Jan. 13, 2008

The Face Behind Facebook

Tells 60 Minutes "Beacon" Needs Work, 2008 IPO Highly Unlikely

  • Play CBS Video Video The Face Behind Facebook

    Mark Zuckerberg is said to be worth $3 billion for founding the social networking Web site Facebook. Lesley Stahl talks to the man whose $15 billion company could be the next Google.

  • Video Mr. Facebook's Personal Page

    What's on Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's personal page? Lesley Stahl got a sneak peek when she interviewed him in Palo Alto.

  • Video Kara Swisher On Facebook

    Blogger, and sometime Facebook critic, Kara Swisher actually has a page on Facebook. She shares her likes and dislikes of the service and the company behind it.

  • Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Photo

    Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg.  (CBS)

  • Photo Essay CES 2008

    The latest gadgets, gizmos and games are on display in Las Vegas

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(CBS)  Li says Facebook is a threat to Google because it could become the first site people go to, to search. Say you want information about a family vacation in Maui. Li says when you check Google, you could get long list of sites. When we tried, it was almost 200,000 hits long. "Versus I can go on Facebook. I can go and ask my friends, and people will write back to me, 'Oh, I've done things, and this is what I recommend. And knowing you and your kids, they would really like doing this.' So, the next time I do something very specific like that, chances are I’ll probably go to Facebook," she explains.

Which is why Yahoo! offered to buy Facebook in 2006 for $1 billion in cash. Zuckerberg declined. But then in 2007 Microsoft swooped in and bought 1.6 percent of the company for $240 million.

That meant that Bill Gates valued Facebook at $15 billion, roughly the same as Ford or CBS. Some analysts say that's wildly unrealistic, since Facebook has yet to figure out how to make money off its huge audience.

Asked if it's true that Facebook doesn't make that much money, Zuckerberg tells Stahl, "I think that's a pretty relative thing. But I mean as a private company, we just have the advantage of not necessarily having to report to the outside world all of our financials."

He may duck the question, but there's no getting around the fact that Facebook needs to find a way to generate revenue, and so Zuckerberg is experimenting with ads, trying to cash-in on his users' own recommendations.

Say you write on Facebook that you like a certain movie - that's turned into an ad. Or maybe you like a scarf from Bloomingdale's.

"So this isn't an ad that's going to go to a lot of people. Basically it- when you put that information in our profile that you bought a scarf and that you like that scarf, that’s something that your friends might find interesting, right? So what we’d do is we might show that information to your friends a little bit more proactively as an ad. Right…so," Zuckerberg explains.

"But with me in the ad?" Stahl asks.

"Yeah, but that would basically be the ad," Zuckerberg says.

"Okay. But it’s almost like an endorsement. Like Michael Jordan for Nike. I become the spokesman for that ad," Stahl remarks.

"Well, that's what you're doing when you're putting that information in your profile," Zuckerberg argues.

The real trouble started when Facebook began using a tracking program called "Beacon" that monitors what you buy on over 40 Web sites, and automatically reports it to your friends, without explicit permission.

"People signed up for Facebook thinking that it was a way to just stay in touch with their friends. And now some of them feel that there’s some snooping going on," Stahl says. "Is there any concern you're turning Facebook into something much more commercial?"

"I actually think that this makes it less commercial. I mean, what would you rather see? A banner ad from Bloomingdale’s or that one of your friends bought a scarf?" Zuckerberg asks.

But when a Facebook user bought his wife a diamond ring online, the surprise was ruined because Beacon notified all his friends and his wife about it, on Facebook. With stories like that, criticism of Beacon began to build, but Zuckerberg dug in his heels, until he had a full blown PR disaster on his hands, including petitions and bloggers writing the company’s obituaries.

"I guess this shows how difficult it is for a company like yours to make money through advertising and protect people's real privacy and their sense of privacy," Stahl says.

"It might take some work for us to get this exactly right," Zuckerberg says. "This is something we think is going to be a really good thing."

Not a real answer to the privacy question, more like the canned response of a typical business executive.

"I mean there have to be ads either way because we have to make money," Zuckerberg says. "I mean, we have 400 employees and you know, I mean, we have to support all that and make a profit."

