Facebook founder called trusting users dumb fucks

Mark Zuckerberg thought the IMs were private, but the terms changed.

Cut Zuck a break. We are humans. We say stuff we don't necessarily mean. I am sure you can find equivalent off the record conversations from Gates, Ellison or anyone big name poking fun at how much power they have and how they could abuse it if they chose. To go back to when he was 19 and pull this out makes it even more ridiculous.

Jokingly, at 19, when referring to a project so much smaller than Facebook that it was really a different thing.

Whatever you think about Facebook's privacy policies, this particular quote doesn't prove much.

This post is an instance of linkbait meets lynchmob. I think we'll let that predictable conversation happen elsewhere.

I see two basic truths here that make this comment seem irrelevant to me...

1. Users shouldn't put anything into Facebook that they wouldn't be willing to make public. Because even if Facebook never betrays your trust someone in your circle of friends surely could (Ever have a former lover turn into an enemy after a breakup?)

2. I don't doubt Zuckerberg still feels this way but it doesn't really matter. Because regardless of how he feels the economic future of his company is tied to being trusted by the consumer. So I think he'd share your secrets in a second if it was just about personal integrity but I don't think he'll risk billions of dollars to do so.