You might not be aware that Facebook has not always been called Facebook. Initially Facebook was a very small website with a different name, and was meant for use by only a limited number of people. Soon after its invention it evolved so fast, that now Facebook has more than 900 million users worldwide. You will be surprised to know that about 10% of USA’s internet activity is done at Facebook.com. Facebook history goes back to 2003 when a Havard University student of IT, created a very small website for use by Havard University students. Read on for more on history of Facebook.
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FaceMash
Facebook was invented in 2003, by Mark Zuckerberg, along with his three Havard University classmates. Facebook was initially called Fasemash. Initially Facemash was available to only Havard University students, and within a short period since website launch, about 450 students visited the website.
theFacebook.com
In 2004, Mark created a new website and called it theFacebook. At this time the intention of Mark was to make this website accessible by all University students, worldwide. More than half the population of the Havard University joined theFacebook.com. Seeing the growth of the website, a few people joined Mark in his project, and helped in promotion of the website. Soon theFacebook.com became available by most Universities in USA and Canada.
Facebook.com
In 2005, Mark purchased yet another website name, this time facebook.com. At this point Facebook.com had reached several other Universities in South and Central America, and UK as well.
Besides Universities, now Facebook.com also became available to the employees of big companies including Microsoft and Apple. In 2006, Facebook became available to everyone in the world who was 16 years of age or older.
In the later years, more and more features were added to Facebook.com, like photo/video upload, apps, etc.
Advantages and Disadvantages of Facebook
Facebook has both pros and cons. It’s up to every Facebook user how he utilizes Facebook, and whether he gets benefits out of Facebook or gets trapped by its disadvantages. you may be interested to find out Facebook advantages in the article 7 great advantages of Facebook, as well as disadvantages of Facebook. Also find out what are the negative effects of Facebook on us.
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