Script : Mark Zuckerberg’s interview

 Script : Mark Zuckerberg’s interview

"So, Mark, as you are approaching 600 million users, which is just an extraordinary amount

with the third largest country in the world, I'm curious how Facebook is...well, do you see it

as changing the way people relate to each other, or reflecting the way people already relate to

each other?"

"We have always had the goal of helping people connect with all the people that they want so

our mission hasn't been to make it that people connect with new people that they didn't know,

or anything like that. It's just all about, you know, maybe you are not in the same place as

your family or your friends but you want to stay connected. I think Facebook gives people a

tool to do that better in ways that they couldn't do before, and I think from some of the growth

that we have seen, we are probably doing a reasonable job at that".

"Is it changing the nature of the way people relate to each other or changing the definition of

friendship even?"

"What I think it allows is for people to stay connected who aren't necessarily seeing each

other in person every day, who aren't necessarily comfortable picking up the phone and

calling each other, or arranging time to hang out and go out for a coffee, but there's a lot of

people who you care about, who you do want to see what's going on in their lives and you

might want to send them a quick note. And Facebook makes that really easy, so I don't think

it's taking away from any of the other interactions that you have, it's just expanding your

social sphere so that now you can keep in touch with all these people and before you just

wouldn't have any way to do that. I think that makes people's lives just a bit richer.