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Facebook and mark zuckerberg launching it by reading the harvard student newspaper. >> and what was your first reaction? >> we were pretty shocked. we were just totally blindsided. and we were reading the paper and sort of saying, gee, this sounds a lot like what we were working on. maybe there's two mark zuckerberg's on campus. and then we quickly realized, no, wait, that's our idea and that's the same guy. >> when was the last time you spoke to him? >> at the mediation in 2008. >> three years? >> yeah. >> what would you say to him now? >> i really think it's -- you're going to fail to grow a...

And some people can't do anything about it. but i do know she loved us deep down inside. but she just couldn't help the things that she was doing. >> what do you think she makes of your success now? >> i really don't know. i'm pretty sure she's probably proud and happy for me and just wants the best. >> but she hasn't told you that? >> i never heard it from her. but i know how she once felt. those are the memories i have, the good times and her being on the right path for a good amount of time and stuff like that. >> what was it, do you think, that caused that relationship to break down? why d...

Was -- he said, i want to be a partner. and then he told us he was going to be completing the site the whole time he was completing an identical product, which was the facebook, which we learned by by reading the harvard student newspaper. >> you sued him, very famously. and you got $60 million -- >> that's not entirely true. >> isn't it? >> what we agreed to and what we got are two different things. facebook shortchanged us on the stock. they gave us one-fourth the amount of shares that would be required to uphold the agreed pop $65 million value. >> is that part of your ongoing dispute? >> y...

Facebook? >> we are. >> kind of ironic, isn't it? >> the guys who originated the idea would be -- you would think that would be the ones who would be able to take part in it -- >> technically, you're making mark zuckerberg richer by being on it. you're helping him. >> technically, we're using our idea. look, our dispute is with mark zuckerberg, the person. it's not with the product. >> how many friends do you have? >> it's north of 1,000. >> who's got more? >> i think tyler's got more. >> why is that? >> just more diligent at it. >> nicer guy? >> maybe. >> who gets more women? >> that's a toug...

>> i'll tell you why both are important. >> it's about principle, then obviously you could give all the money to charity. make a principled stand. if it was about the money, you would keep it and spend it on fast cars and yachts. >> we don't want to give away the money before it hatches. >> absolutely. principle in the sense that what he did was wrong and we're determined to right the wrong.. >> yo think you were the creative geniuses behind facebook. if that's true, where's been the next great genius idea? were you one-hit wonders? >> no. what happened was when mark launched facebook and we w...