[isleyaardvark]

"Yeah so if you ever need info about anyone at Harvard, just ask. I have over 4,000 emails, pictures, addresses, SNS. People just submitted it. I don't know why. They 'trust me'. Dumb fucks."

So when did Zuckerberg develop these "lofty goals" and "ideals"?

[btam]

Is it so difficult to believe that that was a joke?

I can see myself making that sort of joke in person, but after seeing what's happened to Zuckerburg, I would treat the internet as a press conference.

Zuckerburg has been described as socially awkward more times than he's been described -- you can't be sure that he wasn't just going too far with a joke. That's very common for the stereotypical logical type -- doubly when he's talking to a friend that would be fine with the joke.

But suppose it were not a joke. This guy has changed the world forever in an incredibly short period of time. I'd be surprised if he didn't change his philosophy somewhat, if not drastically.

Few people have to adjust to being one of the most influential human beings in the world, especially in their mid-twenties.

[phlux]

To be clear, when I said "Regardless of Mark's ideals and lofty goals - politics is politics." -- I was in no way implying that he had lofty goals and ideals that were good... quite to the contrary.

I do not and shall not ever have an account on the book for many reasons - my distrust of the founder and company ethos are but just two...

[eliasmacpherson]

What's to stop an acquaintance of yours impersonating you?