Return of the Winkelvii

Mark Zuckerberg may have Facebook (and its ever-shakier stock valuation), but the Winklevoss twins have a new social network for professional investors.

From the WSJ: "After finishing their competitive rowing career, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss launched Winklevoss Capital. The Twins have invested $1 million of their fortune in SumZero, a new social network for the investing community."

They're funding it from the ~$65 million settlement of their legal battle with Zuck and Facebook Inc..

"The band is back together," Tyler Winklevoss told the Wall Street Journal. Be afraid. Be very afraid.

• [brerrabbit23]

  These two yutzes read like Wes Anderson villains.

  • [millie fink]

    They look to me like Romneybots.

• [Bryan3000000]

  Wow.  The name of the network suggests that they want to build a community of wealthy people who view wealth as a zero-sum game.  ”The social network to screw the 99%”  Or the 47%.  The exact percentage doesn’t really matter, does it?

  • [Felton / Moderator]

    They could always call it Fleecebook.

• [Matthew Petty]

  Dammit, another social network I have to move everything over to again?

• [adamrice]

  These guys should buy Wikipedia and rename it Winklepedia.

• [fuzzyfuzzyfungus]

  I honestly can’t quite decide whether these guys have a bit of a supervillians operating under cover vibe, or if they just wear the pathetic stench of people who were born on 3rd and are slowly destroying themselves in a jealous rage because somebody else made it to home plate…

• [Patrick Delaney]

  These are clearly Patrick Bateman’s children.

• [Romeo Vitelli]

  Kind of scary to think that they’re BOTH the evil twin…

  • [brerrabbit23]

     Tomax/Xamot

• [timquinn]

  two inexperienced kids open their wallets to the money lovers. What could possibly go wrong?

• [LaylaSV]

  Um. I think maybe they should use those millions to fund a film in which they appear as a creative force for good instead of the archetypal, entitled asshats who ride to glory on the backs of the working man. Or, alternately, actually go do some good – somewhere with cameras present.

  As it is, everybody hates these douches. 

• [Peter]

  Just wait until the site changes it’s privacy policy and automatically shares all your illegal insider trading information to their advertisers unless you opt-out! 

• [tristan eldritch]

   ”The band is back together,”

  Yup, it’s The Blues Brothers all over again.

  • [benher]

    0.5% and 0.5% together make 1!

    • [EH]

      1% DIRECTION

• [AnomicOfficeDrone]

  Maybe I’m a simple man, but if I had $65 million, I would hire someone I could trust to handle my investments and spend the rest of my days doing as I please. 

• [EH]

  “Who is that guy?”

  “Some zero.”

  I bet they still get outside funding.

• [Antinous / Moderator]

  Call me when they get desperate enough to do a porn film.

• [simonbarsinister]

  They should stick to their successful career as a stunt doubles on Glee.

• [Andy Reilly]

  Has got to be the worst name for a financial social media site. But then again, will the users of a social media site based on the love of money really notice?

• [JhmL]

  Armie Hammer & Aaron Sorkin was the best PR they never paid for.

• [niktemadur]

  Intriguing idea, (Winklevii) bros.  Very exclusive.
  However, you’re going to need a good, proper coder to get your site up and running.
  May I recommend a guy who’s really, really good at it.

• [Frank Diekman]

  Spending your fortune on a vendetta is a GREAT business decision!

  • [Antinous / Moderator]

    Apparently, hookers and blow weren’t foolish enough for them.

  • [wibbled_pig]

     It worked for the Count of Monte Cristo..