Mark Zuckerberg To Tour Country And Listen To Americans Complain

Billionaire, philanthropist, and soon to be politician Mark Zuckerberg is planning to travel to 30 states in the U.S. in a supposed resolution to hear out the grievances of Americans as part of the 2017 challenge he set for himself. The Facebook founder has been facing significant criticism of late, which should be enough of a reason for him to take stock and find out what people really want. If it just so happens that he earns points for his run for office, that’s just a bonus.

Zuckerberg announced his intention via Facebook post, saying that it was in line with his usual habit of setting a personal challenge every single year. This year, he plans on speaking with everyday Americans to hear about their daily lives, goals, and concerns.

“My personal challenge for 2017 is to have visited and met people in every state in the US by the end of the year,” the post reads. “I've spent significant time in many states already, so I'll need to travel to about 30 states this year to complete this challenge.

“After a tumultuous last year, my hope for this challenge is to get out and talk to more people about how they're living, working and thinking about the future.”

2016 certainly wasn’t a perfect year for the young tech giant thanks to scandal after scandal relating to the recently-concluded presidential election. Facebook was accused of allowing fake news to influence the outcome of the race and for being biased in favor of Donald Trump, Tech Crunch reports.

The biggest social media site in the world also had to contend with mounting pressure from the EU due to perceived incompetence in dealing with offensive and fraudulent online content. As such, it wouldn’t be too much of a surprise to hear that its founder would like to do a little soul-searching.