Why Mark Zuckerberg Needs to Come Clean About his Views on Privacy

"He believes that people should have a single identity: “You have one identity,” he emphasized three times in a single interview with David Kirkpatrick in his book, “The Facebook Effect.” “The days of you having a different image for your work friends or co-workers and for the other people you know are probably coming to an end pretty quickly.” He adds: “Having two identities for yourself is an example of a lack of integrity.”"<p>I think this is a pretty good example of zuck's both arrogance and privilege. He's so insistent that people have "one identity" because he's a person who CAN have one identity. When he projects who he is to everyone he takes zero risk: he's a white, male, American, who has already made all his money: the pinnacle of the upper class. Having your head in your asshole is an example of lack of integrity.

Have you heard of the phrase, "When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck."<p>Well even from the beginning of Facebook, within the Harvard campus, Mark Zuckerberg has been surrounded with allegations ranging from questionable personality traits, unethical behaviors and outright illegal activities.<p>Now with the release of a new "biography" detailing the early days of Facebook in Silicon Valley, these instances continue to highlight character flaws that seem to some to be quite disturbing. So why are we so surprised to witness continued actions of betrayal and lack of customer-focused decisions on behalf of a company that he runs and guides on a daily basis? "Zuck IS a duck!"<p>Personally, I totally agree with the concept of a more open society and the need for a platform in which to exchange personal ideas and personal media with friends and family. What I don't agree with are the blatant decisions that manipulate that information in ways contrary to the users' choices.<p>Many times in the past year, I have been literally offended and personally shocked at the amount of attacks to this information of mine and have contemplated closing my account for those reasons.<p>Instead, I have controlled my privacy options as best as I can and have held on to see where this all leads, in the hope that Facebook will finally get their act together and re-focus their energy on connecting people, not causing anguish those people who make them the billion dollar company that they are, their customers.<p>With Zuck the duck in charge, I'm not so sure that this will happen.

I'm not sure what he needs to come clean about. His recent actions speak louder than any words he can come up with now. It's pretty clear where he stands on this.

<i>“Having two identities for yourself is an example of a lack of integrity."</i><p>This strikes me as an extremist viewpoint. Portraying oneself more conservatively in less familiar company is often essential. Indeed, in some cases (private thoughts, for instance) the only appropriate company with which to share is oneself.

We know what his views are. It's more interesting whether he tells the truth about them publicly or not.

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