Continued



Produced By Shachar Bar-On
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by dredre2k January 10, 2008 4:29 PM PST
Facebook used to be a great way to stay in touch with college friends. Now that corporate trolls are using it for data mining, I will be deleting my facebook account. Hackers & the gov''t others are also targeting facebook... it''s not safe to put any info about yourself online.
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by goldesprit January 10, 2008 5:02 PM PST
"Word of mouth" usually has no interjected, off track, commercials.

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by canaima January 10, 2008 5:41 PM PST
What I buy & when I buy it is my own business. Why should I want to broadcast it to anyone/everyone on Facebook or anywhere else, for that matter. It''s not like I''m getting some kind of discount to do so. I mean, what''s the incentive for me to do so? If a company wants me to broadcast that I purchased one of their products, then offer me a discount on the product. Otherwise, stick to your tradional ads, (De)Face(d)book. My privacy doesn''t come cheap, and certainly not free.
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by random_radar January 10, 2008 6:53 PM PST
Facebook was good when you had to be a college student to join. Now it is junkier than MySpace. They ruined a good thing and killed the goose that laid the golden egg. Facebook will wind up with furniture.com in the an internet version of Pet Sematary.
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by topssy-2009 January 11, 2008 10:54 AM PST
not much to say!its still a favourest social site for peolpe.keep in touch y"ll.
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by sharncedar January 13, 2008 12:07 AM PST
Facebook was good when you had to be a college student to join"

The funniest part was when a little stuck-up, spoiled, stupid, arrogant and "amazing" college student I know graduated, and suddenly wasn''t so welcome on "amazing" facebook with her spoiled little "amazing" friends. Now she is working for the corporations, like a a dog, at their beck and call, a meaningless part of a hostile, meaningless system, not so "amazing" is it, white trash.
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by new_media_works January 13, 2008 6:42 AM PST
I think they should simply fix beacon and maybe re-brand it as brag.

:) nmw
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by heineken67 January 13, 2008 4:29 PM PST
Advertising Mark Zuckerberg as looking "barely out of high school" makes 60 Minutes seem antiquated and ignorant. I understand that those of us in our mid-twenties may appear to be merely high school whippersnappers to the retirement-age set, but we are adults and contributing members of society. Please don''t stereotype us, or we might begin to think everyone over sixty is senile and self-absorbed.
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by salesman28 January 13, 2008 6:40 PM PST
Heineken67 you''re right and Zuckerberg doesn''t even look like he just came out of high school, he looks his age, what was 60 min thinking?!!
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by kr0523 January 13, 2008 7:28 PM PST
Does Mr. Zuckerbery understand how destructive facebook has been in the high schools? Parents and districts are blocking this site. Do you know how kids are using facebook under the age of 18? Contact your local school district. The 23-year-old entrepreneur says, "It might take some work for us to get this exactly right. This is something we think is going to be a really good thing." You better have a good attorney! This is just another site that will ruin and exploit children. Maybe you should consider an online subscription to access this amazing site of yours. This site will not be used as intended.

