[whughes]

He went on to say that they were so focused on revenues in the early days of Zynga that they did some things he didn't like. He then mentioned the Zwinky toolbar and said he installed it on his machine and couldn't get it off. And then went on to say that he told his developer to take that lead gen offer down.

That really isn't the impression I get from watching the mentioned clip: http://techcrunch.com/2009/11/06/zynga-scamville-mark-pinkus...

[fredwilson]

that's my point. that clip misses the context of what mark was saying and why. if you watch the entire video you'll see it an entirely different light

[staunch]

I watched the full video. He says "I did every horrible thing in the book". He's admitting to bad behavior. Where's the context missing from that? The guy let his ethics slip in his hunger to succeed.