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Re:Zuckerberg struggles to name a single Facebook competitor by jdtang13 on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @06:43PM (#16806274)
I agree with this. Senator Graham went into this with the totally wrong mentality. Graham tried to determine the answer before the question was even asked. Non-tech conglomerates like PepsiCo, Anheuser-Busch, and Johnson & Johnson offer a huge range of different products in different sectors for different purposes.

I bet also that Zuckerberg might have "forgotten" that, in mainstream common sense, Facebook is viewed as "a website and mobile app". As CEO, he is trained to view Facebook as a giant company with a diverse selection of products, not just as a website. So his perspective on proper competition might be quite different from Senator Graham's.

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Re:Zuckerberg struggles to name a single Facebook competitor by crdoconnor on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @08:30AM (#16810401)
>Senator Graham went into this with the totally wrong mentality. Graham tried to determine the answer before the question was even asked.

IIRC they all had ~5 minutes to ask questions. Not enough time to do a proper cross examination and it gives Zuckerberg the advantage (he can draw out his answers and play for time).

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