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Reading his responses, he doesn't come off as the money-hungry psychopath that he was claimed to be. Either he knows how to hide his agenda very well, or, well,

by Jun8 16y ago

Reading his responses, he doesn't come off as the money-hungry psychopath that he was claimed to be. Either he knows how to hide his agenda very well, or, well, he's just your usual young founder.

qq66 16y ago
No majorly successful founder-CEO is "in it for the money." If he wanted to just buy Lamborghinis and penthouses, he would have sold the company for $1 billion several years ago. Anyone like Gates, Jobs, Zuckerberg, Ellison, etc. are in it for the power, megalomania, and manifest destiny -- not for the money.
- silkodyssey 16y ago
  The 11 Companies That Tried To Buy Facebook http://www.businessinsider.com/all-the-companies-that-ever-tried-to-buy-facebook-2010-5 http://www.businessinsider.com/all-the-companies-that-ever-t...
  - jimbokun 16y ago
    Why does image 15 of the slide show have a picture of Shaq and Tim Duncan?
    - maukdaddy 16y ago
      SHAQ ATTACK!
- nellboy 16y ago
  What annoys me about it is that this meglomaniac is actually defining how we communicate with eachother online. What effect does this have on people's mentality? .. my guess is at least some!
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orblivion 16y ago
Psychopaths are great at hiding their agenda.
- techiferous 16y ago
  I think we have to be careful labeling people psychopaths.
  - pjscott 16y ago
    That's just what I would expect a psychopath to say. Seriously, though, there are plenty of words to describe people who are dishonest, manipulative, and so on, without casually diagnosing them with a profound psychological disorder. It's just prudent to use those instead of "psychopath".
    - techiferous 16y ago
      And it's usually more accurate and constructive to label the behavior as manipulative, dishonest, etc. instead of the person.
what 16y ago
He's probably been coached on what to say, I somehow doubt he just goes to these interviews and wings it. As for being money-hungry, like qq66 said, he likely would have sold FB if he was just in it for the money. But then he'd be less of a celebrity and no one would remember him? Also, I think a lot of this anti-FB/Zuckerberg stuff has been blown out of proportion and is exaggerated.

by Jun8 16y ago

Reading his responses, he doesn't come off as the money-hungry psychopath that he was claimed to be. Either he knows how to hide his agenda very well, or, well, he's just your usual young founder.

qq66 16y ago

No majorly successful founder-CEO is "in it for the money." If he wanted to just buy Lamborghinis and penthouses, he would have sold the company for $1 billion several years ago. Anyone like Gates, Jobs, Zuckerberg, Ellison, etc. are in it for the power, megalomania, and manifest destiny -- not for the money.

silkodyssey 16y ago
The 11 Companies That Tried To Buy Facebook http://www.businessinsider.com/all-the-companies-that-ever-tried-to-buy-facebook-2010-5 http://www.businessinsider.com/all-the-companies-that-ever-t...
- jimbokun 16y ago
  Why does image 15 of the slide show have a picture of Shaq and Tim Duncan?
  - maukdaddy 16y ago
    SHAQ ATTACK!
nellboy 16y ago
What annoys me about it is that this meglomaniac is actually defining how we communicate with eachother online. What effect does this have on people's mentality? .. my guess is at least some!

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orblivion 16y ago

Psychopaths are great at hiding their agenda.

techiferous 16y ago
I think we have to be careful labeling people psychopaths.
- pjscott 16y ago
  That's just what I would expect a psychopath to say. Seriously, though, there are plenty of words to describe people who are dishonest, manipulative, and so on, without casually diagnosing them with a profound psychological disorder. It's just prudent to use those instead of "psychopath".
  - techiferous 16y ago
    And it's usually more accurate and constructive to label the behavior as manipulative, dishonest, etc. instead of the person.

what 16y ago

He's probably been coached on what to say, I somehow doubt he just goes to these interviews and wings it. As for being money-hungry, like qq66 said, he likely would have sold FB if he was just in it for the money. But then he'd be less of a celebrity and no one would remember him? Also, I think a lot of this anti-FB/Zuckerberg stuff has been blown out of proportion and is exaggerated.