Update: As a few hardy GeekOlogists (and other media) have pointed out, Google Plus doesn't yet verify accounts so this may not in fact be the real Mark Zuckerberg. But of the three big Z profiles that sprouted recently, this is reportedly the last one standing and it still shows no activity. And isn't that the way the real Facebook CEO would behave? Create a profile to snoop around with but refuse to make any contributions to avoid an implicit endorsement. Me thinks so.
Most likely The Zuck is scoping out the competition as Google Plus is widely seen as Google's reply to Facebook's increasingly expansive social network. Regardless of the reason, it seems Facebook's CEO has found his way onto Google's most ambitious new product to date, even if it's not yet ready for primetime.
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As Forbes blogger Kashmir Hill notes, Zuckerberg has foregone his usual cheerful profile pic with a sad panda version. Maybe he's showing his disapproval of the intuitive and easy-to-use grouping system that reportedly blows Facebook's mechanism out of the water? (I have a sad panda face of my own because I haven't yet received an invitation).
You can see Zuckerberg's Google Plus profile for yourself, but I must warn you that his mournful eyes have stared into my soul and found it wanting. Just FYI.
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