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How To Write Like Mark Zuckerberg
newguy77 found a story talking about the results of a linguistics expert being brought in on the Facebook ownership case. They claim the emails are faked since Zuckerberg uses apostrophes correctly and opens sentences more casually than the damning emails.
Mark Zuckerberg is my hero.
Nobody other than Google have invaded more privacy while making more money than Facebook.
Truly an American icon.
Mark Zuckerberg never makes mistakes.
So all those years of being a grammar nazi can result in actual gainful employment? Who knew?
Also:
They claim the emails are faked since he uses Apostrophes correctly
But did he use Capitalization correctly?
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Zuckerburg's writing style of 2003 needs to be compared with emails of that era, not today. Furthermore, he could have been off on some random day in 2003 because he had a cold and wasn't thinking. This just isn't that reliable of method of determining authorship.
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It's easy to learn to use apostrophes correctly, and find out that charm works better than being stiff.
I will admit, in general, it shouldn't change with all those points in just a few years, but it's hardly 'proof'... Just a likelihood. Certainly not enough to throw the case all on its own.
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Can I still blame Facebook and other social media sites for the gradual acceptance of butchered English? Since Zuckerberg doesn't seem like he goes around shortening 'cause' to 'cuz', leaving 'I' as 'i' and neglecting punctuation wherever possible; can I still put part of the blame on him when it becomes proper 'english' to open a formal letter with 'sup', and close it with 'holla back'?
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The writing style of people never changes between 20 and 35. Its totally constant and als always the same regardless with whom they communicate.
a lot in 10 years.
Now that Zuck has a good 12 billion to his name, he is really desperately trying to bury this skeleton in his closet by throwing money at it. Come on, we've all been 17 and unemployed at one time, and would sign just about any piece of paper that would promise us better work than bagging groceries. Sure Ceglia is a grade A scumbag, but so is Zuck, and he deserves to have a stupid mistake like this come back and bite him in the ass now that his ass is actually worth something.
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Off-topic and pointless maybe, but I use them a lot in my own writing. I remember a handful of esoteric grammatical tips from way back in high school that I've found really help out with bringing the context of conversation to the written word. I'm no grammar god, but it's disappointing to see how much knowledge of the intricacies of our written language is being lost in the era of LOLs and ZOMGs. I'm a casual reader of the classics, and it's amazing how pervasive beautiful writing was even at the lowest tiers of education; e.g. Civil War-era letters from soldiers to their loved ones (lol).
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You apparently can't be bothered to make the trivial motion required to use your shift key.
You're not Zuckerberg; and holding such laziness, I doubt you're capable of brutally executing like he has. Your anecdote, good sir, is invalid.
do they compare the emails in question to Ceglia's writing style?
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I think we all know he meant apostrophe's.
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Who woulda thunk a Harvard student would have no problems keeping track of where apostrophes go. I can't imagine proper use of the English language was something that he only recently developed...
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The fact is, the case is so watertight that the only defense Facebook has is to deny the whole thing took place in any way, shape, or form - that it is a fabrication whole cloth. But it wasn't, so you can't have Zuckerberg on the jury stand saying "I've never met the guy, never signed that contract in the hotel room, never collaborated with him on a yearbook site" because it's not true, the Zuck would be in prison for perjury before you know it. So, instead, you will have Facebook adamantly insist that the whole thing is invented out of thin air, without Zuckerberg saying so himself in front of the camera; meanwhile Facebook will start producing circumstantial arguments in line with their "whole sale fraud" position.
Believe me, I've been on the other side of this. The facts are clear as daylight, Zuck is Fucked, and he can't say a word about it -- can't say a word matching Facebook's position. He has to hide behind facebook lawyers bringing up circumstantial refutations.
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how come Zuckerberg doesn't come out and say "What! I never wrote ANY of those emails". That's what a real person's reaction would be, if they were this associated with a brand. Only a guilty party would say "Actually, let's see what this forensic expert has to say about these emails".
Similar in technique to this: http://iwl.me/ - give it a few paragraphs of your own writing and you'll get a comparison to some famous person or other.
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He has a better version of office than he had back then.
Cegelia looked at the following facts:
A) Zuckerburg was rich.
B) Zuckerburg was not trustworthy.
C) Zuckerburg paid out danegeld to the Winklevoss Twins. If they can get a settlement over an 'idea' then surely so can I.
D) Cegelia was able to rip Zuckerburg off in the past on the StreetFax business.
He is just a scam artist going after what he thought was a easy target.
I am not looking forward to Cegelia owning any sizable portion of Facebook. I use it some. I would have to switch if this guy becomes a major shareholder.
Somehow, the fate of Facebook hanging on Zuckerberg's grammar skills is wholly ironic, given that his product is almost singlehandedly responsible for the downfall of the grammar skill in today's society. It'd serve him right if the court found that although the emails do have a tone not like Zuckerberg's,, they're presumptively his because "this isn't school, grammar doesn't count anymore" (yes, I've seen that as a response on Facebook).
The blame probably goes much further back to something like IRC.
Back farther: To pre-internet "chat" and conferencing programs on timesharing computers. And further to Morse code radio telegraphy. (Wired telegraph didn't promote shortening words because it was billed by the word - but didn't send punctuation marks, either.)
My take:
On one hand some stuff (like limited size text messaging on twitter and SMS with latter's typically rotten keypad interface) promotes extreme abbreviation, rebus-style phonetic respellings, and the like.
On the other, some of this technology actually promotes literacy. Netnews and mailing lists, along with their successors (personal web sites, blogs, and news-followup commenting, especially on controversial subjects) are prime examples. Reading comprehension helps in the formulation of an argument while good grammarand spelling helps convince the readership (much like a clear voice and high-class accent). Participants tend to realize this (or have their noses rubbed in it by their opponents) and with practice improve greatly. And integrated spelling (and even grammar) checkers in editing and posting tools helps further.
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Thats apostrophe's, you eedjit!