Facebook ruins Zuckerberg Xmas

http://www.salon.com/2012/12/26/mark_zuckerbergs_sister_is_angry_that_a_family_photo_posted_on_facebook_became_public/

by jamesbritt • 14 years ago

57 31 14 years ago

How can he be angry? Posted a photo on a social network site which he developed, his security flaw, his mistake. You post a photo, you can't be angry when your security flaw means it goes global.

tedunangst2• 14 years ago

Typically, the pronouns "she" and "her" are used for females.

tjoff2• 14 years ago

"Zuckerberg responded, saying, “Not sure where you got this photo. I posted it only to friends on FB. You reposting it on Twitter is way uncool.”"

Zuckerberg uploaded the photo, his sister "leaked" it.

While Zuckerbergs response resonates well with me I don't really get what he was thinking taking this so publicly, making full use of the Streisand-effect.

Either way, it is hilarious and he does deserve every bit of it. Even if he did nothing wrong in this case.

arrrg• 14 years ago

You don't seem to understand the very simple concept of politeness and knowing that you shouldn't share every photo you have access to publicly.

There is no technological solution to this and Facebook can't create it. I don't think they should try. People still have to shoulder the responsibility of being polite and decent themselvess. If they cannot manage, it's ok to be annoyed at them.

tijs• 14 years ago

And making demands and disciplining someone through the public channel of Twitter instead of just calling your supposed friend is very decent and polite you think?

matthuggins2• 14 years ago

Did you read the article? Hell, did you even read the first sentence?

kstenerud• 14 years ago

This from the guy who says privacy is no longer the social norm?

dangrossman4• 14 years ago

No, this is not from "the guy", as all the quotes and tweets in the article are Randi's. Mark is only mentioned as being her brother.

joering22• 14 years ago

Sure but isn't the blood connection here the major reason why we are even reading about this story?

zemanel• 14 years ago

That moment when, what was that line by Mark? "Dont post online if you have anything to hide" or something? ... gets back at you and bites in the ass ...

norswap• 14 years ago

The Streisand effect strikes again.

j79• 14 years ago

Wait, isn't this the same Zuckerberg who said something along the lines of internet anonymity needing to go away??

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/27/randi-zuckerberg-an...

Oh, the irony indeed!

natrius2• 14 years ago

What, pray tell, does this have to do with anonymity?

fitzpasd• 14 years ago

I imagine they were pointing out the irony that someone who wanted to see the end of internet anonymity, which would inherently reduce privacy, is now complaining of a privacy breech on a site where there is relatively no anonymity.

clobber• 14 years ago

Yes indeed and I am loving the irony here.

tiles• 14 years ago

I'm disappointed to have to emphasize that this is Randi Zuckerberg responding to the leaked picture, not Mark Zuckerberg. There's no sweet irony here about creating a site and being burned by it, just being it's former chief marketing officer, I suppose.

sakopov2• 14 years ago

> Zuckerberg’s takeaway was “digital etiquette,” saying: ”always ask permission before posting a friend’s photo publicly. It’s not about privacy settings, it’s about human decency.”

Apparently "human decency" doesn't apply when Zuckerberg sells your information to 3rd party advertisers on Facebook and changes the TOS to let you know you don't own squat on his company's site. The irony is strong here.

tedunangst2• 14 years ago

Apparently reading comprehension isn't necessary when commenting about Facebook.

joering22• 14 years ago

I wonder what Harvard's “digital etiquette”, Harvard's websites privacy settings, OR overall "human decency" meant to Zuckerberg when he was unlawfully scraping data off of their websites.

dangrossman4• 14 years ago

Wrong Zuckerberg. Randi did not scrape anything off a Harvard website.

dangrossman4• 14 years ago

You are quoting Randi Zuckerberg. She does not work at Facebook, so she certainly doesn't sell your information to advertisers or change the site's TOS.

sakopov2• 14 years ago

I realize that. However she is not a dummy and should know better when she says her privacy's being violated on Facebook. Especially when her brother owns the damn company.

dale386• 14 years ago

They're Jewish.

roopeshv• 14 years ago

i think no one got why wrote so above.

they're jewish, they don't celebrate xmas. hence, no zuckerburg xmas was ruined.

mblake• 14 years ago

What an exaggerated titled. Does the pic show anything compromising/very intimate? It appears it does not. Then why all the fuss about it? This could've went swiftly under the radar if she simply would've handled it privately.

A simple direct message on Twitter: 'hey, that's not supposed to be public, can you take it down please? and delete your tweet too.'

Simple and I can't imagine she would've been denied the request, for the very same reason, that she's a Zuckerberg.

aspinner• 14 years ago

Pretty hilarious!

Facebook ruins Zuckerberg Xmas

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