Only his close friends and business partners know his real email address, but for a moment it looked like Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had accidentally revealed his personal email address during his presentation on Wednesday.
As Zuckerberg demonstrated a screen that allows users to choose which parts of their profiles they share with apps, an email address was clearly visible: "[email protected]."
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One eagle-eyed journalist, Mike Isaac from Recode, posted the screenshot to his Twitter account.
biggest news of the day: mark zuckerberg's email address pic.twitter.com/cPqyfhqoKK
— ಠ_ಠ (@MikeIsaac) April 30, 2014
So was it the real deal? A quick email to the address indicated that the answer is likely no:
#Breaking #F8 news: That ain't his real email address, y'all (cc @MikeIsaac) ¯\(°_o)/¯ pic.twitter.com/BE7YrbJL3o
— Brian Ries (@moneyries) April 30, 2014
Nevertheless, Zuckerberg, a known prankster, may have other plans for that email address. So it might be a good idea to hang on to it, just in case.