News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Ask HN: Look at the lawsuits on Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook, what went wrong?.

Re:Ask HN: Look at the lawsuits on Mark Zuckerberg's Faceboo... by jrsmith1279 on Tuesday April 12, 2011 @11:16AM (#2437535)
IF the allegations against Mark Zuckerburg are true then the answer to your question is don't be shady. From the sounds of things Mark may have done some shady things when he was building Facebook, never thinking that it would get as huge as it is and that those things would come back to bite him. I think that the Winklevoss lawsuit is BS, but the one from Paul Ceglia has me on the fence. The fact that he's an ex-con and waited 7 years to come forward makes it sound like it's BS, but the emails are very convincing.

On the other hand, when you're on top everyone will be gunning for you, trying to find a way to get their piece of the pie. Money makes people do crazy things and the thought of being able to sue Facebook and get a multi-million dollar settlement will bring people with allegations that they somehow owe them money.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ask HN: Look at the lawsuits on Mark Zuckerberg's Faceboo... by keiferski on Tuesday April 12, 2011 @11:18AM (#2437546)
How are 7-year old emails from an ex-con convincing? The only "authority" that thinks they are convincing are some editors on BusinessWeek and Reuters.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ask HN: Look at the lawsuits on Mark Zuckerberg's Faceboo... by bdclimber14 on Wednesday April 13, 2011 @12:54AM (#2440821)
The convincing authority is the plaintiff's law firm, which has tasked their digital forensics team with analyzing the documents and concluded that it is authentic and has taken the case on. It's not just BusinessWeek and Reuters.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ask HN: Look at the lawsuits on Mark Zuckerberg's Faceboo... by jrsmith1279 on Tuesday April 12, 2011 @11:25AM (#2437582)
Have you read them? I'm not denying that it's easy to fake emails, but if you really pay attention to how the emails are written and how natural the flow of conversation between them is then you can see why they're convincing.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ask HN: Look at the lawsuits on Mark Zuckerberg's Faceboo... by ceejayoz on Tuesday April 12, 2011 @11:32AM (#2437614)
Con-men get pretty good at being convincing. It's something of a job requirement.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ask HN: Look at the lawsuits on Mark Zuckerberg's Faceboo... by kerben on Tuesday April 12, 2011 @12:15PM (#2437829)
Not sure what you found convincing - it certainly screamed doctored conversation to me...
[ Parent | on HN ]