Comments on: Lessons Learned from 60 Minutes’ Interview with Zuckerberg: Brandee Barker is a Genius and Zuck Wears Nice Moccasins

By: Weekly Digest of the Social Networking Space: Jan 16, 2008

Weekly Digest of the Social Networking Space: Jan 16, 2008 — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:46:38 +0000

[...] year old CEO Mark Zuckerberg, “Beacon needs work“. You can learn more about Mark in his recent interview with 60 Minutes. Colleague Charlene Li was one of the experts interviewed in the segment, she recaps on her blog. [...]

By: Dave Ambrose

Dave Ambrose — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 02:05:52 +0000

@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/facebook-recap.html

@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 “Iâ€™d guess the reason Zuck chose 60 minutes is that they just donâ€™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

By: Dave Ambrose

Dave Ambrose — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 01:05:52 +0000

@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 “Iâ€™d guess the reason Zuck chose 60 minutes is that they just donâ€™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

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:25:09 +0000

Lesley should have asked him to explain his business card “CEO…bitch”.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:25:09 +0000

Lesley should have asked him to explain his business card “CEO…bitch”.

By: TK

TK — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:11:32 +0000

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.

By: Danny Colligan

Danny Colligan — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:23:31 +0000

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.

By: TK

TK — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:11:32 +0000

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.

By: Danny Colligan

Danny Colligan — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:23:31 +0000

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.

By: gregory

gregory — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:29:26 +0000

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