter 23
Number One in Every Market
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Chapter 24
Beyond the Banner AD
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Chapter 25
The Facebook Revolution
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Chapter 26
Myspace 2.0
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Chapter 27
Digital Identity
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Epilogue
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Acknowledgments
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Notes
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Index
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