Parts of yesterday's Zuckerberg interview [0] highlighted and commented by Matt Levine today [1]: Zuckerberg: You mentioned our governance. One of the things t

Parts of yesterday's Zuckerberg interview [0] highlighted and commented by Matt Levine today [1]: Zuckerberg: You mentioned our governance. One of the things that I feel really lucky we have is this company structure where, at the end of the day, it’s a controlled company. We are not at the whims of short-term shareholders. We can really design these products and decisions with what is going to be in the best interest of the community over time. Klein: That is one of the ways Facebook is different, but I can imagine reading it both ways. On the one hand, your control of voting shares makes you more insulated from short-term pressures of the market. On the other hand, you have a lot more personal power. There’s no quadrennial election for CEO of Facebook. And that’s a normal way that democratic governments ensure accountability. Do you think that governance structure makes you, in some cases, less accountable? Zuckerberg: I certainly think that’s a fair question. My goal here is to create a governance structure around the content and the community that reflects more what people in the community want than what short-term-oriented shareholders might want. And if we do that well, then I think that could really break ground on governance for an internet community. But if we don’t do it well, then I think we’ll fail to handle a lot of the issues that are coming up. [0]: https://www.vox.com/2018/4/2/17185052/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-interview-fake-news-bots-cambridge https://www.vox.com/2018/4/2/17185052/mark-zuckerberg-facebo... [1]: https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-04-03/it-s-just-another-day-at-the-office-for-spotify https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-04-03/it-s-just...