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We are talking about a man (and his company) who began with a site that, per Wikipedia, "allowed visitors to compare two female student pictures side-by-side an

We are talking about a man (and his company) who began with a site that, per Wikipedia, "allowed visitors to compare two female student pictures side-by-side and let them decide who was hot or not." Imagine being subjected to such childish humiliation. Of course I also did stupid and childish things as a young adult. But I never thought things like this: "I'm a little intoxicated, not gonna lie. So what if it's not even 10 pm and it's a Tuesday night? What? The Kirkland dormitory facebook is open on my desktop and some of these people have pretty horrendiedous facebook pics. I almost want to put some of these faces next to pictures of some farm animals and have people vote on which is more attractive." That is just mean. To me it reveals his vision from the beginning was to prey on people's worst instincts. Marc Zuckerberg is, I fear (because of his enormous power), a man devoid of empathy. This is the root of Facebook, and that is the problem with Facebook.

thrower123 8y ago
Have you been around 20 year old college kids much? They're drunk, and terrible, and generally pretty trolly at the best of times. I was, as was damn-near everyone else at a brother school of the Zuck's alma mater. I don't buy your assertion that you've never idly had a low-grade cruel thought like that and chuckled at it. Maybe that says more about me.
- actuator 8y ago
  Yeah, I don't understand why people like to bring this point to vilify his character. It is not right to do that but you can hardly expect late teens or early tweens to be that sensible. Zuck just had the misfortune of being successful and his dirty laundry being aired in public.
  - cityzen 8y ago
    ok, so you all can have that one. How about: "People just submitted it. I don't know why. They "trust me" Dumb fucks" I know, I know, still just college kids being college kids. How about this one: "I wonder how similar that is to the Facebook thing. Because they're probably going to be released around the same time. Unless I fuck the dating site people over and quit on them right before I told them I'd have it done" More? really? ok... how about this: "So have you decided what you're going to do about the websites?" Zuck: "Yeah, I'm going to fuck them. Probably in the ear" and... "Haha man come on. You can be unethical and still be legal that's the way I live my life. haha." I think my favorite part is the "haha" at the end. haha indeed. This one is probably the most relevant today: "We copied his account like his profile and everything except I made his answers all like white supremacist." That is why people like me love to vilify his character. He's an entitled asshole and always has been. He probably sits around in his house with Sheryl and Joel Kaplan laughing about how they have Washington by the balls and they can all do whatever the fuck they want. Link to quotes: https://www.businessinsider.com/exclusive-mark-zuckerbergs-secret-ims-from-college-2012-5 https://www.businessinsider.com/exclusive-mark-zuckerbergs-s...
  - bayareasf 8y ago
    The quotes show a hollow moral core for which being young is not an excuse.
- realodb 8y ago
  Ive chuckled at rude thoughts, sure. Ive not thought of building a technology to humiliate people for my amusement. Its an important distinction.
- mcv 8y ago
  I've been 20 once, and nobody I hung out with at my university was that awful. I don't doubt assholes existed, but that doesn't mean they're not assholes.
- gurumeditations 8y ago
  I see people use age as an excuse all the time, but the simple fact is that 20 is not 12 and most people are decent enough to not do what he did. It does speak to your character that you think it’s entirely normal behavior.
tguedes 8y ago
How can you possibly state these things as if they're facts when you have never met the man? At least say you're speculating. You have no idea what's wrong at the root of Facebook, and definitively saying it's because you think he lacks empathy from such shit he did 15 years ago is just wrong.
- realodb 8y ago
  You have no idea what ideas I have... :)

thrower123 8y ago

Have you been around 20 year old college kids much? They're drunk, and terrible, and generally pretty trolly at the best of times. I was, as was damn-near everyone else at a brother school of the Zuck's alma mater. I don't buy your assertion that you've never idly had a low-grade cruel thought like that and chuckled at it. Maybe that says more about me.

actuator 8y ago
Yeah, I don't understand why people like to bring this point to vilify his character. It is not right to do that but you can hardly expect late teens or early tweens to be that sensible. Zuck just had the misfortune of being successful and his dirty laundry being aired in public.
- cityzen 8y ago
  ok, so you all can have that one. How about: "People just submitted it. I don't know why. They "trust me" Dumb fucks" I know, I know, still just college kids being college kids. How about this one: "I wonder how similar that is to the Facebook thing. Because they're probably going to be released around the same time. Unless I fuck the dating site people over and quit on them right before I told them I'd have it done" More? really? ok... how about this: "So have you decided what you're going to do about the websites?" Zuck: "Yeah, I'm going to fuck them. Probably in the ear" and... "Haha man come on. You can be unethical and still be legal that's the way I live my life. haha." I think my favorite part is the "haha" at the end. haha indeed. This one is probably the most relevant today: "We copied his account like his profile and everything except I made his answers all like white supremacist." That is why people like me love to vilify his character. He's an entitled asshole and always has been. He probably sits around in his house with Sheryl and Joel Kaplan laughing about how they have Washington by the balls and they can all do whatever the fuck they want. Link to quotes: https://www.businessinsider.com/exclusive-mark-zuckerbergs-secret-ims-from-college-2012-5 https://www.businessinsider.com/exclusive-mark-zuckerbergs-s...
- bayareasf 8y ago
  The quotes show a hollow moral core for which being young is not an excuse.
realodb 8y ago
Ive chuckled at rude thoughts, sure. Ive not thought of building a technology to humiliate people for my amusement. Its an important distinction.
mcv 8y ago
I've been 20 once, and nobody I hung out with at my university was that awful. I don't doubt assholes existed, but that doesn't mean they're not assholes.
gurumeditations 8y ago
I see people use age as an excuse all the time, but the simple fact is that 20 is not 12 and most people are decent enough to not do what he did. It does speak to your character that you think it’s entirely normal behavior.

tguedes 8y ago

How can you possibly state these things as if they're facts when you have never met the man? At least say you're speculating. You have no idea what's wrong at the root of Facebook, and definitively saying it's because you think he lacks empathy from such shit he did 15 years ago is just wrong.

realodb 8y ago
You have no idea what ideas I have... :)