{"id":40763,"date":"2022-07-30T15:38:20","date_gmt":"2022-07-30T15:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=40763"},"modified":"2022-07-30T15:38:21","modified_gmt":"2022-07-30T15:38:21","slug":"when-did-facebook-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/when-did-facebook-launch","title":{"rendered":"When Did Facebook Launch?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_43 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a01adb6cb277\" class=\"cssicon\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a01adb6cb277\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a01adb6cb277\" ><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/when-did-facebook-launch\/#When_Did_Facebook_Launch\" title=\"When Did Facebook Launch?\">When Did Facebook Launch?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/when-did-facebook-launch\/#Why_he_turned_to_Harvard\" title=\"Why he turned to Harvard\">Why he turned to Harvard<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/when-did-facebook-launch\/#Thefacebook_was_a_social_networking_site\" title=\"Thefacebook was a social networking site\">Thefacebook was a social networking site<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/when-did-facebook-launch\/#It_was_a_novelty\" title=\"It was a novelty\">It was a novelty<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/when-did-facebook-launch\/#It_was_a_media_text\" title=\"It was a media text\">It was a media text<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/when-did-facebook-launch\/#It_was_a_platform\" title=\"It was a platform\">It was a platform<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/when-did-facebook-launch\/#It_was_a_cryptocurrency\" title=\"It was a cryptocurrency\">It was a cryptocurrency<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"When_Did_Facebook_Launch\"><\/span>When Did Facebook Launch?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/zIV2LJO.jpg\" align=\"right\" alt=\"when did facebook launch\" style=\"max-width:39% height:auto; width:auto; margin:0px 10px; max-height:307px;\"> <\/p>\n<p>It was the year 2004, and the question is still on people&#8217;s lips: when did Facebook launch? The company that created the website is Meta Platforms, Inc., formerly known as Facebook, Inc., or TheFacebook, Inc., based in Menlo Park, California. Its products include Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. Here&#8217;s a quick overview of the company and when Facebook launched. The company was founded by Mark Zuckerberg in 2004 as a way to bring the internet closer to the masses.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_he_turned_to_Harvard\"><\/span>Why he turned to Harvard<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Mark Zuckerberg joined a Jewish fraternity at Harvard. He was socially awkward and hoped to join one of the school&#8217;s final clubs: the Porcellian Club. He later sold the company to Google. Then he co-founded the photo-editing website Picnik. During that time, he met the two Winklevoss twins and decided to pursue a PhD in computer science.<\/p>\n<p>Zuckerberg&#8217;s academic background provides a fascinating look at how Facebook was born and how it was first conceived. His academic background is complex and reveals more about his motivations than the usual Hollywood portrayal. Harvard&#8217;s Department of Computer Science gave him an honorary degree, and the university used the event to showcase both the company and his personal side. The resulting broadcasts showed Zuckerberg visiting Kirkland House H33.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Thefacebook_was_a_social_networking_site\"><\/span>Thefacebook was a social networking site<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Facebook is one of the most popular social networking sites. Initially, Thefacebook was only available to students at Harvard University, but in just a month, more than half of the undergraduate population joined. Soon after, the site was expanded to Stanford, Columbia, and Yale, as well as other Boston-area colleges and universities. As it expanded worldwide, Facebook received $12.7 million from Accel Partners and began a major rebranding campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2004, Thefacebook has over 2 billion active users. Its creator, Mark Zuckerberg, developed the social networking website while in college. It was originally a small website designed for fellow students but has since grown to be worth billions. It has even been portrayed in the film &#8220;The Social Network.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"It_was_a_novelty\"><\/span>It was a novelty<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The social networking site&#8217;s growth was driven by new forms of activity. The first was the &#8220;Like&#8221; button in February 2009, which allowed users to tell the network what they liked. Initially, the Like button was available only on Facebook pages, but by April 2010 it was being integrated on other sites, too. The &#8220;Like&#8221; function became extremely popular, with as many as 10,000 new sites adding it every day.<\/p>\n<p>At first, Facebook was only available to students at Harvard and other Ivy League colleges. Harvard&#8217;s decision to be an exclusive user group prompted other universities to follow suit. By September 2005, Facebook had more than a million users, and Zuckerberg left Harvard to run the company from its Menlo Park campus. He worked on Facebook&#8217;s core product with his team, building housing complexes for employees in the process.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"It_was_a_media_text\"><\/span>It was a media text<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Mark Zuckerberg started building Facebook during his sophomore year at Harvard College. His roommate list was around 1,200 to 1,500 users when Facebook launched. After the site gained traction, he expanded to other Harvard-area schools and the rest of the Ivy League. By the end of his sophomore year, he had accumulated more than a million members. He soon received investment from Peter Thiel and moved to California to grow Facebook further.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"It_was_a_platform\"><\/span>It was a platform<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>It was a platform when Facebook launched, and the company has continued to add features to the social network since then. The platform was launched on May 24, 2007, and allows software developers to build applications that interact with core Facebook features. At the same time, Facebook introduced its own Markup Language, which developers can use to customize the look of their applications. In addition to these changes, Facebook has also introduced Messenger, which will allow people to chat and share photos with their friends.<\/p>\n<p>The company has become closer to the publishing industry with the addition of a newsletter feature. Previously, Facebook has tried to stay away from this industry, but it&#8217;s not the case anymore. The company has to support writers and journalists as part of its creator economy. The announcement came on Tuesday. Until then, Facebook had maintained a separate identity, and this hampered the company&#8217;s ability to develop a strong relationship with the publishing industry.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"It_was_a_cryptocurrency\"><\/span>It was a cryptocurrency<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In June of 2019, Facebook announced plans to launch a cryptocurrency called Libra. The new currency was to be backed by an international consortium. Originally named Diem, the project was scheduled to launch in less than a year. But the project did not launch. Instead, Facebook renamed the project as Diem, which is not directly controlled by Facebook. Nevertheless, the company is still committed to launching its new crypto, if only to keep Facebook&#8217;s billions of users happy.<\/p>\n<p>A cryptocurrency is digital files that serve as money. They are generally created using cryptography methods. There is no central authority controlling them. Facebook is behind the Credits project. The company hopes that users will transfer money as easily as sending a photo. Ultimately, this effort could serve as a model for other companies to use. But before Facebook launches its new currency, it has to prove its worth. 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