Did you see the Facebook interview?
Cory Bergman January 13th, 2008
On 60 Minutes? Wow, did Zuckerberg look nervous. Or something. Anyway, he was asked if Facebook was going public, and he said it’s “highly unlikely” for 2008. Also, an analyst said he “failed as a leader” with the whole Beacon thing and may not be a good CEO. Aside from some smaller decisions here and there, he’s seems to be doing pretty well with the important decisions so far, if you ask me (the idea, the simplicity, the news feed, the open platform). Well, except for the interview. Your thoughts…?
5 Comments Add your own
1. discreet_chaos | January 14th, 2008 at 4:02 am
Personally, I liked the woman who said that if she’s planning a vacation in Maui, she’d ask her friends for suggestions and for some reason, she needs Facebook to do it.
Yeah. He looked nervous and he really should’ve put on a shirt.
2. El Dangeroso | January 14th, 2008 at 5:05 am
Yeah, I love how they were playing up how Facebook could be a threat to Google. Because I always search for things on Facebook, just like how I go to MySpace for news…
3. JoeMo | January 14th, 2008 at 6:52 am
I would be nervous too if my company was worth billions of dollars and roots of my worth was based upon some stolen source code.
4. Jason | January 14th, 2008 at 7:18 am
I do find it interesting that there’s a generation of people out there who love using web applications but freak out when the creators of those applications try to monetize it.
I think news sites have a similar problem as Zuckerberg.
And if I were 23 and being interviewed on 60 Minutes, I’d be nervous too. But holy crap, he looked unbelievably nervous. And I thought he came across as shady, because he didn’t really answer a lot of the questions.
5. Jeremiah | January 14th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
He’s a classic geek. Nervous, apprehensive, and highly uncomfortable in a situation he does not control. I thought Stahl was way too easy on him.
I got the impression he’s hiding something, most likely related to the origins of Facebook’s code.
Last thought: this pasty, apprehensive college dropout is tracking your net usage and selling that information. I, for one, do not like this idea, and will not be on Facebook.
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