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Facemask Created
Mark Zuckerberg a Harvard student creates a site and called it Facemask in which students can p!ay games called "hot or not" but was eventually shut down quickly. -
Facebook launched for Harvard Students
Along with Mark Zuckerberg and 3 other students laugh a social site called The Facebook and used for other college students including Yale and Havard. -
Move to California
Mark Zuckerberg moves to park Aito, CA. Ends up making a deal with Sean Parker from Napester . PayPal cofounder Peter Thief makes the first 500,000 investments. Others investors start making investments. -
The Wall
The wall profiles friends and fans. Now, you could post public messages. This creates something exciting in social media by sharing with friends and fans. Creates a bigger audience and profiles. -
Open Swim
The news feeds we see today on Facebook was created. It put your online events and information in the order we see it today from your most recent post. -
Microsoft Purchase
Microsoft company purchased a share of Facebook. At this point, the company is valued at 15 billion dollars. Later, the company launches beacon ads to track users behavior. Although, this came to a public relation nightmare for privacy rights. -
The Lawsuit
The on going lawsuit of another Harvard student Winklevoss claims his idea was stolen. The ongoing suit lasted for a very time until 2011. Winklevoss eventually settled. -
Wants to be Friends
Facebook squares friend find. At this time, the realtime news updated happens. -
Goes Public
Facebook goes Public on May 18, 2012. This was one of the biggest technology IPO at this time. It had huge problems on the first trading day on the stockmarket. -
Live Stream
Live stream is introduced on Facebook. This creates companies paying for content on the site. -
20th Anniversary of Facebook
On Feb 2024 makes 20th year of Facebook. As of today, has over 3 billion active users. Its is now the most popular social media site in the World.