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The majority sentiment in this discussion seems to be favoring Zuckerberg. I am not sure why hackers, with the usually higher integrity and honor than most, wi

The majority sentiment in this discussion seems to be favoring Zuckerberg. I am not sure why hackers, with the usually higher integrity and honor than most, will defend this scumbag who seems to defraud not one, two, but three different parties, and laughs with his buddy on IM about his ability to steal people's information. Is it because Zuckerberg is now rich/powerful? Are we being more lenient to those folks now? Because these are the folks, the ones without integrity but with money/power in our society, that are ruining US. These are the folks that are crashing people's 401k, devaluing the dollar, giving bailout money to their buddies, shipping jobs overseas, cheating, lying, and stealing their way to the top. These are the folks that are bankrupting our world. Pretty soon, one day you wake up, you'll have the social security/medicare benefit disappear. your house will be worthless, and so will your 401k. After you've worked hard for 30 years. Maybe then you'll hate the Mark Zuckerbergs of the world.

jonknee 16y ago
It's probably because they think his [as personally told] story could/will happen to them. A hacker in a dorm room turns out to ignite the planet and become a [paper] billionaire nearly overnight. It's a great story and would be inspiring if true, but like many great stories it's full of shit. He apparently screwed over nearly everyone he came in contact with to get on top.
- joe_the_user 16y ago
  The justice question here is interesting. Whatever bad Zuckerberg has done, it doesn't seem especially plausible that Ceglia made a contribution significant enough to merit a percentage of Facebook. At the same time, if the contract is authentic, it seems like there's a big back-story here you'd have to learn before making any judgments here. And, hey, I'll admit I'm really curious what that story is.
  - jonknee 16y ago
    As far as justice goes, I don't have any sympathy for someone who continually stole other people's efforts and took all the money/glory/power. I doubt he'll lose it all, but I wouldn't consider that unfair. Regardless of what happens, it should prove interesting.

jonknee 16y ago

It's probably because they think his [as personally told] story could/will happen to them. A hacker in a dorm room turns out to ignite the planet and become a [paper] billionaire nearly overnight. It's a great story and would be inspiring if true, but like many great stories it's full of shit. He apparently screwed over nearly everyone he came in contact with to get on top.

joe_the_user 16y ago
The justice question here is interesting. Whatever bad Zuckerberg has done, it doesn't seem especially plausible that Ceglia made a contribution significant enough to merit a percentage of Facebook. At the same time, if the contract is authentic, it seems like there's a big back-story here you'd have to learn before making any judgments here. And, hey, I'll admit I'm really curious what that story is.
- jonknee 16y ago
  As far as justice goes, I don't have any sympathy for someone who continually stole other people's efforts and took all the money/glory/power. I doubt he'll lose it all, but I wouldn't consider that unfair. Regardless of what happens, it should prove interesting.