Frustrated System Administrator


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by aarnold9 January 13, 2008 8:02 PM PST
Why is the fact that he is only 23 such a BIG DEAL? I am personally offend at the implication that a 23 year old cannot have the mental capacity to run a business. I am only two years older than him and I have a masters degree as well as half way through getting my PhD. I also have held down professional job for the last seven years as well as started a family. This commentary was ageist. Just because you are young or old does not mean that can not benefit from being in the right place at the right time or having a brilliant idea.
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by loudprincess January 13, 2008 8:10 PM PST
I''ve been on Facebook for about 6 months, and on MySpace for about a year. Facebook has given me far more secure service than MySpace, and I find new reasons to like it every day.
It sounds to me like folks need to be more cautious about the things they choose to post online, but then again, that''s anywhere online, not just Facebook.
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by purenvy January 13, 2008 8:49 PM PST
Ask Lesley Stahl if she%u2019s asking you a question...not cool... you choose to be a CEO with maturity and finesse.
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by anrt-2009 January 13, 2008 9:11 PM PST
my other facebook account was disabled. they didnt give me a warning, neither they told me why. facebook was tottaly unorganized. they should atleast have given me a warning.
so i had to create a new account, and get all my lost stuff back to my new one.
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by anrt-2009 January 13, 2008 9:12 PM PST
he probably didnt put any effort, or was just messin'' around.. i seriously dont know
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by cwfrank January 13, 2008 11:07 PM PST
My brother made an interesting comment after watching this ... a member of the "old guard" interviewing a member of the "new guard." His responese were typical of Executives (I''ve worked as a right hand for one) - seems like he''s had some coaching, or at least good influences. And, as implied, there is a difference between experience which time and age brings, and youth ... in which case Mr. Zuckerburg has made a few inept decisions. Everybody grows with time (well, at least most people do). What should be noted in contrast and comparison is that while he still may be able to grow and learn, it is the "old guard" and time-tried (aged) crowd which changes slower; at least he was tactful enough NOT to say that outright in the interview (would prove to insult executives who are older than him, and people who know this fact, but refuse to acknowledge it). Whereas, he did make a more indirect note to the fact that a company with young leadership is more agile.
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by lola848 January 13, 2008 11:52 PM PST
I was pretty surprised to see 60 Minutes do an entire segment on Facebook without even mentioning its greatest competition: Myspace, which predated Facebook and presumably inspired it. I''m reslly stunned that a great show like 60 Minutes would be so sloppy.
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by jyu1915 January 14, 2008 9:43 AM PST
I see that Merriam-Webster online defines an alumnus as a person who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or university. So according to Merriam-Webster, Zuckerberg is an alum of Harvard University, despite his not having graduated.
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by lisaannes January 14, 2008 12:15 PM PST
I am wondering how long this "silver boy" will remain untarnished by the erosion of privacy he is helping to create. What an irony that would be. Nearly perfect.
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by bobnjersey January 14, 2008 6:03 PM PST
[You better have a good attorney! This is just another site that will ruin and exploit children. Maybe you should consider an online subscription to access this amazing site of yours. This site will not be used as intended ... Frustrated System Administrator]
[Posted by KR0523 at 07:28 PM : Jan 13, 2008]

the exploitation is not being done by him ... so why would he need a good attorney?

he built a web site ... why should he be liable for what others do using it?
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by abstractist-2009 January 14, 2008 8:06 PM PST
Lesley Stahl Made a common Ivy League Mistake.

I see that someone already posted about this, but to go into further detail about the word alumnus, or alum

1 : a person who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or university

2 : a person who is a former member, employee, contributor, or inmate

Hey how about that INMATE!!.

Leslie most likely has her Masters in Communication, and here is this Harvard Dropout, worth 100 times her total wealth, and she is trying to correct him, and she was wrong to begin with.

Another Harvard Drop out who is an Alum is Billy, BAD BREATH, Gates, you may have heard of him (Microsoft?)

My wife told me I was wrong till I showed her in the dictionary, then she informed me that the professors at UCONN told her that only College Grads were considered ALUMs, guess no one showed them a dictionary.

Lets fact check before we insult young impressionable 23 year old BILLIONAIRES.

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by abstractist-2009 January 14, 2008 8:07 PM PST
Lesley Stahl Made a common Ivy League Mistake.

I see that someone already posted about this, but to go into further detail about the word alumnus, or alum

1 : a person who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or university

2 : a person who is a former member, employee, contributor, or inmate

Hey how about that INMATE!!.

Leslie most likely has her Masters in Communication, and here is this Harvard Dropout, worth 100 times her total wealth, and she is trying to correct him, and she was wrong to begin with.

Another Harvard Drop out who is an Alum is Billy, BAD BREATH, Gates, you may have heard of him (Microsoft?)

My wife told me I was wrong till I showed her in the dictionary, then she informed me that the professors at UCONN told her that only College Grads were considered ALUMs, guess no one showed them a dictionary.

Lets fact check before we insult young impressionable 23 year old BILLIONAIRES.

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by abstractist-2009 January 14, 2008 8:08 PM PST
Lesley Stahl Made a common Ivy League Mistake.

I see that someone already posted about this, but to go into further detail about the word alumnus, or alum

1 : a person who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or university

2 : a person who is a former member, employee, contributor, or inmate

Hey how about that INMATE!!.

Leslie most likely has her Masters in Communication, and here is this Harvard Dropout, worth 100 times her total wealth, and she is trying to correct him, and she was wrong to begin with.

Another Harvard Drop out who is an Alum is Billy, BAD BREATH, Gates, you may have heard of him (Microsoft?)

My wife told me I was wrong till I showed her in the dictionary, then she informed me that the professors at UCONN told her that only College Grads were considered ALUMs, guess no one showed them a dictionary.

