[anon5]

One name (Zuckerberg) tells how foolish anybody who predicts future can seem. And therefore tech journos almost always do. 'Idiots just shutup' I say to them!

Another one (Torvalds) screams of insensitivity to the real impact created by some one. The journalist(s) deserves a whack in the back for this.

There are many people who do something noteworthy, and then fade away, for various reasons. Calling them out, in a derogatory manner is bad. 'Idiots just go away. Look at your loser self, in the mirror, when creating a list like this' I say again.

[rwmj]

Most of Zuckerberg's $13 billion net worth is based on an imaginary valuation of Facebook, apparently engineered by Goldmans. There's still plenty of opportunity for Facebook to disappear into obscurity, overshadowed by the next big thing, just like Myspace, Mixi, Friendster and Livejournal.

[anon5]

What you say can happen. Agree with you. My main peeve is with any such list in the first place - "actors who don't matter...", 'techie greats who don't matter' etc. etc. Makes me very angry, purely from basic human feelings POV.

And its obviously a link bait - '10 people who don't matter...' easily attracts people on to read (or just page visit) '50 people who do matter...'.

[neilk]

Will Facebook have lasting impact -- like you, I'm skeptical. Is Zuckerberg great on execution, and does he matter? Absolutely.

[cpeterso]

I wonder how much Zuckerberg's actual, cash-in-bank worth is. Can he, as an individual, sell some portion of his pre-IPO shares for cash?