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Mark Zuckerberg Hits the Road To Meet Regular Folks -- With a Few Conditions (foxbusiness.com)

Posted by msmash on from the zuckerberg-will-see-you-now dept.

Mark Zuckerberg is trying to understand America, so he's embarked on a journey to meet people like hockey moms and steelworkers who don't typically cross his path. But there are rules to abide by if you are an ordinary person about to meet an extraordinary entrepreneur. From a report: Rule One: You probably won't know Mr. Zuckerberg is coming. Rule Two: If you do know he's coming, keep it to yourself. Rule Three: Be careful what you reveal about the meeting. While the Facebook CEO has built a social network that inspired people around the world to share the most intimate details about their personal lives, his team goes to extraordinary lengths to keep his movements under wraps and control how he is perceived. Midway through a "personal challenge" to travel to 30 states he'd never visited, the 33-year old aims "to talk to more people about how they're living, working and thinking about the future," he wrote in January on his Facebook page. Among those people was Kyle McKasson, manager of the Wilton Candy Kitchen, a century-old shop on the town square in Wilton, Iowa. He was at work one Monday afternoon in June when two men and a woman dressed in jeans and button-down shirts entered the store, which is a regular stop on Iowa's presidential campaign circuit.

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  1. What a pompous ass by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Meet regular folks". Yeah, you're the moron living in an ivory tower dude. Just fuck off and leave us alone.

    1. Re:What a pompous ass by ranton · · Score: 5, Insightful

      "Meet regular folks". Yeah, you're the moron living in an ivory tower dude. Just fuck off and leave us alone.

      There is a real problem in this country where people stay within their own "bubble", whether that is a liberal elite bubble or rural American bubble or whatever. Making a concerted effort to reach outside of those bubbles is a good thing and not something which should be criticized. You may criticize the method used to reach out if you feel it is ineffective, but deriding the entire idea of reaching out to people in different socioeconomic and cultural circumstances is hopelessly ignorant of this issue in our society.

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      -- All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. -- Edmund Burke
    2. Re:What a pompous ass by phantomfive · · Score: 3, Insightful

      He's planning on running for office. If Trump can do it, why can't he?
      Sadly, I can't disagree with that argument.

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      "First they came for the slanderers and i said nothing."
    3. Re:What a pompous ass by MightyMartian · · Score: 2, Insightful

      If Trump can do it, it proves that there are absolutely no barriers to the Presidency. The office is being so heavily devalued now that I can't imagine why Zuckerberg would even want it. Being Mayor of New York City has more prestige these days.

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      The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
    4. Re:What a pompous ass by cayenne8 · · Score: 3, Insightful

      I'd rather have a few drinks with Keith Richards....while we still have him.

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      Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........
    5. Re: What a pompous ass by saloomy · · Score: 3, Insightful

      I'm sorry, but if you think someone who founded a $300B company in 10 years before he was 30 to be "regular folk", sho me someone extraordinary. He learned Chinese and did after all, bring the worlds people together, reconnected old friends, and helped spread information into populations under total Ian regime rule. He isn't regular, he leads an incredibly productive life, and helping him understand the plight of people less successful, and fortunate, than him; if not for his money and how he could spend it philanthropically but also for his ability to solve problems. Jealous much?

    6. Re: What a pompous ass by WrongMonkey · · Score: 5, Insightful

      sho me someone extraordinary

      Most people have some special talent. Some people are good at math. Some people can run fast. Some people are good cooks. Some people are funny. Some people are sensitive and caring. The fact that Zuckerberg's particular set of talents happen to be financially lucrative does not automatically make him more extraordinary than anyone else with a different set of talents. In fact, our society's obsession with financial success above all else will probably be its downfall.

    7. Re: What a pompous ass by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Ripping off someone else's idea and learning a foreign language makes you a visionary now? Call me when he comes up with something novel.

      Being rich doesn't mean you're worth anything; if he'd never have been born we'd still have a MyBook, FaceSpace InterSphere or whatever. If he wants to spend his money helping people then why not lobby for tax reform so that people like him have to pay their fair share in the first place?

  2. Be careful what you reveal about the meeting by turkeydance · · Score: 4, Insightful

    or what?

  3. Re:Don't talk about the Mark Zuckerberg meeting by Digital+Avatar · · Score: 5, Insightful
    1. The first rule of Zuck Club is you do not talk about Zuck Club.
    2. The second rule of Zuck Club is YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT ZUCK CLUB.
    3. Third rule of Zuck Club: Someone yells 'fascist!', 'racist!', or 'bigot!', that argument is over.
    4. Fourth rule: Only two sides to an argument.
    5. Fifth rule: One argument at a time, fellas.
    6. Sixth rule: No hate speech, no hatred.
    7. Seventh rule: Arguments will go on until the fascist admits defeat.
    8. And the eighth and final rule: If this is your first night at Zuck Club, you have to argue.

    Mischief. Mayhem. Rigging the narrative. ZUCK CLUB.

    Coming to an election near you, 2018. Rated PC-13(88).

  4. Re: Fuck Suckerberg. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Donald Trump is president because we grew tired of smug, condescending elitists like you telling us that we were stupid, racist, and xenophobic.

    You demanded that we vote for your chosen one. It was her turn, after all.

    We picked the person that you hated the most. You had shit on us for so long... You were comfortable. You thought that you already won. You thought we didn't matter, and that our sun had set.

    Fuck you. That's why Trump is president. He is a living, breathing Fuck You.

    That's what I tell people when they can't understand what happened: there simply were enough people fed up that they'd rather "see the world burn" than elect another career politician. They decided "fuck it, let's go with the wildcard for once."

  5. Re: Fuck Suckerberg. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Shit on you for so long? The democrats had a slim majority in congress for a short time at the beginning of Obama's term and since then absolutely jack and shit got done because republicans stuck their fingers in their ears and refused to sign off on anything the President or democrats supported. Now the republicans have full control over everything and President Dumphuck can't even get manage to get these retarded children to agree on a replacement for the piece of legislation they collectively spent half a decade hating.

    Seems to me, if you were called stupid it's because you fucking are. But hey, you won, and that's the same as being right in the end, isn't it? I hope you enjoy being denied healthcare coverage due to a preexisting condition.