Lets fact check before we insult young impressionable 23 year old BILLIONAIRES.

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by abstractist-2009 January 14, 2008 8:10 PM PST
Lesley Stahl Made a common Ivy League Mistake.

I see that someone already posted about this, but to go into further detail about the word alumnus, or alum

1 : a person who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or university

2 : a person who is a former member, employee, contributor, or inmate

Hey how about that INMATE!!.

Leslie most likely has her Masters in Communication, and here is this Harvard Dropout, worth 100 times her total wealth, and she is trying to correct him, and she was wrong to begin with.

Another Harvard Drop out who is an Alum is Billy, BAD BREATH, Gates, you may have heard of him (Microsoft?)

My wife told me I was wrong till I showed her in the dictionary, then she informed me that the professors at UCONN told her that only College Grads were considered ALUMs, guess no one showed them a dictionary.

Lets fact check before we insult young impressionable 23 year old BILLIONAIRES.

Reply to this comment
by abstractist-2009 January 14, 2008 8:11 PM PST
Lesley Stahl Made a common Ivy League Mistake.

I see that someone already posted about this, but to go into further detail about the word alumnus, or alum

1 : a person who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or university

2 : a person who is a former member, employee, contributor, or inmate

Hey how about that INMATE!!.

Leslie most likely has her Masters in Communication, and here is this Harvard Dropout, worth 100 times her total wealth, and she is trying to correct him, and she was wrong to begin with.

Another Harvard Drop out who is an Alum is Billy, BAD BREATH, Gates, you may have heard of him (Microsoft?)

My wife told me I was wrong till I showed her in the dictionary, then she informed me that the professors at UCONN told her that only College Grads were considered ALUMs, guess no one showed them a dictionary.

Lets fact check before we insult young impressionable 23 year old BILLIONAIRES.

Reply to this comment
by abstractist-2009 January 14, 2008 8:13 PM PST
Lesley Stahl Made a common Ivy League Mistake.

I see that someone already posted about this, but to go into further detail about the word alumnus, or alum

1 : a person who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or university

2 : a person who is a former member, employee, contributor, or inmate

Hey how about that INMATE!!.

Leslie most likely has her Masters in Communication, and here is this Harvard Dropout, worth 100 times her total wealth, and she is trying to correct him, and she was wrong to begin with.

Another Harvard Drop out who is an Alum is Billy, BAD BREATH, Gates, you may have heard of him (Microsoft?)

My wife told me I was wrong till I showed her in the dictionary, then she informed me that the professors at UCONN told her that only College Grads were considered ALUMs, guess no one showed them a dictionary.

Lets fact check before we insult young impressionable 23 year old BILLIONAIRES.

Reply to this comment
by abstractist-2009 January 14, 2008 8:14 PM PST
Lesley Stahl Made a common Ivy League Mistake.

I see that someone already posted about this, but to go into further detail about the word alumnus, or alum

1 : a person who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or university

2 : a person who is a former member, employee, contributor, or inmate

Hey how about that INMATE!!.

Leslie most likely has her Masters in Communication, and here is this Harvard Dropout, worth 100 times her total wealth, and she is trying to correct him, and she was wrong to begin with.

Another Harvard Drop out who is an Alum is Billy, BAD BREATH, Gates, you may have heard of him (Microsoft?)

My wife told me I was wrong till I showed her in the dictionary, then she informed me that the professors at UCONN told her that only College Grads were considered ALUMs, guess no one showed them a dictionary.

Lets fact check before we insult young impressionable 23 year old BILLIONAIRES.

Reply to this comment
by abstractist-2009 January 14, 2008 8:15 PM PST
Lesley Stahl Made a common Ivy League Mistake.

I see that someone already posted about this, but to go into further detail about the word alumnus, or alum

1 : a person who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or university

2 : a person who is a former member, employee, contributor, or inmate

Hey how about that INMATE!!.

Leslie most likely has her Masters in Communication, and here is this Harvard Dropout, worth 100 times her total wealth, and she is trying to correct him, and she was wrong to begin with.

Another Harvard Drop out who is an Alum is Billy, BAD BREATH, Gates, you may have heard of him (Microsoft?)

My wife told me I was wrong till I showed her in the dictionary, then she informed me that the professors at UCONN told her that only College Grads were considered ALUMs, guess no one showed them a dictionary.

