TIME Person of the Year: Mr. Mark "Facebook" Zuckerberg

[adlep]

Yea, because all the top corporations are filled with honest to goodness, warm fuzzy people that truly fucking care about everyone else around them. Naive much? You don't make it by making friends with everyone.

Look at Google. THese guys were nothing but nice to everyone. They did not screw each other out too. In addition, AFAIK, there are no lawsuits claiming that Goolge stole the "core" technology. So, it can be done.

 

[AMDZen]

Look at Google. THese guys were nothing but nice to everyone. They did not screw each other out too. In addition, AFAIK, there are no lawsuits claiming that Goolge stole the "core" technology. So, it can be done.

Wow, the ignorance is strong in this one.

BTW, there is more then one lawsuit in Europe against Google and privacy matters. The biggest being the Wi-Fi data gathering Google street vehicles that actually got into every open Wi-Fi network and collected as much data as they could. They were even activated with default PW's for every brand of router and were able to collect info on other Wi-Fi networks that were secured, albeit very half ass'd secured.

Yea, Google is collecting all that data on you and everything you do because they are your friends and have no intentions at all of making as much money as possible on said data.

 

[mizzou]

Its all about being in the right place at the right time!

 

[adlep]

Wow, the ignorance is strong in this one.

BTW, there is more then one lawsuit in Europe against Google and privacy matters. The biggest being the Wi-Fi data gathering Google street vehicles that actually got into every open Wi-Fi network and collected as much data as they could. They were even activated with default PW's for every brand of router and were able to collect info on other Wi-Fi networks that were secured, albeit very half ass'd secured.

Yea, Google is collecting all that data on you and everything you do because they are your friends and have no intentions at all of making as much money as possible on said data.

Quit being sneaky,
I am talking about the "core" of the company. Right, when they started.
Now, it is a big corporation and the founders themselves no longer have a full control over what is going on. The Wi-Fi Google hacking is nothing but a big FUD anyway. Some stock broker who wanted short sell Goog raised that "issue" to make few bucks. Btw, the entire "web privacy" issue was stated because of FB carelessness.

 

[BeauJangles]

Before or after Facebook? A billion dollars tends to change the way people act.

He met them during the fall after Facebook was founded, so Mark had already moved to California and dropped out of Harvard and Edwardo was still at Harvard taking classes.

 

[ShadowOfMyself]

I dont really like FB, but compared to Myspace, what I like about it is the simplicity/cleanness of the layout... Theres no pointless flash crap (thank god)

Myspace is completely cluttered with useless stuff and the new version is even worse

 

[zinfamous]

ah, Zuckerburg, the man who claims--quite proudly--that people really don't care about privacy.


good for him.

 

[QueBert]

So now, because I am not on the FB, I have no life...
What if the power goes out? The life will end?

People who use FB have no grasp on reality, the internet isn't real life. I had a person talking to me about a week ago, they asked me what was my FB info so they could friend me. I told them fuck FB I will never have one. They looked at me puzzled and seriously asked "but how do you stay in touch with people???"

The way she spoke about it, it was like she literally would be unable to function without her FB. It's weird how I have no FB yet I socialize better than anyone I know who has one.

 

[coloumb]

Facebook is a great way to keep in touch, share pictures, etc and see how others are doing without having to give out your phone #, send an email, pick up the phone, etc. I've even won a few contests by reputable companies so it's definitely a useful service.

What does annoy me about Facebook are people who think it's just like Twitter and have to update stupid crap multiple times per day or post things they wouldn't normally say in person [ie: nerd rage posts on forums]. Those people are ignored or aren't on my friends list anymore.

 

[Tweak155]

Accomplished as far as business goes, other than that whooptie do.

 

[pcnerd37]

I can certainly understand why he was chosen but couldn't they have found a better picture for the cover? That is probably the worst possible picture of them that they could use. I've seen drivers license and mugshot photos that look better than that picture.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

People who use FB have no grasp on reality

Jesus you say some stupid shit.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

I had a person talking to me about a week ago, they asked me what was my FB info so they could friend me. I told them fuck FB I will never have one.

Massive douche alert.

 

[SandEagle]

Clearly Erdogan should have won. He had a huge lead in TIME's online poll, up to the final ratings. But what does a poll matter if the editors have a disclaimer that they can choose whoever they want? suck balls POTY.

http://www.time.com/time/specials/pa...028734,00.html

"Take a look at this year's candidates (listed in alphabetical order) and, now that voting has closed, view the final ratings — though TIME's editors who choose the actual Person of the Year reserve the right to disagree"

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/specials/pa...#ixzz18EEHzYLw​

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

FB will be dead in 5 years. Don't beleive me? One word ... TWITTER

 

[MikeMike]

FB will be dead in 5 years. Don't beleive me? One word ... TWITTER

Twitter is the fad, FB is the real deal

 

[StrangerGuy]

Sometimes $2 billion just isn't enough....or maybe he wants to be in the media, etc just like Zuck is on 60 minutes...

