Zuckerberg: Kids under 13 should be allowed on Facebook - Polidicks

[quote=Mark Zuckerberg] [B]Facebook's founder sees the social networking site as a tool with educational potential. That of course means getting kids Facebooking at an early age.[/B] FORTUNE -- Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg may be a college drop-out, but the billionaire 27-year-old is passionate about education reform. That's why he took time out of his busy schedule to discuss the heated topic (and why he thinks young people can benefit from social networking sites) at a recent summit on innovation in education. Last year Zuckerberg pledged $100 million to the school system in Newark, New Jersey. At the NewSchools Summit in Burlingame, Calif. earlier this week, Zuckerberg told interviewer (and venture capitalist) John Doerr that improving education and making the Internet more open are two of his favorite dinnertime topics. Dressed in his signature T-shirt and jeans, Zuckerberg was uncharacteristically unguarded about his private life during the conversation, which lasted about an hour. He referred to his girlfriend of seven years, medical student Priscilla Chan, several times throughout the interview. He also shared anecdotes from his own education and upbringing, gave advice to other entrepreneurs and talked about why he wants kids under 13 to be on Facebook. "Education is clearly the biggest thing that will drive how the economy improves over the long term," Zuckerberg said. "We spend a lot of time talking about this." It's no surprise that Zuckerberg thinks the field of education--along with shopping, health, finance and other industries--will become much more social in the coming years. "In the future, software and technology will enable people to learn a lot from their fellow students," he said. For example, students could see each other studying online in the hopes it would encourage more of them to study for tests. Zuckerberg said he wants younger kids to be allowed on social networking sites like Facebook. Currently, the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) mandates that websites that collect information about users (like Facebook does) aren't allowed to sign on anyone under the age of 13. But Zuckerberg is determined to change this. "That will be a fight we take on at some point," he said. "My philosophy is that for education you need to start at a really, really young age." But just how would Facebook's social features be used by younger children? "Because of the restrictions we haven't even begun this learning process," Zuckerberg said. "If they're lifted then we'd start to learn what works. We'd take a lot of precautions to make sure that they [younger kids] are safe." Here are a few other opinions and anecdotes Zuckerberg shared at the recent summit: - Every year Zuckerberg sets a personal challenge for himself. His latest one is learning Chinese (he works with a tutor and regularly holds discussions with Mandarin-speaking employees at Facebook). - The young CEO gets upset when the media focuses on him instead of the entire Facebook management team. He says he spends 25% of his time recruiting both inside and outside Facebook and never hires someone he wouldn't want to work for himself. - Zuckerberg started coding in sixth grade, after he got his first computer. His first program? A virtual pet-like game starring Yoda (the goal was to keep Yoda alive). - The best part of going to Harvard was the other students. According to Zuckerberg: "If I had the chance to go back to Harvard and finish, I just think of how many more awesome people I would meet."[/quote] [URL="http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/05/20/zuckerberg-kids-under-13-should-be-allowed-on-facebook/?iid=HP_LN?cnn=yes"]Sauce[/URL] Although he makes a good point about it being useful as an educational tool(:q:), I have serious issues seeing anything good coming from having kids on FB. [B] [U]Edit:[/U][/B] What the hell are people disagreeing with me for? I think kids on Facebook is a bad thing. [U][B]Edit:[/B][/U] And I was being sarcastic about the :q: part also.

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Zuckerberg: give me more money plx

I'm okay with this.

this man doesn't have a soul nor a heart

Kids should be kept away from social networking sites until they're mature enough.

[QUOTE=thisispain;29949133]this man doesn't have a soul nor a heart[/QUOTE] Nor a proper face. [img]http://img.perezhilton.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/mark-zuckerberg-on-time__oPt.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=Untouch;29949115]Zuckerberg: give me more money plx[/QUOTE] Money is the least of Zuckerbergs concerns. I mean he sure earned his living alright.

I don't whether a kid has a facebook or not should be decided by the parent or guardian of the kid. Parents have complete right in monitoring and limiting their kid's internet use.

[QUOTE=Wiggles;29949340]Nor a proper face. [img_thumb]http://img.perezhilton.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/mark-zuckerberg-on-time__oPt.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] Holy shit! His face is perfectly symmetric.

Oh good, more details to sell!

Well kids these days have cell phones at 8-10 years of age already and play Xbox. 10 years ago those things were practically for adults. You guys are so biased.

