(Credit: Facebook Screenshot: Chris Matyszczyk/CNET)
Who could not be moved by the fact that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg finished his bountiful week by getting married?
The churlish might have whined that his fooling his friends into thinking that this was merely a graduation party for his fiancee was not exactly open and connected. Indeed, it surely showed a peculiar yearning for privacy.
However, I wanted to go to his Facebook page and see what his fans had written. Honestly, it was quite dull. Reams and reams of congratulations, with nary an unkind word.
Suddenly, I looked to the right to see that, even on this blissful page, Facebook has chosen to display some advertising.
My mood of rampant joy and giddiness was turned to ashen concern. For, first off, I was invited to "Save With State Farm."
Look, I have car insurance. It's just fine. And the mere concept of insurance melding with a wedding announcement rang a little vacuous.
Clearly the site must have been aware of my sudden pallor. For the next ad was headlined: "Before a Heart Attack."
What? I've come here to bathe in the beauty of perfect love ... [Read more]
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