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leveymg

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26. If you want to look at it another way, he destroyed 316,800 jobs in higher employment industries

Reply to Nye Bevan (Reply #25)

Wed May 23, 2012, 07:16 AM

May 2012

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And, that's the reason Facebook is now the Darling of Wall Street. It produces profits for investors without requiring expensive infrastructure investment to create tangible goods, like manufacturing, and it doesn't employ a lot of expensive, demanding people.

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I know this is an outre sentiment here but I kind of like Mark Zuckerberg. [View all] cali May 2012 OP

He seems to be pretty level-headed, as you say. I have no problem with him at all. I can't think gateley May 2012 #1

I think he's ok as well rox63 May 2012 #2

BURN THE WITCH! XemaSab May 2012 #3

I believe the correct spelling is oohtray BeyondGeography May 2012 #4

I loved it when he showed up at Wall Street NOT in a business suit and tie. Got all those uptight monmouth May 2012 #5

I have no problems with him, but I don't much about him either, so that is not saying much. nt ZombieHorde May 2012 #6

i don't personally know him. never ate a meal with him, we never drank beer together datasuspect May 2012 #7

Do you think Sorkin's portrait was unfair? Do you like FaceBook's biz model? leveymg May 2012 #8

It's widely acknowledged to be fiction cali May 2012 #11

The movie or the biz model? ;-) As for MZs house, leveymg May 2012 #21

As billionaires go, he's one. Lint Head May 2012 #9

So far, he hasn't done anything to make me dislike him except maybe make me a little envious. Booster May 2012 #10

Pretty home - TBF May 2012 #12

I Have No Beef with Mark Zuckerberg, and I think that Facebook is a fine service Yavin4 May 2012 #13

Don't know the man but he should not have allowed all the lying spam on Facebook KurtNYC May 2012 #14

He's created a boatload of jobs. Nye Bevan May 2012 #15

how did he create a lot of jobs ? JI7 May 2012 #18

By hiring people, would be my guess (nt) Nye Bevan May 2012 #19

FB only has 3200 employees. If the $100B raised in the FaceBook IPO had gone into reviving US auto leveymg May 2012 #22

He only created 3200 jobs? Well that just sucks. Nye Bevan May 2012 #25

If you want to look at it another way, he destroyed 316,800 jobs in higher employment industries leveymg May 2012 #26

Mark Zuckerberg destroyed hundreds of thousands of jobs! Nye Bevan May 2012 #27

I used to work on the Floor of the NYSE, and have had an article published in leveymg May 2012 #28

He is of 0 (zero) consequence in my life. Tikki May 2012 #16

i like him personally also, but the same was true of Steve Jobs, i might not agree with some of the JI7 May 2012 #17

Hey, he invented something a lot of people think is a better mousetrap. hifiguy May 2012 #20

Suckerborg! n/t Ron Obvious May 2012 #23

I like George Soros, Oprah and several other of my billionaire friends just1voice May 2012 #24