"I did every horrible thing in the book to, just to get revenues right away. I mean we gave our users poker chips if they downloaded this zwinky toolbar which was like, I dont know, I downloaded it once and couldn’t get rid of it. laughs We did anything possible just to just get revenues so that we could grow and be a real business…"
http://techcrunch.com/2009/11/06/zynga-scamville-mark-pinkus...
Not to mention the stock option scandal [1], and notoriously horrible working conditions [2]. I haven't met the guy, but it seems to me like the ship he runs is pretty fucked.
[1] http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-57322150-17/zynga-to-emplo... [2] http://www.itworld.com/software/228383/more-why-it-sucks-wor...