[QUOTE=ItsGary;29949888]Well kids these days have cell phones at 8-10 years of age already and play Xbox. 10 years ago those things were for adults.[/QUOTE] because there was no xbox 10 years ago and cell phones were much more expensive and less fancy 10 years ago i had a nokia and the only function it had besides calling was giving me a fucking headache with the annoying cunt beep ringtones the thing would vomit

[QUOTE=thisispain;29949908]because there was no xbox 10 years ago and cell phones were much more expensive and less fancy 10 years ago i had a nokia and the only function it had besides calling was giving me a fucking headache with the annoying cunt beep ringtones the thing would vomit[/QUOTE] Uh yes there was Xbox 10 years ago. You are just basically proving what I said; Facebook might look like it doesn't appeal to small kids but in due time it will. It was originally for college students and now young teens use it. You can already see it happening now. It's all a part of the progress of technology.

[QUOTE=ItsGary;29949985]Uh yes there was Xbox 10 years ago.[/QUOTE] 2001? really well it was november of 2001 so i'm still technically right heh it was 9.5 years ago [QUOTE=ItsGary;29949985] You are just basically proving what I said; Facebook might look like it doesn't appeal to small kids but in due time it will. It was originally for college students and now kids use it. You can already see it happening now. It's all a part of the progress of technology.[/QUOTE] well i wasn't really disputing what you were saying

[QUOTE=Wiggles;29949340]Nor a proper face. [img_thumb]http://img.perezhilton.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/mark-zuckerberg-on-time__oPt.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] Still 100% convinced hes a lizard person

Already see kids under 13 on facebook.

[QUOTE=Gekkosan;29949368]Money is the least of Zuckerbergs concerns. I mean he sure earned his living alright.[/QUOTE] He earned his living off stealing and selling private information to greedy people. He's a petty thief is what he is.

[QUOTE=ItsGary;29949888]Well kids these days have cell phones at 8-10 years of age already and play Xbox. 10 years ago those things were practically for adults. You guys are so biased.[/QUOTE] Most kids in finland I knew had cellphones back in 2002, including me. We were in 3rd grade, so I guess we were 8. It's nothing new. [editline]20th May 2011[/editline] Also we played xbox and ps2, what are you talking about?

Jimmy and [b]4 others[/b] like [b]Spongebob Squarepants[/b]

[QUOTE=The Pretender;29949120]I'm okay with this.[/QUOTE] ... You sick bastard

[quote]It's no surprise that Zuckerberg thinks the field of education--along with shopping, health, finance and other industries--will become much more social in the coming years.[/quote] Eugh, all those are already social, attempting to limit them all to computers is an awful idea.

[QUOTE=Zukriuchen;29951026]Jimmy and [b]4 others[/b] like [b]Spongebob Squarepants[/b][/QUOTE] But, I still like Spongebob Squarepants. :confused:

Breaking news: man wants to expand the demographic of his multi-million dollar company.

[QUOTE=Jo The Shmo;29950905]Most kids in finland I knew had cellphones back in 2002, including me. We were in 3rd grade, so I guess we were 8. It's nothing new. [editline]20th May 2011[/editline] Also we played xbox and ps2, what are you talking about?[/QUOTE] I'm sorry I didn't use factual evidence.

[img]http://gyazo.com/efa89acc747f964ba3ea59182a4acd08.png[/img] Zukerberg knows that under-13 year old will be stupid enough to clicks on ads, which earns him some cash

Oh great, more kids to spam my newsfeed with bullshit.

Ok, so no please. Under 13 spam stupid shit. We need less spam on FB , not more. Also, right now there is nothing that I can see that is an educational tool on FB. You can learn more credible info on Wikipedia, which is as everyone knows, not always 100% accurate. I love what he thinking in regards to education, but I don't think he should use Facebook for it. He should create a new site instead. I think it'd be better to keep whatever educational aspects Facebook has, or is going to have, separate from the social ones. He could call it Workbook or something. :v:

[QUOTE=Sumap;29952361] Zukerberg knows that under-13 year old will be stupid enough to clicks on ads, which earns him some cash[/QUOTE] ... and install the software that that ads want you to install without even thinking about it (*cough*MyWebSearch*cough*).

I have a facebook account and all i use it for is to talk to friends/play farmville or cityville