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The Facebook Begins
This social site was created to connect Harvard students together by Mark Zukerburg. It allowed a person to make a profile that other students could view. Later that year, it opened up to all college students, making networking and socializing easier. In 2006, it was available to anyone 13 and older. -
Facebook Mobile App
Facebook introduced their mobile app, allowing everyone to be able to access the site on their smartphones. This increased users with the added availability and ease of signing on. -
Like Button
Facebook introduced the Like button, allowing users to easily interact with their followers posts. This increase in the simple interaction with friends and family grew the site even more, and by July 2010 Facebook had 500 million active users. -
Facebook Goes Public
After acquiring the social media site Instagram, Facebook went public. Their initial offering was only $38 a share, and they raised $16 billion on the first day, which was a record during that time. But share prices dropped more than 40% over the next several months, total losses $50 billion by August. -
Facebook Live
Facebook Live came to be in 2015, which allows users to live steam anything to their friends and followers. Users can share live events, news, and any other personal experiences online. -
User Interface Redesign
Following a massive data breach, Facebook decided to redesign their interface, focusing on privacy and encryption. Trying to salvage their reputation, they showed a commitment to secured user data with the redesign. -
Here comes the Meta Verse
In 2021 Facebook rebranded itself as Meta, where they started focusing on creating a metaverse, a virtual reality world. By 2022, they had spent billions of dollars trying to create the metaverse, all while losing 70% of its stocks value.