Lets fact check before we insult young impressionable 23 year old BILLIONAIRES.

Reply to this comment
by abstractist-2009 January 14, 2008 8:16 PM PST
Lesley Stahl Made a common Ivy League Mistake.

I see that someone already posted about this, but to go into further detail about the word alumnus, or alum

1 : a person who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or university

2 : a person who is a former member, employee, contributor, or inmate

Hey how about that INMATE!!.

Leslie most likely has her Masters in Communication, and here is this Harvard Dropout, worth 100 times her total wealth, and she is trying to correct him, and she was wrong to begin with.

Another Harvard Drop out who is an Alum is Billy, BAD BREATH, Gates, you may have heard of him (Microsoft?)

My wife told me I was wrong till I showed her in the dictionary, then she informed me that the professors at UCONN told her that only College Grads were considered ALUMs, guess no one showed them a dictionary.

Lets fact check before we insult young impressionable 23 year old BILLIONAIRES.

Reply to this comment
by abstractist-2009 January 14, 2008 8:17 PM PST
Lesley Stahl Made a common Ivy League Mistake.

I see that someone already posted about this, but to go into further detail about the word alumnus, or alum

1 : a person who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or university

2 : a person who is a former member, employee, contributor, or inmate

Hey how about that INMATE!!.

Leslie most likely has her Masters in Communication, and here is this Harvard Dropout, worth 100 times her total wealth, and she is trying to correct him, and she was wrong to begin with.

Another Harvard Drop out who is an Alum is Billy, BAD BREATH, Gates, you may have heard of him (Microsoft?)

My wife told me I was wrong till I showed her in the dictionary, then she informed me that the professors at UCONN told her that only College Grads were considered ALUMs, guess no one showed them a dictionary.

Lets fact check before we insult young impressionable 23 year old BILLIONAIRES.

Reply to this comment
by abstractist-2009 January 14, 2008 8:19 PM PST
Lesley Stahl Made a common Ivy League Mistake.

I see that someone already posted about this, but to go into further detail about the word alumnus, or alum

1 : a person who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or university

2 : a person who is a former member, employee, contributor, or inmate

Hey how about that INMATE!!.

Leslie most likely has her Masters in Communication, and here is this Harvard Dropout, worth 100 times her total wealth, and she is trying to correct him, and she was wrong to begin with.

Another Harvard Drop out who is an Alum is Billy, BAD BREATH, Gates, you may have heard of him (Microsoft?)

My wife told me I was wrong till I showed her in the dictionary, then she informed me that the professors at UCONN told her that only College Grads were considered ALUMs, guess no one showed them a dictionary.

Lets fact check before we insult young impressionable 23 year old BILLIONAIRES.

Reply to this comment
by abstractist-2009 January 14, 2008 8:20 PM PST
Lesley Stahl Made a common Ivy League Mistake.

I see that someone already posted about this, but to go into further detail about the word alumnus, or alum

1 : a person who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or university

2 : a person who is a former member, employee, contributor, or inmate

Hey how about that INMATE!!.

Leslie most likely has her Masters in Communication, and here is this Harvard Dropout, worth 100 times her total wealth, and she is trying to correct him, and she was wrong to begin with.

Another Harvard Drop out who is an Alum is Billy, BAD BREATH, Gates, you may have heard of him (Microsoft?)

My wife told me I was wrong till I showed her in the dictionary, then she informed me that the professors at UCONN told her that only College Grads were considered ALUMs, guess no one showed them a dictionary.

Lets fact check before we insult young impressionable 23 year old BILLIONAIRES.

Reply to this comment
by abstractist-2009 January 14, 2008 8:22 PM PST
Lesley Stahl Made a common Ivy League Mistake.

I see that someone already posted about this, but to go into further detail about the word alumnus, or alum

1 : a person who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or university

2 : a person who is a former member, employee, contributor, or inmate

Hey how about that INMATE!!.

Leslie most likely has her Masters in Communication, and here is this Harvard Dropout, worth 100 times her total wealth, and she is trying to correct him, and she was wrong to begin with.

Another Harvard Drop out who is an Alum is Billy, BAD BREATH, Gates, you may have heard of him (Microsoft?)

My wife told me I was wrong till I showed her in the dictionary, then she informed me that the professors at UCONN told her that only College Grads were considered ALUMs, guess no one showed them a dictionary.

