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{{Infobox Person
| name = Mark Elliot B Zuckerberg. DICKS EVERYWHERE
| image = MarkZuckerberg.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| caption = Mark Zuckerberg in a photograph from his Facebook profile.
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|5|14}}
| birth_place = ], ], ]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| occupation = Founder and CEO of ]
| networth = {{profit}} $1.5 billion<ref></ref>
| spouse = A giant cock
| parents = Four Rectal exam bots
| children = None he's a faggot

}}
'''Mark Elliot Zuckerberg''' (born ], ]) is an ] faggot. As a ] student he founded the online ] ] ] with the help of fellow cocksucking student and ] major ] as well as ]s ] and ]. He now serves as Facebook's ]. In ], <ref></ref> ] named him as "the world's youngest self-made billionaire" with a theoretical ] of US $1.5 billion<ref></ref>, though the validity of this label has also been met with controversy.<ref></ref>
== Early life ==
Mark Zuckerberg was born to a Jewish-American family and raised in ], ]. He attended ] and was recruited by both Microsoft and AOL in his senior year due to a hacking project. Instead, he opted to attend Harvard University. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/115/open_features-hacker-dropout-ceo.html?page=0%2C2|title=Hacker. Dropout. CEO.}}</ref>

== College years ==
Zuckerberg attended ] and was enrolled in the class of 2006. He was a member of the ] ]. At Harvard, Zuckerberg continued creating his projects. An early project, Coursematch, allowed students to view lists of other students enrolled in the same classes. A later project, Facemash.com, was a Harvard-specific image rating site similar to ]. A version of the site was online for four hours before Zuckerberg's Internet access was revoked by administration officials. The computer services department brought Zuckerberg before the Harvard University Administrative Board, where he was charged with breaching ] and violating rules on ] and ]..

== Facebook ==
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=== Founding ===
Zuckerberg launched Facebook from his Harvard dorm room on ], ]. It quickly became a success at Harvard and more than two-thirds of the school's students signed up in the first two weeks. Zuckerberg then decided to spread Facebook to other schools and enlisted the help of roommate Dustin Moskovitz. They first spread it to ], ] and ] and then to other ] colleges and schools in the ] area. By the beginning of the summer, Zuckerberg and Moskovitz had released Facebook at almost 30 schools.

=== Moving to California ===
Zuckerberg moved to ], ] with Moskovitz, his ex-girlfriend, Priscilla Chan, and some friends during the summer of 2004. According to Zuckerberg, the group planned to return to Harvard in the fall but eventually decided to remain in California, taking a leave of absence. They leased a small house which served as their first office. Over the summer, Zuckerberg met ] who invested in the company. They got their first office on University Avenue in downtown Palo Alto a few months later. Today, the company has four buildings in downtown Palo Alto, forming what Zuckerberg calls an "urban campus".

=== News Feed ===
On ], 2006, Facebook launched News Feed, a list of what friends were doing on the site. Zuckerberg became the target of criticism as some saw News Feed as unnecessary and a tool for ]. Three days later, Zuckerberg responded in an ] to the Facebook community, apologizing for the sudden unwelcome feature, providing new privacy options, but ultimately defending the feature and his belief in free information flow. Zuckerberg contended that the feature was a good asset to use between friends, and the privacy settings allow for information to be blocked from users who are not friends with the person.

=== Facebook ads and Beacon controversy ===
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On ], ], Zuckerberg announced a new social advertising system at an event in ]. The new program, called Beacon, enabled people to share information with their Facebook friends based on their browsing activities on other sites. An eBay seller, for instance, letting friends know automatically what they have for sale via the Facebook news feed as they list items.

The program quickly came under heavy privacy concerns from both privacy groups and individual users. On December 1, 2007 Facebook's credibility in regard to the Beacon program was further tested when it was reported that the New York Times "essentially accuses" Mark Zuckerberg of lying <ref></ref> to the paper and leaving Coca-Cola with a similar impression. Coca-Cola later corrected this perception, stating the company had never even spoken with Facebook about the Beacon program.{{Fact|date=April 2008}}

On ], ], Zuckerberg wrote a blog post on Facebook, <ref></ref> apologizing for Beacon and offering an easier way for users to opt out of the service.

=== ConnectU controversy ===
Zuckerberg's Harvard classmates, ], ], and ], claim they hired him to finish the code on their website, ] and that he stole their idea, design, business plan, and ]. A lawsuit was filed in 2004 claiming a breach of contract, misappropriation of trade secrets, copyright infringement, in addition to other claims. Zuckerberg claims there was no contract and that he was not a partner. They are seeking ].<ref></ref> ConnectU has maintained that it is not their intention to shut down Facebook.

Since its original filing in Massachusetts, the lawsuit was dismissed without prejudice on ], ], but was never ruled on. It was refiled soon thereafter in ] in ], and a preliminary hearing was scheduled for ], ].<ref></ref> At the hearing the judge told ConnectU that parts of their complaint were not sufficiently pled and gave them the ability to refile an amended complaint.

=== Harvard alumni magazine scandal ===
In November 2007, confidential court documents were posted on the website of Harvard alumni magazine ]. They included Zuckerberg's social security number, his parents' home address and his girlfriend's address. Facebook filed suit to get the documents taken down, but the Boston judge Douglas Woodlock ruled in favor of 02138.<ref></ref>

=== Facebook origins controversy ===

E-mails verified by the '']'' suggest that Zuckerberg might have taken many ideas for Facebook from Aaron J. Greenspan's houseSYSTEM website.<ref></ref>

== Personal life ==
In an interview with ], Zuckerberg has stated that he lives very modestly, not purchasing luxuries and residing in a "one bedroom apartment with a mattress on the floor, sucking off dealers for smack." in ]. <ref></ref>

=== Forbes mention ===

In March ], Forbes.com ranked Zuckerberg as #785 on its rich list, citing his net worth as $1.5 billion. The figure is based on a valuation of $5 billion, even though Microsoft's 1.6% $246 million investment is based on a valuation of $15 billion. Zuckerberg's worth is derived from his 30% stake in the company based on ZOMBIE DWARF SQUAD ATTACK a value of $5 billion. <ref></ref> Analysts have questioned Forbes, citing the ] of Zuckerberg's wealth. <ref></ref>

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