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There are so many reasons to hate Zuck. But bringing up something he said as a teenager in a private conversation is one of the dumbest reasons.

pbalau 1y ago
Is there any proof that he said that, apart the movie? I'm not arguing he didn't, but the only place I've found to support that is the movie. I didn't try very hard either...
- triceratops 1y ago
  Was that in the movie? I thought it came from emails released in court.
- ceejayoz 1y ago
  Yes, he said (well, typed) it. https://www.businessinsider.com/well-these-new-zuckerberg-ims-wont-help-facebooks-privacy-problems-2010-5 https://www.businessinsider.com/well-these-new-zuckerberg-im...
  - pbalau 1y ago
    Thanks for the link, but I can read that, too many intrusive ads. I'll give it a go when I get to a computer.
    - buildsjets 1y ago
      Goalpost mover.
isx726552 1y ago
It was a comment revealing his attitude towards what would soon become his customers in a globally-impactful business over which he has sole control. It’s more relevant than ever today.
- deleted 1y ago
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- margalabargala 1y ago
  "Let every 40-year-old be measured by the shittiest thing they said when they were 19"
  - al_borland 1y ago
    In most cases those comments weren’t about the service they still running at 40. His comment was also him self-reporting that he shouldn’t be trusted with user data, when his whole business revolves around user data. If it was some off color joke in poor taste, I wouldn’t care so much.
  - jjulius 1y ago
    I don't disagree with your point, but nothing is absolute. In this case, he's essentially done a tremendously good job of showing us since then that, no, we can't trust him. He's more than lived up to his words.
  - dblohm7 1y ago
    Even if he said something in his role as CEO of Facebook? "Young people are just smarter" and so on...
    - margalabargala 1y ago
      He's an entirely different person now. There is no one under the age of 45 on the planet who would say "you know, yeah, I'm fundamentally the same person I was 22 years ago." I'm not saying he's a better person. Just different. Judge him by what he says and does now, which is no better.
      - jedberg 1y ago
        Donald Trump famously said in his 70s that his personality hasn't changed since he was a child. I'm sure there are others like him.
immibis 1y ago
Me, as a teenager: "I am building the Torment Nexus, and I am calling it Happy Kittens Inc." Me, 10 years later: "I am proud to unveil Happy Kittens Inc." You: "That's the Torment Nexus." My irrational fans: "There's no reason to bring up something he said as a teenager."

pbalau 1y ago

Is there any proof that he said that, apart the movie? I'm not arguing he didn't, but the only place I've found to support that is the movie. I didn't try very hard either...

triceratops 1y ago
Was that in the movie? I thought it came from emails released in court.
ceejayoz 1y ago
Yes, he said (well, typed) it. https://www.businessinsider.com/well-these-new-zuckerberg-ims-wont-help-facebooks-privacy-problems-2010-5 https://www.businessinsider.com/well-these-new-zuckerberg-im...
- pbalau 1y ago
  Thanks for the link, but I can read that, too many intrusive ads. I'll give it a go when I get to a computer.
  - buildsjets 1y ago
    Goalpost mover.

isx726552 1y ago

It was a comment revealing his attitude towards what would soon become his customers in a globally-impactful business over which he has sole control. It’s more relevant than ever today.

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margalabargala 1y ago
"Let every 40-year-old be measured by the shittiest thing they said when they were 19"
- al_borland 1y ago
  In most cases those comments weren’t about the service they still running at 40. His comment was also him self-reporting that he shouldn’t be trusted with user data, when his whole business revolves around user data. If it was some off color joke in poor taste, I wouldn’t care so much.
- jjulius 1y ago
  I don't disagree with your point, but nothing is absolute. In this case, he's essentially done a tremendously good job of showing us since then that, no, we can't trust him. He's more than lived up to his words.
- dblohm7 1y ago
  Even if he said something in his role as CEO of Facebook? "Young people are just smarter" and so on...
  - margalabargala 1y ago
    He's an entirely different person now. There is no one under the age of 45 on the planet who would say "you know, yeah, I'm fundamentally the same person I was 22 years ago." I'm not saying he's a better person. Just different. Judge him by what he says and does now, which is no better.
    - jedberg 1y ago
      Donald Trump famously said in his 70s that his personality hasn't changed since he was a child. I'm sure there are others like him.

immibis 1y ago

Me, as a teenager: "I am building the Torment Nexus, and I am calling it Happy Kittens Inc." Me, 10 years later: "I am proud to unveil Happy Kittens Inc." You: "That's the Torment Nexus." My irrational fans: "There's no reason to bring up something he said as a teenager."