Mark Zuckerberg Agrees to Give Away Fortune

This is really great to hear. We need more of this.

I'd pledge if I had any hugely significant sum like the others in the pledge, but alas.

This makes it okay that he sells my list of friends to advertisers!

It's commendable for anyone to give away their money, but especially so when it's a guy in his mid-twenties.

I think that for some people, particularly billionaires, money is more about keeping score.

There is no reason for Facebook to go public anytime in the near future. It will be more and more revenue positive as it refines its advertising model. Zuckerberg's contribution is therefore worth very little at the moment, outside of the tremendous commitment it implies for Mark. At some point, he will probably control huge amounts of wealth and it's bold of him to sign away most of the cash before he ever has control over it.

But wouldn't it be amusing if Facebook were to go the way of preceding social networks, and leave the "world's youngest billionaire" looking a little silly for pledging a fortune that never materialized?