Is Zuck Turning The Corner?

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO

Facebook has taken a lot of heat, a lot! Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, recently took the stage at AllThingsDigital; a prestigious tech conference where all the big players in tech were watching, including tech journalists.  It was here where Zuckerberg was on the firing post around recent privacy concerns.

Come on people; leave this guy alone!  At least consider cutting him some slack.  A young CEO who only created the biggest thing on the Internet today out of his Harvard dorm room and become a multi-billionaire!  Sure he has made some mistakes; he’s human as we all are.   Many journalists are swarming around recent leaked IM conversations Zuckerberg had with a friend from Harvard.  Who cares what he said before Facebook was even, Facebook!?  A young college kid holding a private conversation.  I don’t think it holds any viscosity on the current privacy heat Facebook is taking.  People should not judge that old, private, conversation as his firm stance on privacy.

Zuckerberg’s recent moves with Facebook and these leaked details may be the tipping point for Facebook.  MySpace wen’t through the same slow death with people migrating to Facebook.  However, Facebook shouldn’t quiver just yet.  There is no suitable competitor to Facebook therefore no matter how angered, people don’t have another social network to migrate to.  I also feel Facebook holds much more value than MySpace ever did and leaving it will be much more difficult for users.

You have to give him credit for even taking the stage and facing the heat head-on, even if he didn’t handle it perfectly.  Some CEO’s would have just cowered and not even shown their face.

Cut the guy a break!