Sunday, January 13, 2008

The Face Behind Facebook

Meet Mark Zuckerberg, the 23-year-old Harvard dropout behind the Internet phenomenon Facebook. Since Facebook's creation four years ago, some 60 million people have already signed up, and that number is expected to grow to 200 million by the end of 2008. Lesley Stahl has the story.

The Face Behind Facebook
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1
This guy rocks . not only is he great as a coder and being a visionary, but he has set up the perfect office environment.
Posted by xscdgeorge on Sun, Jan 13, 2008 11:37 PM ET
2
im not going to lie. facebook is ridiculously hard to use.
Posted by kaycatastrophe on Mon, Jan 14, 2008 1:31 AM ET
3
Visionary? I don't think I would go that far. Right time, right place, and some drive and determination....maybe. I don't mean to be a hater, but let's call it like it is. This is not that big of a deal, billions or no billions..........
Posted by eurotrash777 on Mon, Jan 14, 2008 1:44 AM ET
4
Facebook is hard to use for people who are used to using MySpace, which, gastronomically speaking, is McDonald's. Facebook is Souplantation--avant garde, but easily served to the public.
Posted by angelmanda017 on Mon, Jan 14, 2008 2:01 AM ET
5
Facebook... Yawn.
Posted by geschmidtt on Mon, Jan 14, 2008 2:05 AM ET
6
Facebook is hard to use and I find there is not much that qualifies it as superior in any way to Myspace. I actually find it boring
Posted by mariebernadette1948 on Mon, Jan 14, 2008 2:13 AM ET
7
I don't think Mark is a visionary. He's probably a great coder. I doubt when he started it at Harvard that it was going to turn into something that big. Sonia www.GoMilni.com
Posted by sonia.kapoor99 on Mon, Jan 14, 2008 2:17 AM ET
8
Hig biggest mistake is not Facebook Beacon. The biggest mistake will be not selling the company at the right time. Sonia www.GoMilni.com
Posted by sonia.kapoor99 on Mon, Jan 14, 2008 2:20 AM ET
9
I'm amazed how myspace and facebook got all the attention from the media, personally i go with Hi5.com it has better features, better code structure, flexibility and frame. I wonder what would happen if the media focus it's power over Hi5.com, would it get the same amount of subscribers or members?
Posted by misiu20022002 on Mon, Jan 14, 2008 2:25 AM ET
10
Didn't he steal this from some of his classmates? I understand that he was hired to help with coding and then stole the whole thing.
Posted by dknowlesj on Mon, Jan 14, 2008 2:55 AM ET

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