What Zuck Meant to Say
Many of you are probably aware of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s op-ed in the Washington Post today.
Ever the benevolent dictator, Zuck toes the “users own their information” line (a concept that is problematic in and of itself, a subject I am dealing with in a paper that I will be presenting as a part of the “Philosophy of Facebook” panel at AoIR 11.0) in an effort to ward off the pitchforks, something he’s had to do not infrequently (for example: here and here).
In the interest of furthering discussion, I’ve taken the liberty of revising the first paragraph of his op-ed. The following is my interpretation of what Zuck meant to say:
Six years ago, we built Facebook around a few simple stolen ideas. in order to capitalize on the fact that [p]eople want to share and stay connected with their friends and the people around them. If we give people control over what they share on our network, they will want to share more within the context of our network. If people share more, the world our network will become more open and connected and financially viable. And a world network that’s more open and connected and financially viable is a better world business. These are still our core principles today.
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