More Zuckerberg/Lacy trainwreck footage
I'm not going to defend Sarah Lacy or what Wired dubbed her "unique, friendly style of interviewing." It's only unique in that no one who's any good uses it, because it doesn't work. Nor will I cover for Facebook's overrated PR team, who insisted on and rehearsed this game of softball. I won't apologize for SXSW organizers, who pack the show with Internet microcelebs instead of the most elucidating presenters. No excuses at all for Mark Zuckerberg, a man with no onstage talent who covered it by tossing his interviewer to the wolves. But if you really hated yesterday's big event, Austin attendees, blame yourselves. SXSW only gave you exactly what you wanted: A chance to relive Spring Break and the senior prom, but with you and your self-styled "geek" friends as the popular kids. Let's have Sarah interview Mark! Lesson learned: The prom sucks for the king and queen, too.