All About Facebook!

Facebook began in 2003, under a different name: Facemash. It was created by Mark Zuckerberg, with the help of his two other Harvard roommates, Dustin Moskowitz and Chris Hughes. Mark Zuckerberg was in his sophomore year at Harvard, and he was creating Facemash to take his mind off his crush and all the tension and stress of being in Harvard.

After an incident regarding Facemash and how it is not appropriate, Harvard ordered Mark to shut it down and he was expelled for breaching privacy. However, Harvard dropped their charges, and the following semester, Zuckerberg recreated Facemash, and in 2004, The Facebook was created. A year later, Mark Zuckerberg dropped "the" from "The Facebook", leaving it as just Facebook and later on in September of the same year, he created "High School" versions of Facebook, so each high school could have their Facebook accounts. He soon branched out to companies too.

In 2007, Facebook was opened to the public for anybody above 13 years old.

FUN FACTS!

Some fun facts from about Facebook are...

1. Did you know almost a BILLION photos are uploaded to Facebook every month?
2. Not only is Facebook beating MySpace's popularity, it is the second ranked most-visited website, before Google, in the US.
3. Syria, China, Iran and Vietnam have banned Facebook.
4. In September 2009, Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook has earned more money than it had been to create it.

5. The first time Facebook was debuted (under the name "The Facebook), Al Pacino's face was used on its original homepage. He was later dubbed, "The Facebook Guy". (above, left)