The Harvard Crimson has either become the victim of an implausibly funny prank , or Facebook is beta - examination itssilent speech brain interfaceon college scholar .
Today , Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg devolve to the revered Ivy League mental hospital he famously dropped out of , revisiting his old student residence roomand give a commencement speech to the graduating class of 2017 . To commemorate the societal networking titan ’s return to his alma mater , the web site of Harvard ’s 144 - year - old newspaper ( or whomever gained command of it ) ran as its frontpage story : “ MARK ZOINKERBURG AT IT AGAIN . ”
related to account included “ BREAKING : Mork Zinkeltink Zonks all over the net ” and “ OOPS : MINK PINKLEBINK ACCIDENTALLY ‘ the like ’ OWN COMMENCEMENT spoken communication . ” In one simulacrum , Zuckerberg is depicted without eyebrows , and with abnormally small tooth .
The web site has been intermittently unavailable ( though archivesconfirmthe Crimson ’s homepage actually did display this Incredibly Good message ) , so Gizmodo has had trouble determining how many of these articles tie in to anything in finical . At least one — which was in the “ most read ” sidebar of the paper which process as a springboard for many award - win journalists — had a landing varlet , and was just one sentence long .
It did not take long for others to notice these desirable additions to the report ’s body of work .
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remember it appears to have returned to normal , we ’ve reached out to The Crimson so see who is creditworthy so that we might hopefully hire them someday . We ’ll update if we hear back .
Update 5/25/17 2:30pm ET : Current President of The Crimson Derek Choi responded to Gizmodo over e-mail with the following statement :
Earlier today , The Harvard Crimson ’s internet site was altered by an unauthorized user . We are presently work to restore the breach . We regret any incommodiousness to our users and attend onward to the respite of Commencement .
Derek , you and your stave have nothing to justify for .
Update 5/25/17 4:49pm ET : Approximately two 60 minutes after this web log went live , Gizmodo was reach by phone by two individuals exact to be the “ Winklevink similitude . ” They asserted that Mark Zickleberg ( or some other hilariously butcher reading of Zuckerberg ’s name ) had stolen their musical theme to hack The Crimson ’s website . Both Winklevink twins denied responsibility for the hack , arrogate it was either Zickleberg himself or the penis of The Harvard Lampoon ( who they call “ geniuses . ” ) They soundly denied being part of the Lampoon .
We ’ll prompt these Winklewinks that — if they ’re destitute between kayak practices — GMG is currently hiring fora change of entry - stratum location .
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