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How did the author 'almost kill facebook' if Zuckerberg was 'unphased' by his argument in this single conversation they had?

• deleted 18y ago
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• jsomers 18y ago
  I don't think he is being entirely serious in this post, which is sprinkled with self-deprecation masquerading as egotism.
  • cpr 18y ago
    It struck me as egotism masquerading as self-deprecation. It'd be like my talking about how I almost destroyed Microsoft because I used to tease Gates about he was wasting his time programming those silly microcomputers, when he was hacking late at night on his 8080 assembler/linker/simulator in the PDP-10 machine room at the old Harvard CRCT. (Which happens to be true. ;-)
    • gruseom 18y ago
      It struck me as egotism masquerading as self-deprecation. Damn, you beat me to it! I was going to say: Egotism masquerading as self-deprecation masquerading as egotism. Edit: That's a pretty great story about Gates, and it got me curious, so I googled some other places where you mentioned him. This one was my favorite, because it confirms a belief I have about companies' personalities reflecting their founders': http://caelumetterra.wordpress.com/2006/01/19/ceos-red-in-tooth-and-claw/#comment-1110 http://caelumetterra.wordpress.com/2006/01/19/ceos-red-in-to... It also makes a shrewd observation about Microsoft.
      • gruseom 18y ago
        Meant to add: sorry for web-stalking you... that tidbit was just too enticing to pass up!
        • cpr 18y ago
          Oh, not at all. It's all public record. You found me off in some odd corners of the net, I see (Catholic agrarianism, in this case).
• herval 18y ago
  He must keep thinking he is relevant, you know... It's pretty much like "you know I'm responsible for the credit mark crisis because once upon a time I bought a house"