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by kadoban 1183 days ago
It's not too bad of an email. It probably could be done a lot better, but whatever.

It's a shitty, insensitive, email subject line though. Many people are going to see that and have a very negative reaction.

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What would you suggest the subject line should have been?
I'm not sure what you're getting at. It's only the subject line the parent is referring to. There are practically infinite possible choices for a relevant subject line on any topic, with varying degrees of specificity and tone. Zuckerberg chose super-low-specificity, super-high-negativity. It reads to varying degrees as impetuous, petty, vindictive, ominous, drunk on power, and emotionally retarded (in my personal opinion). It's also unfortunately not terribly surprising/rare in situations like these.
Even something as crap as "to the leaker: please resign" would be infinitely better. At least that won't give the entire recipient list a heart attack.