DISQUS

allen stern · 1 year ago

Dave - here are my live notes:
http://www.centernetworks.com/facebook-zuckerbe...

I think your questions are good ones, but this was more of an infomercial than anything - probably to make 60M look hip?

The average American would have no idea what dataportability is nor cares.

I do agree that Lesley should have pushed the advertising and revenue a bit more. Would also have been good to see him sweat a little.

Random · 1 year ago

I think he should have been asked if he sees the future of Facebook as the standard platform for the web as Windows is for the PC.

and um...
Kara Swisher should DEFINITELY have been left out of that interview. What the hell was she doing there anyway? She's a total moron.

scott · 1 year ago

I would have liked a follow up question regarding what Zuckerberg thinks he can do that a CEO over the age of 23 could not.

Jonathan Kleiman · 1 year ago

Great article Dave!

Charlene Li · 1 year ago

You have some excellent questions here, but remember, this is 60 Minutes where most of the audience has no idea what Facebook is. The fact that 60 Minutes even did the story, and the level of detail they went into for a mainstream audience, is what's "groundbreaking" for me.

Besides, what did you really expect Mark to say? In repeated public appearances, he and the company reveal very little. So yes, kudos to Brandee and her team. It's a real coup for Facebook.

gregory · 1 year ago

employee spying on or manipulating customer's accounts, how big a back door hole is available to the feds, your point on facebook as big brother, does he believe in implanting rfid chips in people connected directly to facebook pages....

the list is long of what i would ask him

Danny Colligan · 1 year ago

That interview was just softball after softball -- a sad excuse for journalism. Stahl came off as ignorant and uninformed (what, there was never a young CEO of a tech startup before?). I would have had the exact same response as Zuckerberg to some of the questions (*bling* ... *blink* ... *silence*), but would have probably chewed her out a bit more. Stahl not only asked dumb questions, but refused to interview anyone of significance for a different point of view. Why didn't she get the opinion of those that are suing Zuckerberg? Or just people that wouldn't play to her ill-thought out prompts ("Is Facebook the next Google?").

The worst part is that I had to sit through the preceding 60 minutes expose on tuna fishing.

TK · 1 year ago

The purpose of the interview was to introduce Facebook to the Geritol crowd that typically watches 60 minutes. It's probably the VCR'd show on TV. I didn't expect in-depth critique of issues that would be considered arcane and esoteric to a 63 year old just hearing about Facebook for the first time. I'd guess the reason Zuck chose 60 minutes is that they just don't know enough about Facebook to ask the hard questions.

Mark, please wear socks. Going sockless is unsanitary.

Anonymous · 1 year ago

Lesley should have asked him to explain his business card "CEO...bitch".

Dave Ambrose · 1 year ago

@allen your notes were a big help when i wrote this last night. i think it was valleywag/kara today who posted stats from the show last night. pretty miserable if they were trying to look hip

@scott i think this is something that charlene does a great job at detailing in her post from this afternoon, http://blogs.forrester.com/charleneli/2008/01/f...

@jonathan sweet! thanks man!

@charlene true. what kind of viewpoint did you expect coming from a site titled "All Facebook." my obsession borders on unhealthy...maybe even worse than Dave McClure's :). in all seriousness though, i agree with your comment about google v. FB.

@gregory the spying part is NOT that of a big deal IMO. i know of people at different social network sites that do this all the time. it's a "benefit" of the company. that's a great question about the enormous amounts of data before the govt. kind of eerie the amount of power zuck could leverage if he wanted.

@danny "Stahl not only asked dumb questions, but refused to interview anyone of significance for a different point of view." i don't know about dumb, but i agree with you completely when it comes to another side. you're right too about the ignorance when it comes to young guns out west.

@TK "I’d guess the reason Zuck chose 60 minutes is that they just don’t know enough about Facebook to ask the hard questions." i noticed on twitter last night that there were some awesome reporters out there offering some groundbreaking coverage, i.e. ben kessler: http://twitter.com/Fourbin/statuses/595913372. also, about the socks deal, he's following suit with the westchester crowd. they only roll with fine italian leather driving mocs.

@anon i'd love to see a picture of that :)