LJ FAIL: And in a moment of interesting timing...

[maetang]

... this comes to light, about Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg.

A series of "embarrassing and damaging" IMs from Mark Zuckerberg have been confirmed as real by The New Yorker, and by the Facebook founder himself. Among them, an exchange once leaked to Silicon Alley Insider in which Zuckerberg explains to a friend that his control of Facebook

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[elgoose]

What I don't understand is why people give all that information in the first place. Just because Facebook asks, doesn't mean anybody has to answer. My account there wasn't even under my own name until I decided I wanted to reconnect with some people I know in my meat life.

[maetang]

FB may create the illusion of more privacy than is actually available. And if people are using it to network, they may start out by wanting more info on it than not, and then later realize that's not such a great idea. My guess would be there's a learning curve involved in that.

[maetang]

He certainly doesn't seem to have a clue about the impact of heterosexism in society!