Facebook’s Birthday is celebrated annually on February 4. The day originated in 2004 by the app’s owner and creator, Mark Zuckerberg. Facebook is, to date, the most popular social media network with nearly three billion users registered on its network. Facebook is the main reason most of our friends know about our birthday. It’s time we return the favor and celebrate the birthday of our favorite social network. Facebook is American, but it has reached the whole world and changed the face of advertisements forever. Facebook is a free platform that operates on ad money alone.
The story of Facebook began in 2004. But before that, Zuckerberg started Facemash in 2003 when he was studying at Harvard. It was an online service for students to judge the attractiveness of other students. But they shut down Facemash in two days because of violating university policy in acquiring resources. However, Zuckerberg learned from the experience and registered for Facebook in January 2004.
The app was initially used by Harvard students who wanted to create a social media presence with photos and posts. Its reliability and its widespread reach caused the app to soar. Soon after its initial success, other prestigious schools like Yale and Stanford were also allowed to join.
By June 2004, Facebook hosted around 25,0000 students from various schools. The success of Facebook prompted MasterCard, a credit card company, to pay Facebook for exposure. By 2004, Facebook reached one million users. Around this time, the app introduced some of the popular features we know and love today, like the Facebook wall, image tagging, and unlimited photo uploads.
By the end of 2006, Facebook had six million active monthly users. Facebook provides an experience that connects users. They ensure authentic information is used for each profile, thus making the site trustable. Advertisers flocked to Facebook to capture the online market before their competitors could take advantage of the situation.
On July 13, Facebook became open to anyone over 13 years old worldwide. It was the start of the age of social media advertisements. In February 2012, Facebook went public and raised $16 billion. Recently, Facebook announced the name change of its parent company to Meta.
