New Year’s Resolutions On Facebook by CEO Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg, the social network founder is crowdsourcing ideas about what “personal challenge” he should take on next via a public post on his Facebook profile. Writes Zuckerberg, “for background, every year I take on a challenge to broaden my perspective and learn something about the world beyond my work at Facebook…

At our last town hall Q&A, someone asked me what my challenge will be for the new year and I said I’d love ideas from our community,” he says. “I have an idea of what my next challenge might be, but I’m open to more ideas before the new year officially begins.”
Some people asked Zuckerberg to host online session to share his insights with other startup founders, or said that Facebook should add a “Sorry” button, so people could express sympathy, when the “Like” button would seem rude. (Zuckerberg has for a long time said that he wouldn’t add a “Dislike” button to Facebook, though that request again popped up on the comment thread here, too.) Many also suggested ways for Zuckerberg to donate his wealth, asking him to help the homeless and the poor, send underprivileged kids to school, buy up and preserve virgin rainforest, make over schools, feed the hungry, and more.

But Zuckerberg has already signed the “Giving Pledge” – Bill Gates’ and Warren Buffet’s initiative which asks the world’s richest individuals to dedicate the majority of their wealth to philanthropy. Zuckerberg has already donated $100 million to Newark Public Schools, and more recently gave $25 million to fight Ebola, among other things. He was also the top philanthropist in 2013, with $960 million in donations. In other words, he may not need too much help on the giving front.

Others posting in the comment section came up with various health-related ideas, like “learn to cook,” or “run a mile” daily, or “reduce the consumption of sugar,” etc., which are fine, but a bit too “general purpose” for Zuckerberg’s own personal challenge, we’d wager.

Of course, Zuckerberg may not choose to take on any of these suggestions – especially if he already has one in mind that’s he’s interested in pursuing. Or he may choose to do more than one challenge this year, if any of the new suggestions strike him. In any event, the post makes for a good read if you’re stumped and looking for New Year’s resolutions of your own.