Lets fact check before we insult young impressionable 23 year old BILLIONAIRES.

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by hypnotoad72 January 14, 2008 8:25 PM PST
Forgive me, but if the punk took a bunch of peoples'' pictures (and perhaps what else?) without the college''s permission... isn''t that the next best thing to ID theft or some other crime that should have his @$$ in jail for a few good decades?

Forgive me, but to call it a "prank" is a tad light-hearted.

Forgive me if I never use their site. The internet is bad enough with illegitimate ID thieves than to sign up for a legitimized one.

The moral of the story is: Drop out of school, break the rules as big as you like, and you''ll become rich. WWJD?

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by hypnotoad72 January 14, 2008 8:25 PM PST
Forgive me, but if the punk took a bunch of peoples'' pictures (and perhaps what else?) without the college''s permission... isn''t that the next best thing to ID theft or some other crime that should have his @$$ in jail for a few good decades?

Forgive me, but to call it a "prank" is a tad light-hearted.

Forgive me if I never use their site. The internet is bad enough with illegitimate ID thieves than to sign up for a legitimized one.

The moral of the story is: Drop out of school, break the rules as big as you like, and you''ll become rich. WWJD?

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by hypnotoad72 January 14, 2008 8:25 PM PST
Forgive me, but if the punk took a bunch of peoples'' pictures (and perhaps what else?) without the college''s permission... isn''t that the next best thing to ID theft or some other crime that should have his @$$ in jail for a few good decades?

Forgive me, but to call it a "prank" is a tad light-hearted.

Forgive me if I never use their site. The internet is bad enough with illegitimate ID thieves than to sign up for a legitimized one.

The moral of the story is: Drop out of school, break the rules as big as you like, and you''ll become rich. WWJD?

Reply to this comment
by hypnotoad72 January 14, 2008 8:25 PM PST
Forgive me, but if the punk took a bunch of peoples'' pictures (and perhaps what else?) without the college''s permission... isn''t that the next best thing to ID theft or some other crime that should have his @$$ in jail for a few good decades?

Forgive me, but to call it a "prank" is a tad light-hearted.

Forgive me if I never use their site. The internet is bad enough with illegitimate ID thieves than to sign up for a legitimized one.

The moral of the story is: Drop out of school, break the rules as big as you like, and you''ll become rich. WWJD?

Reply to this comment
by hypnotoad72 January 14, 2008 8:25 PM PST
Forgive me, but if the punk took a bunch of peoples'' pictures (and perhaps what else?) without the college''s permission... isn''t that the next best thing to ID theft or some other crime that should have his @$$ in jail for a few good decades?

Forgive me, but to call it a "prank" is a tad light-hearted.

Forgive me if I never use their site. The internet is bad enough with illegitimate ID thieves than to sign up for a legitimized one.

The moral of the story is: Drop out of school, break the rules as big as you like, and you''ll become rich. WWJD?

Reply to this comment
by hypnotoad72 January 14, 2008 8:25 PM PST
Forgive me, but if the punk took a bunch of peoples'' pictures (and perhaps what else?) without the college''s permission... isn''t that the next best thing to ID theft or some other crime that should have his @$$ in jail for a few good decades?

Forgive me, but to call it a "prank" is a tad light-hearted.

Forgive me if I never use their site. The internet is bad enough with illegitimate ID thieves than to sign up for a legitimized one.

The moral of the story is: Drop out of school, break the rules as big as you like, and you''ll become rich. WWJD?

Reply to this comment
by abstractist-2009 January 14, 2008 8:26 PM PST
Lesley Stahl Made a common Ivy League Mistake.

I see that someone already posted about this, but to go into further detail about the word alumnus, or alum

1 : a person who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or university

2 : a person who is a former member, employee, contributor, or inmate

Hey how about that INMATE!!.

Leslie most likely has her Masters in Communication, and here is this Harvard Dropout, worth 100 times her total wealth, and she is trying to correct him, and she was wrong to begin with.

Another Harvard Drop out who is an Alum is Billy, BAD BREATH, Gates, you may have heard of him (Microsoft?)

My wife told me I was wrong till I showed her in the dictionary, then she informed me that the professors at UCONN told her that only College Grads were considered ALUMs, guess no one showed them a dictionary.

Lets fact check before we insult young impressionable 23 year old BILLIONAIRES.

