11:12 am ET
Dec 15, 2010


Mark Zuckerberg: Time’s Person of the Year

    • Very ugly cover

    • Time is such a ridiculous magazine anyway. Just like the Nobel prizes, I could care less anymore.

    • Yankies are sissies. Who cares about their ridiculous awards

    • I love how it says follow Geoffrey on Twitter when Zuckerberg is the founder of Facebook.

    • That picture is just creepy.

    • He has done nothing this year at all. All he did was maintain facebook. That's like if I kept my burger joint running and got the top prize.

    • All fortunes are said to have a crime at their origin. Gates and GUI Zuckerberg and his "idea" . Is anybody just honest? The less you earn the more honestly it came and had little to do with "networking" and more to do with "work". Don't believe that, then you're probably part of the problem.

    • Heavy on the Photoshop--his eyes are not that green and does he really have that many freckles?

    • They went with the rich Jew. Surprise. Meanwhile, Asange got tens of thousands more votes. What a wussy rag.

    • Nobody reads Time anymore. Who cares?

    • I do not agree with Time's decision. Even more so after having watched the Facebook movie, and understanding better what kind of individual he is. His opportunistic and lax ethics landed him with the idea, which he exploited for his own benefit. Person of the Year? Ugh. How deep has Time fallen? Or is it that everything is forgotten now that he says he will leave half of his fortune to charities?

      And yes, the picture is very creepy, but it fully captures Zuckerberg's robotic demeanor. If you do not know what I mean, just watch any of his interviews where he comes across as an unblinking android.

    • Why are we praising this guy? He's a thief that betrayed those around him...

    • "Why are we praising this guy? He’s a thief that betrayed those around him…"

      According to a movie... yea that sounds like a sound source.

    • Wow, Werner. How is Argentina this time of year?

    • Why did they have to Photoshop his eyes for the magazine cover? It looks so unnaturally creepy, unless that was their intended effect.

    • Man did Mark get beat with the ugly stick...

    • With Steve jobs not receiving this award , this award does not make any sense for any other figure from technology world. Moreover award itself loose its shine without being awarded to Steve Jobs...

    • He's an innovator and leader...he'll always have critics, but I admire what he's put together. Come on people he's a billionaire, you can't be a schmuck and put something like Facebook together.

    • Not Mr Assange?
      Time gone conservative?

    • Since nobody reads Time magazine - who really care?

    • First, I agree that Steve Jobs needs to win this soon. He's the standard bearer for excellence in technology innovation. talk about a game changer. But I must disagree with the ugly stick comment. I've seen a lot worse. Plus, I go by the old adage--- the richer you are, the better you seem to appear.

    • He's 26, he's a billionaire. Enough said.

    • Congratulations MZ! I look forward to the future evolutions of FB.

    • This is a superficial selection. It's almost as laughable as awarding the Nobel to Obama.

      Assange had far more impact. The damage Assange has done is incalculable.

    • So TIME chose being social over social change. That is no surprise. Person of the year is a big popularity contest based on whose face can sell the most copies.Funny that the TIMEs and Facebook have the same values. I don't begrudge Zuckerburg for his success but I don't think he changed the world. With Zuckerberg winning, I guess it mean bigger things for Facebook, there was a poll this morning asking the same question about Facebook's future. http://my-take.com/poll/mark-zuckerberg-is-person-of-the-year-how-will-this-influence-facebook I'm betting that there will be a facebook v google fight over our personal data. I also predict that by the time I have kids, there will be a new technology thing to be obsessed about.

    • "He’s an innovator and leader"

      I don't know why everyone has fallen in love with this guy. Innovator? Of what exactly? Social networking sites existed well before he started facebook. And facebook wasn't even the first successful site. Ever heard of Friendster? Myspace? Further, I don't see how facebook is any better than other social sites (as opposed to google, which wasn't the first search engine but certainly revolutionized the industry). If anything, Facebook's biggest assets have been its cachet (started as a site exclusive to college students) and monopoly (though Myspace lost their's so I guess it's possible). This guy is a genius, my @ss.

    • He is not an innovator. This is a term that is always given to those such as Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. These guys (including Zuckerberg) aren't the innovators. These guys are the capitalists, which is totally fine. I just wish the media would quit trying to reshape every savvy business leader into a whiz kid genius. These guys aren't the geniuses. These guys are the ones who see a product or service created by actual whiz kids then rip it off and come up with a way to make money off of it.

      As already mentioned, there was nothing at all unique about Facebook. What is different is simply the way it was marketed. Jobs ripped off Xerox. Gates ripped off several people. That said, I have no problem whatsoever with these people, but lets call them what they are: Savvy Business People. They are NOT innovators. The real innovators behind these "innovations" have never made the front page.

    • Marne Strickland,

      Yes, you can be a billionaire and be a schmuck. And the fact that he's a billionaire does not in anyway shape or form make him an innovator. Warren Buffet is a billionaire, but he's not an innovator. Savvy business person does NOT equate to being an innovator.

    • Althought fb isn't the first social networking site, it is by far the most succesful , its easy, and accesible in every possible way great Job Mark congrats!

    • Facebook is TOTALLY dispensable! And VERY scary - if you want your identity stolen, put your whole life story on Facebook.

    • What galaxy does this guy come from?

    • Deez

    • Is Time Magazine even relevant anymore? Does this still sell copies? Seems so “60’s”.

    • Sounds like a dying (dead) icon trying to attract 20-somethings to its publication. I do see it occasionally at the supermarket magazine rack still, but other than that, who knew or cares it is still around?

    • Just about everyone uses Facebook for one reason or another. And if you dont, you're still using some sort of technology. Why not just be open minded and applaud someone for their success? Next year, Time will award someone else. And even then you'll all probably still be complaining. That's what's wrong with society today. ...Be happy...

    • Stop writing comments with such exasperation and distaste. Facebook revolutionized our methods of socialization in such a colossal way, and essentially changed humanity's ability to contact as a whole. In my viewpoint of this whole situation, Mark Zuckerberg, without a doubt deserved to be Time Magazine's "Person of the Year." All who antagonize this opinion need to stop and realize how big of an impact this has made on our world, then take your stance in this disagreement. When you use Facebook, it is your personal option to put each and every bit of info. on your page. Yes, Facebook can be lead to risky business, but that outcome is only a result of pure personal opinion of the amount of information that you would like to be on for the social network to view. He is genius, and we all need to recognize that whether you think he is a jerk, or not. That is specifically why he was chosen to be "Person of the Year."

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