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“Facebook” is arguably one of the most recognizable names of the 21st century.<\/p>\n

The popular social media site is known as a place to share photos, post on your “wall” and ultimately update your friends and family about what you\u2019re up to lately.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mark Zuckerberg, born in White Plains, New York, is best known as a creator of Facebook<\/a> \u2014 with the story of his success one of trial, error and ultimately success.<\/p>\n

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On this day in history, Feb. 4, 2004, Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg<\/a> launches what was then known as The Facebook.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Zuckerberg\u2019s path to Facebook started in 2003 with an online program called Facemash, of which he was primary developer.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The concept revolved around the notion that students could judge the attractiveness of fellow college students<\/a> who were using the program, according to Britannica.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The site was considered initially successful \u2014 with 450 students joining right off the bat.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Facemash violated a university policy, however \u2014 and was shut down after just two days, as Britannica noted.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Zuckerberg noted the fast success of Facemash and decided to launch a different site for Harvard students, called The Facebook, in February 2004.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This intriguing site was different \u2014 allowing students to post photos and information about themselves, such as their class schedules, according to Britannica.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The popularity increased \u2014 and the site was soon expanded to include students at Yale and Stanford.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Within the first four months of the site’s going live, more than 250,000 students were on The Facebook \u2014 spanning over 34 schools, according to Britannica.\u00a0<\/p>\n

By the end of 2004, The Facebook had over one million users \u2014 and Zuckerberg had dropped out of Harvard to run the business.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Continued success came when the platform introduced a tagging feature and unlimited photo uploads \u2014 and lowered the sign-up age to 13.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Facebook was also able to monetize its app early on by allowing companies to buy advertisement space within the site.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Over the years, Facebook \u2014 based in Menlo Park, California<\/a> \u2014 has faced backlash for a lack of privacy and for selling users\u2019 data, according to History.com.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The story of Facebook’s founding and its early and complicated road to success was turned into a movie in 2010 starring actor Jesse Eisenberg and featuring Justin Timberlake<\/a> \u2014 called\u00a0“The Social Network.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

(At the 83rd Academy Awards, the film received eight nominations, including for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor for Eisenberg \u2014 and won for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score and Best Film Editing.)<\/p>\n

Zuckerberg\u2019s technology company<\/a> Facebook, Inc. today owns multiple companies such as Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger and more.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In October 2021, Facebook, Inc. announced that its parent company name would change to Meta Platforms<\/a> \u2014 alluding to a virtual reality experience for users on their platforms, according to Britannica.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/lifestyle\/this-day-history-feb-4-2004-harvard-student-mark-zuckerberg-launches-the-facebook <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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