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by abstractist-2009 January 14, 2008 8:45 PM PST
Lesley Stahl Made a common Ivy League Mistake.

I see that someone already posted about this, but to go into further detail about the word alumnus, or alum

1 : a person who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or university

2 : a person who is a former member, employee, contributor, or inmate

Hey how about that INMATE!!.

Leslie most likely has her Masters in Communication, and here is this Harvard Dropout, worth 100 times her total wealth, and she is trying to correct him, and she was wrong to begin with.

Another Harvard Drop out who is an Alum is Billy, BAD BREATH, Gates, you may have heard of him (Microsoft?)

My wife told me I was wrong till I showed her in the dictionary, then she informed me that the professors at UCONN told her that only College Grads were considered ALUMs, guess no one showed them a dictionary.

Lets fact check before we insult young impressionable 23 year old BILLIONAIRES.

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by abstractist-2009 January 14, 2008 8:46 PM PST
Lesley Stahl Made a common Ivy League Mistake.

I see that someone already posted about this, but to go into further detail about the word alumnus, or alum

1 : a person who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or university

2 : a person who is a former member, employee, contributor, or inmate

Hey how about that INMATE!!.

Leslie most likely has her Masters in Communication, and here is this Harvard Dropout, worth 100 times her total wealth, and she is trying to correct him, and she was wrong to begin with.

Another Harvard Drop out who is an Alum is Billy, BAD BREATH, Gates, you may have heard of him (Microsoft?)

My wife told me I was wrong till I showed her in the dictionary, then she informed me that the professors at UCONN told her that only College Grads were considered ALUMs, guess no one showed them a dictionary.

Lets fact check before we insult young impressionable 23 year old BILLIONAIRES.

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by abstractist-2009 January 14, 2008 8:50 PM PST
Lesley Stahl Made a common Ivy League Mistake.

I see that someone already posted about this, but to go into further detail about the word alumnus, or alum

1 : a person who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or university

2 : a person who is a former member, employee, contributor, or inmate

Hey how about that INMATE!!.

Leslie most likely has her Masters in Communication, and here is this Harvard Dropout, worth 100 times her total wealth, and she is trying to correct him, and she was wrong to begin with.

Another Harvard Drop out who is an Alum is Billy, BAD BREATH, Gates, you may have heard of him (Microsoft?)

My wife told me I was wrong till I showed her in the dictionary, then she informed me that the professors at UCONN told her that only College Grads were considered ALUMs, guess no one showed them a dictionary.

Lets fact check before we insult young impressionable 23 year old BILLIONAIRES.

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by abstractist-2009 January 14, 2008 8:51 PM PST
Lesley Stahl Made a common Ivy League Mistake.

I see that someone already posted about this, but to go into further detail about the word alumnus, or alum

1 : a person who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or university

2 : a person who is a former member, employee, contributor, or inmate

Hey how about that INMATE!!.

Leslie most likely has her Masters in Communication, and here is this Harvard Dropout, worth 100 times her total wealth, and she is trying to correct him, and she was wrong to begin with.

Another Harvard Drop out who is an Alum is Billy, BAD BREATH, Gates, you may have heard of him (Microsoft?)

My wife told me I was wrong till I showed her in the dictionary, then she informed me that the professors at UCONN told her that only College Grads were considered ALUMs, guess no one showed them a dictionary.

Lets fact check before we insult young impressionable 23 year old BILLIONAIRES.

Reply to this comment
by abstractist-2009 January 14, 2008 8:51 PM PST
Lesley Stahl Made a common Ivy League Mistake.

I see that someone already posted about this, but to go into further detail about the word alumnus, or alum

1 : a person who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or university

2 : a person who is a former member, employee, contributor, or inmate

Hey how about that INMATE!!.

Leslie most likely has her Masters in Communication, and here is this Harvard Dropout, worth 100 times her total wealth, and she is trying to correct him, and she was wrong to begin with.

Another Harvard Drop out who is an Alum is Billy, BAD BREATH, Gates, you may have heard of him (Microsoft?)

My wife told me I was wrong till I showed her in the dictionary, then she informed me that the professors at UCONN told her that only College Grads were considered ALUMs, guess no one showed them a dictionary.

Lets fact check before we insult young impressionable 23 year old BILLIONAIRES.

