“The act of creating deliberately confusing jargon and user-interfaces which trick your users into sharing more info about themselves than they really want to.” (As defined by the EFF). The term “Zuckering” was suggested in an EFF article by Tim Jones on Facebook’s “Evil Interfaces”. It is, of course, named after Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
by T. Anderson September 17, 2010
by Randrage January 14, 2010
by Cosby thiugh November 20, 2015
That time you thought, “Let me just check Facebook for a sec while I’m at lunch,” and when you looked up, it was dinner time.
by @wrytir October 08, 2015
When you win every hand you don't play in a game of poker. The player folds his hand than explains that he would have won if he stayed in.
by Fast_Al 1222 November 25, 2013
a) to be outsmarted, financially, by a partner - generally in business - so as to result in a huge gain for one and huge loss for another
b) to get outmanouvered in a business partnership where one gives his time, toil and/or treasure and the other uses it to his advantage, without necessarily rewarding the 'partner'
b) to get outmanouvered in a business partnership where one gives his time, toil and/or treasure and the other uses it to his advantage, without necessarily rewarding the 'partner'
Eduardo Savarin got zuckered by Mark Zuckerman in The Social Network with the result Eduardo got back his investment in Facebook - US$ 19,000! The rest, as they say, is history!
Watch The Social Network - fabulous movie of the 'technology age'.
Watch The Social Network - fabulous movie of the 'technology age'.
by IGotZuckered November 11, 2010
Steve, who has hidden browser tabs open to Facebook all of the time during work, is a real Zucker.
Factoid: Zucker, as a noun, can be modified in many ways:
"motherZucker": the mother of all Zuckers;
"Zuckerdoodle": a dog with its own Facebook page;
"Zuckface": a person who uploads umpteen selfies per day and/or changes their Facebook profile photo every day/hour/minute/second.
Factoid: Zucker, as a noun, can be modified in many ways:
"motherZucker": the mother of all Zuckers;
"Zuckerdoodle": a dog with its own Facebook page;
"Zuckface": a person who uploads umpteen selfies per day and/or changes their Facebook profile photo every day/hour/minute/second.
by AMPhotoMan December 12, 2013