HE’S REALLY MADE A MARK – AS A HACK
HIGH-STAKES GAME OF ‘MONOPOLY’
Mark Zuckerberg is such a professional bulls----er that they may as well cancel the upcoming D.C. bull-riding competition because even a town like D.C. can only take so much stink. Tuesday, the Facebook founder sat there expressionless and told senators it has been his original and only intention to create Facebook in order to build something for the good of all humanity and that it had ALWAYS been his top priority simply to connect people, build community and bring the world closer together. And this anti-hacking genius just wants to help the world while maintaining users’ privacy.
OK, we expect the founder of a company that breached the privacy of 87 million users to try to defend the thing, but when he cited Facebook as one of the reasons that the #MeToo movement was so successful, he lost whatever credibility he might have left.
This is a man who began his career — and Facebook — by hacking his fellow Harvard classmates’ IDs and then posting their photos on his new site just so that others could rate them on who was hotter!
#MeToo? No #YouToo, Zuckerberg, you too.
This uber-rich destroyer of privacy who decries hacking and hate speech, began his career in the most odious manner imaginable — as a hacker and an insensitive beast who let students secretly hate-rate one another based on their looks.
In fact, according to the Harvard Crimson, he chronicled how the idea came to him, writing, “The Kirkland (dorm) facebook is open on my computer desktop and some of these people have pretty horrendous facebook pics. I almost want to put some of these faces next to pictures of farm animals and have people vote on which is more attractive.” Worse — Zuckerberg’s first entry when he launched his nasty site, which later became Facebook, was: “12:58am. Let the hacking begin.”
Yes, Zuckerberg’s career was built on a humiliating premise, one that reduced some of the smartest kids on the planet to their looks. And he did it, in of all places, Harvard.So let’s not forget that today’s liar on the Hill began one of the most successful endeavors of the modern age by hacking and encouraging hate speech.
No, Zuckerberg didn’t create data mining or invasion of privacy but because of his creation 87 million users’ personal information was shared. No, Zuckerberg didn’t create hate speech but Facebook helped it spread around the world. No Facebook didn’t create bullies but its VP, Andrew Bosworth, wrote that the growth is good even if “even if it costs a life by exposing someone to bullies.”
And finally, no, for sure Facebook wasn't responsible for the success of the #MeToo movement, but it did help to make it necessary.