Reply to this comment
by abstractist-2009 January 14, 2008 8:51 PM PST
Lesley Stahl Made a common Ivy League Mistake.

I see that someone already posted about this, but to go into further detail about the word alumnus, or alum

1 : a person who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or university

2 : a person who is a former member, employee, contributor, or inmate

Hey how about that INMATE!!.

Leslie most likely has her Masters in Communication, and here is this Harvard Dropout, worth 100 times her total wealth, and she is trying to correct him, and she was wrong to begin with.

Another Harvard Drop out who is an Alum is Billy, BAD BREATH, Gates, you may have heard of him (Microsoft?)

My wife told me I was wrong till I showed her in the dictionary, then she informed me that the professors at UCONN told her that only College Grads were considered ALUMs, guess no one showed them a dictionary.

Lets fact check before we insult young impressionable 23 year old BILLIONAIRES.

Reply to this comment
by abstractist-2009 January 14, 2008 8:51 PM PST
Lesley Stahl Made a common Ivy League Mistake.

I see that someone already posted about this, but to go into further detail about the word alumnus, or alum

1 : a person who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or university

2 : a person who is a former member, employee, contributor, or inmate

Hey how about that INMATE!!.

Leslie most likely has her Masters in Communication, and here is this Harvard Dropout, worth 100 times her total wealth, and she is trying to correct him, and she was wrong to begin with.

Another Harvard Drop out who is an Alum is Billy, BAD BREATH, Gates, you may have heard of him (Microsoft?)

My wife told me I was wrong till I showed her in the dictionary, then she informed me that the professors at UCONN told her that only College Grads were considered ALUMs, guess no one showed them a dictionary.

Lets fact check before we insult young impressionable 23 year old BILLIONAIRES.

Reply to this comment
by abstractist-2009 January 14, 2008 8:52 PM PST
Lesley Stahl Made a common Ivy League Mistake.

I see that someone already posted about this, but to go into further detail about the word alumnus, or alum

1 : a person who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or university

2 : a person who is a former member, employee, contributor, or inmate

Hey how about that INMATE!!.

Leslie most likely has her Masters in Communication, and here is this Harvard Dropout, worth 100 times her total wealth, and she is trying to correct him, and she was wrong to begin with.

Another Harvard Drop out who is an Alum is Billy, BAD BREATH, Gates, you may have heard of him (Microsoft?)

My wife told me I was wrong till I showed her in the dictionary, then she informed me that the professors at UCONN told her that only College Grads were considered ALUMs, guess no one showed them a dictionary.

Lets fact check before we insult young impressionable 23 year old BILLIONAIRES.

Reply to this comment
by abstractist-2009 January 14, 2008 8:52 PM PST
Lesley Stahl Made a common Ivy League Mistake.

I see that someone already posted about this, but to go into further detail about the word alumnus, or alum

1 : a person who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or university

2 : a person who is a former member, employee, contributor, or inmate

Hey how about that INMATE!!.

Leslie most likely has her Masters in Communication, and here is this Harvard Dropout, worth 100 times her total wealth, and she is trying to correct him, and she was wrong to begin with.

Another Harvard Drop out who is an Alum is Billy, BAD BREATH, Gates, you may have heard of him (Microsoft?)

My wife told me I was wrong till I showed her in the dictionary, then she informed me that the professors at UCONN told her that only College Grads were considered ALUMs, guess no one showed them a dictionary.

Lets fact check before we insult young impressionable 23 year old BILLIONAIRES.

Reply to this comment
by abstractist-2009 January 14, 2008 8:52 PM PST
Lesley Stahl Made a common Ivy League Mistake.

I see that someone already posted about this, but to go into further detail about the word alumnus, or alum

1 : a person who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or university

2 : a person who is a former member, employee, contributor, or inmate

Hey how about that INMATE!!.

Leslie most likely has her Masters in Communication, and here is this Harvard Dropout, worth 100 times her total wealth, and she is trying to correct him, and she was wrong to begin with.

Another Harvard Drop out who is an Alum is Billy, BAD BREATH, Gates, you may have heard of him (Microsoft?)

My wife told me I was wrong till I showed her in the dictionary, then she informed me that the professors at UCONN told her that only College Grads were considered ALUMs, guess no one showed them a dictionary.

Lets fact check before we insult young impressionable 23 year old BILLIONAIRES.

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