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Zuckerberg Talks Privacy, “The Social Network” on “60 Minutes” [video]

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direct link to interview:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXHHtBAByUQ [part 1]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1znhVrb8Yek [part 2]

I'm really hating Youtube's ads.

A pre-roll commercial is almost as annoying as 20 seconds of buffering in RealPlayer 10 years ago. Couple that with the mandatory re-showing of the same ad when I try to skip forward, it's a piss poor user experience in 2010.

I was excited to watch this, but the whole time I was thinking ... "What an incredible advert for facebook's new profile pages launch".

I didn't learn one single thing new that I didn't know about facebook or Zuckerberg before ... except that he took his entire company out to see 'The Social Network'

60 minutes got played like a banjo.

They editorialized and dumbed the story down to a fairy tale, and made Zuckerberg look like a childish fool. Why oh why would anyone voluntarily be on this show?

EDIT: At least they did in 2008.. apparently I'm watching the old interview. I'd like to see the new one if it's available on a working video site.

I just caught the new 60 Minutes segment by accident. I think I saw the whole thing. It's always fascinating to listen to Zuckerberg. Having said that the segment as a whole was pretty superficial and came off more as a promo for Facebook's new format rolling out tomorrow.

I'm always upset when I watch tech company interviews on TV expecting them to cater to me - someone who keeps up to date on technology news, instead of a general audience that isn't as knowledgeable.

I find it healthy and refreshing to take a step back frequently and look at these things from such a perspective. Like, say the perspective of your parents. I think it's that kind of reflection which helps make businesses like Facebook and entrepreneurs like Zuckerberg successful.

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