Take a bright guy, stick him in with a bunch of students who likely have connections (sons/daughters of CEOs, politicians, etc.), give him TONS of information about them and tell him not to use it to his advantage.<p>This is unsurprising.
I find it suspicious that this IM conversation that took place over 6 years ago and hasn't been mentioned before, suddenly "surfaces" when Facebook is facing questions about privacy.
New? A bunch of these IM conversations have been high profile discussion pieces repeatedly over the last several years. This isn't surprising in the least. The more that Zuckerberg's shit comes to light, the more he looks like a complete douchebag.