That guy got $2 billion and he is still pissed? I'm losing faith in humanity.

 

[alkemyst]

Twitter is the fad, FB is the real deal

Twitter and FB serve two different purposes.

Almost all my invites now take place through FB...it's easier to see what everyone else replies with too.

The only people that don't get FB, don't have social lives.

 

[Josh]

FB will be dead in 5 years. Don't beleive me? One word ... TWITTER

I will bet its the other way around. Twitter dies. Facebook remains.

 

[Eli]

That was a great article. Thanks.

Pretty profound, really. Almost makes me want to make a facebook account.

But.. I like the anonmnity of the internet, even if it is becoming more and more of an illusion. I got online just as growth was beginning to explode in 1994.

I miss those days, on some level.

Just a random thought.. So we had the rebellion of the 1960s. That rebellion was allowed to continue, on some level, on the internet. Now that is being taken away. I wonder when the next counter culture movement will be, and what it will focus on?

Will be interesting to see if anything like that happens in the next ~60 years.

 

[moshquerade]

Really surprised they didn't name Julian Assange as their "Person of the Year".

 

[ch33zw1z]

This...Facebook isn't going anywhere. It is way past a fad and is ingrained in our culture.

I fear this is true, and it makes me sad. I like to pretend there's still a part of the internet that's anonymous..

 

[nublikescake]

Really surprised they didn't name Julian Assange as their "Person of the Year".

This article offers some answers as to why.



Of course, for many the surprise is not so much that Zuckerberg was given the award, but that runner-up Julian Assange was not.

Assange is undoubtedly the man of the moment, and in a sense, the whole year; though WikiLeaks' latest release of Embassy cables has attracted a swarm of media attention, earlier releases of the Iraqi Collateral Murder video and the Afghan war logs made a huge public impact.
Up until this week, Assange seemed like a shoe-in for the award. He received by far the most votes in TIME's user poll, coming in just over 382,026 (compared to Zuckerberg’s mere 18,353 votes).

TIME, for its part, has been clear that the Person of the Year is less an award and more recognition of a person or persons who have "done the most to influence events of the year."

The magazine readily admits that their editors reserve the right to disagree with the user vote, but with the US and other governments hot on Julian Assange's tail, many are speculating that the decision was a political one.

Though direct government pressure seems unlikely (but not impossible), the idea that TIME chose cuddly Zuckerberg over international man of mystery Assange in order to appease an increasingly belligerent US government is entirely feasible.

Business interests

There are also, of course, financial considerations. Backlash over TIME’s choice of Ayatollah Khomeini in 1979 allegedly resulted in thousands of subscription cancellations.

More than two-thirds of the American public believe that Assange should face criminal charges, according to a recent ABC News/Washington Post poll; had TIME gone with the controversial figure anyway, they might have risked losing subscribers once again.

The biggest question of all in regard to TIME's choice, however, is also the most benign: "why now?" Facebook hit its peak in 2008, when it became the world’s most popular social network.

Since then, though it remains on top, criticism against the site has only grown as privacy breach after privacy breach angers users and security advocates. Awarding Zuckerberg TIME’s top honor may have made sense two years ago, but in 2010 and in light of the world’s captivation with WikiLeaks and Assange, it now seems out of touch.

 

[Anubis]

More than two-thirds of the American public believe that Assange should face criminal charges, according to a recent ABC News/Washington Post poll; had TIME gone with the controversial figure anyway, they might have risked losing subscribers once again.

someone should just kill him, easier and faster

 

[BeauJangles]

FB will be dead in 5 years. Don't beleive me? One word ... TWITTER

Except that...

Twitter's growth has already stalled in the United States and Facebook continues to grow.

Facebook has nearly 4x the users.

Facebook makes money, Twitter has never turned a profit.

Facebook is the most "engaging" site on the internet; Twitter is not.

One is a social network, the other is a messaging service.

Businesses, both small and large, are making tons of money through Facebook pages and advertisements... Companies find that monetizing Twitter is extremely difficult.


So, really, the only thing they share in common is that they're both websites designed to help connect people. Your argument is like saying, "the Ford Escape will be a failure. Don't believe me? One word... Aztek!"