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Social networks do best when they tap into one of the seven deadly sins. Facebook is ego. Zynga is sloth. LinkedIn is greed.

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Reid Hoffman
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: August 5
Businessperson
Entrepreneur
Investor
Writer
Stanford
California
Reid Garrett Hoffman
Reid G. Hoffman
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Ego
Greed
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Sloth
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