Word: zuckerberg
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...website’s creator, Mark Zuckerberg ’06, has a different conception of community. Zuckerberg does not view the site as a place where community is formed. He views it as a tool to strengthen a network that already exists in real-life. “I’m more interested in seeing how [the site] affects community. It’s a subpart of culture,” Zuckerberg explains...
...site’s consultant and Zuckerberg’s roommate, Christopher R. Hughes ’06, might have an answer to Norvell’s question. Hughes, who is largely responsible for figuring out the social aspect of the website (as opposed to Zuckerberg, a self-described “dumb programmer” who is mainly in charge of the technical functions), sees thefacebook as a way to tighten pre-formed bonds. “It’s a tool to help people improve social relations by networking with people you only know tangentially...
...hello to people I had section with but didn’t know whether or not to say ‘hi’ to. So now when I pass them on the path we can say hello or strike up conversation.” Additionally, Zuckerberg points to the functional aspects of the website that allow people to find cellphone numbers and AIM screen names...
...Zuckerberg agrees that the greatest impact of the site has not been with people that are already close, but with people that only know each other casually. Some claim that this has lead to friend-inflation—that users are not truly friends with the people on their lists. This has prompted comparison to friendster.com, a site in which strangers linkup based on information in their personal profiles...
...Zuckerberg scoffs at such a comparison. Zuckerberg explains that, “one main difference is that [the facebook] is not a dating site. The type of information on the site is fundamentally different. People aren’t as biased in how they represent themselves...