The Other Story Out of SXSW: Geek Edition
Zac’s doing the cool stuff down in Austin, so he probably missed the geekfest where journalist Sarah Lacy’s interview with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg turned ugly — and not because she was asking tough questions but because she was more clueless and self-absorbed than, well, I usually am. The whole thing appropriately turned Digg style when the crowd essentially took control of the microphone and started asking Zuckerberg interesting questions. The print story doesn’t do this justice — watch the video here. It gets really good by the sixth minute.
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I know Sarah very well (we were sorority sisters in college) and that interview is typical Sarah. It reminded me of the many conversations I had with her - She’s not clueless (rather she’s quite smart) and she’s a good person. I imagine she’s probably fine with this interview.
I don’t think it was that bad at all but
I think the crowd was being a little rude. If they didn’t like the way she was conducting the interview, they probably have never seen her interview someone or had a conversation with her.
Perhaps I am biased, but I think that it’s a bit overblown.
I’m going to try this again and hope for no double post, but apologies if there is a re-post.
I know Sarah very well from college (Rhodes) - we were sorority sisters together and she really took me under her wing. To say she is clueless is not true at all - she’s quite smart althought she’s not one of these people that will shove it in your face.
This interview is typical Sarah, and while it may not be to everyone’s liking, I don’t think it was anywhere near as bad as people were saying. I also think the crowd was being rather rude.
If you check out what she’s done in the past, she’s pretty accomplished. And, many commenters are saying she got Zuckerberg to talk more than usual, which may not have happened with a standard interviewer.
An FBvian had trouble posting this in comments, so here it is. Some blogger wrote and exhaustive (and exhausting) defense of Sarah Lacy. Enjoy.
http://www.briansolis.com/2008.....-mark.html