[mjfl]

The news story also reaks of a cliche smear-job though. I have a hard time Zuckerberg sits on moneybags in his house cursing the filthy peasants. Seems like it's more just a weird land practice (many people own the land he thought he bought) and he wants some privacy.

[3131s]

> (many people own the land he thought he bought) and he wants some privacy.

Then tough luck for him. He should have figured that out before he blew 100 million dollars on it. This "weird land practice" is likely meant to protect native Hawaiian people from being forced out of their homeland which, if this article is accurate, is what Zuckerberg intends to do.

EDIT: I did go looking and a few others are reporting on this. A lawyer representing Zuckerberg claims that Zuckerberg "has no intention of contesting any co-owner who can prove their interest in any of the land parcels." We'll see, I guess.

http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/34289685/facebook-ceo-sui...

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This "weird land practice" is likely meant to protect native Hawaiian people from being forced out of their homeland

That seems like wild speculation on your part. Any evidence to back up your claim?

[3131s]

From the article I posted:

"Under the Kuleana Act of 1850, those lands are also passed down to people who now only own fractions of an interest in the property."

And from Wikpedia:

"Another notable part of the Great Mahele was the Kuleana Act of 1850."

"The Great Māhele was one of the most important episodes of Hawaiian history, second only to the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom. While intended to provide secure title to Hawaiians, it would eventually end up separating many of them from their land."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_M%C4%81hele

So that was the intention, but if you read further into the Wikipedia article it explains how many poorer Hawaiians did not understand the new laws and therefore lost their land to rich Hawaiians and the nobility.

[noobermin]

It doesn't match his public persona, no. Regardless, if it is a hit job, Zuckerberg has more than enough resources and respect to defend himself.

[mjfl]

> Zuckerberg has more than enough resources and respect to defend himself.

Are you implying that he's going to hire PR people to police reddit and hacker news comments? I think that would just make the PR situation worse. It's actually very hard for a rich guy to defend against these kind of attacks because people want to believe you're a bad guy.

[noobermin]

More like be able to share a Facebook post and turn eyes to it, or if necessary, publish an op-ed or something. He at least has the connections and popularity to do that.