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Mark Zuckerberg is either lying, incompetent,or an inept CEO. What do you think?

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Re: Mark Zuckerberg is either lying, incompetent,or an inept CEO. What do you think?

#4
It's not even a serious question.

He is lying because he is a competent ceo. He has objectives in an hostile environnement for his business but knows it will pass and that as long as he holds, people will move and forget.

Lying is necessary if you want to keep doing something for your benefit that people would think you should not.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg is either lying, incompetent,or an inept CEO. What do you think?

#6
None of the above.

He wasn't likely lying as he was under oath, and his very competent lawyers would've advised him strongly against perjury.

He's obviously neither incompetent nor inept. He successfully navigated a Congressional sideshow and delivered the expectation that shareholders had, much to the chagrin of end users.

The only ones lying, incompetent and inept are us - those who continue to use Facebook fully knowing next to nothing has changed from the hearing. If you haven't already deleted Facebook, think hard

Re: Mark Zuckerberg is either lying, incompetent,or an inept CEO. What do you think?

#7

None of the above. He wasn't likely lying as he was under oath, and his very competent lawyers would've advised him strongly against perjury. He's obviously neither incompetent nor inept. He successfully navigated a Congressional sideshow and delivered the expectation that shareholders had, much to the chagrin of end users. The only ones lying, incompetent and inept are us - those who continue to use Facebook fully k…

He wasn't under oath from what I heard. [1]

[1] http://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-will-not-be-u...

Re: Mark Zuckerberg is either lying, incompetent,or an inept CEO. What do you think?

#8
You're surprised Zuckerberg didn't quite tell the full truth outside of oath or deferred the more controversial answers to a time his answers weren't livestreamed to millions around the world?

"My team will get back to you on that" can be replaced with "I'll tell you, but not live" because he knows social media will be burning like magnesium before he's even done with the next question

Re: Mark Zuckerberg is either lying, incompetent,or an inept CEO. What do you think?

#9

None of the above. He wasn't likely lying as he was under oath, and his very competent lawyers would've advised him strongly against perjury. He's obviously neither incompetent nor inept. He successfully navigated a Congressional sideshow and delivered the expectation that shareholders had, much to the chagrin of end users. The only ones lying, incompetent and inept are us - those who continue to use Facebook fully k…

> He wasn't likely lying as he was under oath, and his very competent lawyers would've advised him strongly against perjury.

AFAIK he was not under oath, but even if he was, that's quite a naive statement. Many statements given to congress under oath are provably lies, and are never pursued.

The hearing was scheduled for one day, with hardly any time for any follow up to any question or any real debate. It was for show, not for discovering the truth -- and given that (and that it was known in advance), I suspect even if he did perjure himself under oath, nothing would have become of it.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg is either lying, incompetent,or an inept CEO. What do you think?

#10
There's a strong bias against Zuckerberg and Facebook around here so I expect that my comment will down-vote into negative territory, yet this won't stop me from expressing my opinion.

Mark has transcended from hacker-programmer to entrepreneur and ultimately CEO of one of the world's largest, most successful tech-media companies. He's done so before turning 40 years old. The world is watching him testify for days on end with the most highly elected lawyer-politicians who don't understand his business, technology, nor policies. He's responding to aggressive lines of questioning to the best of his ability, with integrity, and yet in a way to protect his best interests. That is no simple feat.

Mark is showing the world that he's earned his position and is a real leader. His actions while testifying are commendable.

Those who continue to grind their axes will be left with nothing but a worn handle soon while Facebook and its social media empire will continue on, but hopefully changed for the better for society.

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