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Article brings up an interesting angle on Mark Zuckerberg's baby kissing tour. I just had it down, like most people I think, as a sort of warm up for a politica
by scrumper 9y ago
Article brings up an interesting angle on Mark Zuckerberg's baby kissing tour. I just had it down, like most people I think, as a sort of warm up for a political career. But it does make a lot of sense as a defensive move, an image repair exercise. To some degree it doesn't matter what it was; the establishment will see it as that and act all the more aggressively as a result.
- bbctol 9y agoI thought this tweet was interesting: https://twitter.com/libbycwatson/status/857943302599053314 https://twitter.com/libbycwatson/status/857943302599053314 It sure looks like a political campaign, but maybe the more connected things get, the more political everything becomes, and the more everything turns into campaigning.
- jack6e 9y agoI think the two views of his tour are inextricably linked. Protecting Facebook's image protects Zuckerberg's image, because, as the author says, "Zuckerberg is Facebook, and his image is his company’s." Regardless of whether he runs, Facebook needs good PR to stay popular and profitable. But if he does run, Zuckerberg will need Facebook to be popular, and him by extension, to have a chance. To most of the population, Zuckerberg is still just a kid in a hoodie and his only relevance is that he heads up the dominant social media platform of the moment, so his political hopes hinge on keeping that platform dominant. No one is talking about Tom Anderson running for president.
- dpeterson 9y agoIf Zuckerberg ran for office he would have to let people know what his politics are and run as GOP, Democrat, Libertarian, etc. That would immediately alienate huge swaths of the population, not just of the U.S., but the world. It wouldn't matter what party he chose. I doubt he would open Facebook up to that kind of scrutiny.