drekwithoutpolitics t1_itzhzdo wrote on October 27, 2022 at 1:23 PM

Reply to comment by hodorhodor12 in Facebook owner Meta sales continue to fall by umberto_pagano

I don’t think it takes talent. It takes connections, wealth, and a staff of people. But talent doesn’t have a ton to do with it. It’s not like he took the company public, the company had thousands of employees at that time.

Being a sociopath might help, but that’s not a talent either.

Also, “almost nothing” is kind of misrepresenting how privileged he was as a kid.

Talent. Ok. 🙄

hodorhodor12 t1_iu084q1 wrote on October 27, 2022 at 4:20 PM

I'm not saying the privilege wasn't a big part of it - I would say it's the biggest component of his success. But to say that it doesn't require talent to take a company public and maintain the user base and profitability didn't take talent is delusional and reeks of knocking down others to make yourself feel better.

drekwithoutpolitics t1_iu096f0 wrote on October 27, 2022 at 4:27 PM

I still don’t think that’s talent, but I appreciate the weird “knocking down others to make yourself feel better.” That’s me, knocking down Mark Zuckerberg to make myself feel better!

What a weird way to spend your time, defending Mark Zuckerberg’s supposed “talent.” Are you sure we have the same definition of “talent?”

Talent: a natural aptitude or skill. That asshole absolutely did not have any natural aptitude for taking companies public, he barely had a natural aptitude for programming. He had tutors from a young age. He stole an idea and got others to help him run with it.

As if a whole company didn’t do the things you’re listing. Give me a break.

But keep going! Apparently there are Zuckerberg apologists and I’m here for them.