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Note that these information agencies that you refer to are in competition. That makes manipulating Zuckerburg a lot more difficult, doesn't it? Also, his '26 y

by btam 15y ago

Note that these information agencies that you refer to are in competition. That makes manipulating Zuckerburg a lot more difficult, doesn't it? Also, his '26 year old mind' is not alone. He's not the only guy that wants to support his ideals. I'm not saying that he can resist manipulation, but I don't think it's as easy as the parent of my comment makes it seem at all. If anything, it's a war for Zuck; it's not a war on Zuck. For example, the US and say, North Korea are not going to be working together for control of Zuckerburg; they're going to be competing for it.

throwaway40m 15y ago
I believe "Zuck" has already made his moral nature explicitly clear for any and all who wishes to review his life history, specially in context of "power, wealth" and "TheFacebook" .. edit: your competing intelligence agency doctrine is built on a bunch of presumptions (elephants). Do we even fully understand the nature of real power on this planet and how it is organized and exercised? But even if you wish to assume this, the above observation of "Zuck" nature stands.
trotsky 15y ago
note to throwaway40m, your comments are showing up as dead. 99% won't be able to see them.
isleyaardvark 15y ago
"Yeah so if you ever need info about anyone at Harvard, just ask. I have over 4,000 emails, pictures, addresses, SNS. People just submitted it. I don't know why. They 'trust me'. Dumb fucks." So when did Zuckerberg develop these "lofty goals" and "ideals"?
- btam 15y ago
  Is it so difficult to believe that that was a joke? I can see myself making that sort of joke in person, but after seeing what's happened to Zuckerburg, I would treat the internet as a press conference. Zuckerburg has been described as socially awkward more times than he's been described -- you can't be sure that he wasn't just going too far with a joke. That's very common for the stereotypical logical type -- doubly when he's talking to a friend that would be fine with the joke. But suppose it were not a joke. This guy has changed the world forever in an incredibly short period of time. I'd be surprised if he didn't change his philosophy somewhat, if not drastically. Few people have to adjust to being one of the most influential human beings in the world, especially in their mid-twenties.
- phlux 15y ago
  To be clear, when I said "Regardless of Mark's ideals and lofty goals - politics is politics." -- I was in no way implying that he had lofty goals and ideals that were good... quite to the contrary. I do not and shall not ever have an account on the book for many reasons - my distrust of the founder and company ethos are but just two...
  - eliasmacpherson 15y ago
    What's to stop an acquaintance of yours impersonating you?
trotsky 15y ago
I think that there is a clear argument that intelligence agencies have a substantial home field advantage when dealing with business. Consider the homegrown competition in China. Xiaonei/Renren is pretty much a facebook clone with 70M+ users, and Sina Weibo is a microblogging service ala Twitter.

by btam 15y ago

throwaway40m 15y ago

I believe "Zuck" has already made his moral nature explicitly clear for any and all who wishes to review his life history, specially in context of "power, wealth" and "TheFacebook" .. edit: your competing intelligence agency doctrine is built on a bunch of presumptions (elephants). Do we even fully understand the nature of real power on this planet and how it is organized and exercised? But even if you wish to assume this, the above observation of "Zuck" nature stands.

trotsky 15y ago

note to throwaway40m, your comments are showing up as dead. 99% won't be able to see them.

isleyaardvark 15y ago

"Yeah so if you ever need info about anyone at Harvard, just ask. I have over 4,000 emails, pictures, addresses, SNS. People just submitted it. I don't know why. They 'trust me'. Dumb fucks." So when did Zuckerberg develop these "lofty goals" and "ideals"?

btam 15y ago
Is it so difficult to believe that that was a joke? I can see myself making that sort of joke in person, but after seeing what's happened to Zuckerburg, I would treat the internet as a press conference. Zuckerburg has been described as socially awkward more times than he's been described -- you can't be sure that he wasn't just going too far with a joke. That's very common for the stereotypical logical type -- doubly when he's talking to a friend that would be fine with the joke. But suppose it were not a joke. This guy has changed the world forever in an incredibly short period of time. I'd be surprised if he didn't change his philosophy somewhat, if not drastically. Few people have to adjust to being one of the most influential human beings in the world, especially in their mid-twenties.
phlux 15y ago
To be clear, when I said "Regardless of Mark's ideals and lofty goals - politics is politics." -- I was in no way implying that he had lofty goals and ideals that were good... quite to the contrary. I do not and shall not ever have an account on the book for many reasons - my distrust of the founder and company ethos are but just two...
- eliasmacpherson 15y ago
  What's to stop an acquaintance of yours impersonating you?

trotsky 15y ago

I think that there is a clear argument that intelligence agencies have a substantial home field advantage when dealing with business. Consider the homegrown competition in China. Xiaonei/Renren is pretty much a facebook clone with 70M+ users, and Sina Weibo is a microblogging service ala Twitter.