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.

    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)  But three big advertisers threatened to pull out, and Zuckerberg was forced to relent. He agreed to amend Beacon, making it easier for users to turn it off. And he apologized.

"So do you think that Mark failed as a leader in the Beacon fiasco?" Stahl asks Kara Swisher.

"Absolutely. Yes, yes," she replies.

"What were his mistakes?" Stahl asks.

"His mistake was doing it," Swisher says. "

"Doing it?" Stahl asks.

"Doing it, period. His mistake was not explaining it to people. His mistake was not backing off very quickly, when it was clear that it was a problem. I just feel like you see some of these mistakes they’re making very early on, and you worry where the judgment is," Swisher says.

Asked if Zuckerberg is a good CEO, Swisher says, "I don't know. I think he's very young."

But those around Zuckerberg say he is learning fast. He might still wear a hoodie and no socks, but he's becoming a suit, as he ponders whether to take his company public this year.

"This would be a good place to announce that," Stahl tells him.

"I think what I can announce is that it is highly unlikely that we will go public in 2008," Zuckerberg says. "And when going public makes sense to do, we'll do that. And maybe that's two years out. Maybe it's three years out."

Asked if he thinks his age is an asset or a liability, Zuckerberg says, "There's probably a little bit of both, right? I mean there are definitely elements of experience and stuff that someone who's my age wouldn't have. But there are also things that I can do that other people wouldn't necessarily be able to."



While 60 Minutes was working on this story, associate producer Ros Menon lost her wallet in a New York City cab. The good Samaritan who found it tracked her down by searching for her - you guessed it - on Facebook.

Produced By Shachar Bar-On
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by toolmangler-2009 January 15, 2008 12:43 AM EST
Posted by abstractist at 09:25 PM : Jan 14, 2008

Posted by abstractist at 08:06 PM : Jan 14, 2008





13 pages of Spam, I don''t care if Stahl was mispoken, you are a Jerk. and more than likely a kid
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by abstractist-2009 January 15, 2008 12:25 AM EST
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 15, 2008 12:25 AM EST
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 15, 2008 12:24 AM EST
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 15, 2008 12:21 AM EST
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 15, 2008 12:21 AM EST
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 15, 2008 12:20 AM EST
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 15, 2008 12:20 AM EST
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 15, 2008 12:19 AM EST
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 15, 2008 12:19 AM EST
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 15, 2008 12:19 AM EST
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 15, 2008 12:18 AM EST
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 15, 2008 12:17 AM EST
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 15, 2008 12:17 AM EST
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 15, 2008 12:17 AM EST
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 15, 2008 12:16 AM EST
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 15, 2008 12:16 AM EST
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 15, 2008 12:16 AM EST
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 15, 2008 12:13 AM EST
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 15, 2008 12:13 AM EST
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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