ORIGIN OF FACEBOOK AS THE GREAT SOCIAL NETWORK IN THE WORLD

THE AUTHOR THIS BLOG IS YONA MESHACK SHANNY

PUBLICATION DATE JUNE 17, 2023

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INTRODUCTION

Facebook is a popular social network that has grown to rank with MySpace has.

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Important questions to ask yourself

If Facebook is a popular social network that has grown to rank with MySpace. But what is it about Facebook that has special appeal and makes it even more popular than MySpace?
What makes Facebook?
And what made it a mega hit?

All the above three important questions will be answered below as follow:

It all got started back in October 28, 2003, as Facemash. Mark Zuckerberg created it, along with help of his friends and roommates Chris Hughes, Dustin Moskovitz, Eduardo Saverin and Andrew McCollum. Zuckerberg was in his sophomore year at Harvard University when open it up, as a way to get his mind it crush. In February 4,2004 the Facemash was changed to the Facebook.

ORIGIN OF FACEBOOK

Zuckerberg starts out

Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg took the first steps of his path at an early age. Clearly understanding the importance of coding, Zuckerberg's father Edward taught him Atari BASIC computer programming. It didn't take long for his skill to become apparent. When he was 11, his parents hired a software developer named David Newman to tutor him. Newman to this day calls Zuckerberg a "prodigy".

Within a couple of years, Zuckerberg created an incredibly practical programme: ZuckNet. His father ran a dentists out of the house and wanted a simple way for the receptionist to contact him without shouting through their home. ZuckNet, which worked like ab internal instant messaging system, did just that.

While attending Phillips Exeter Academy, an elite boarding school, his drive to create did not abate. He attracted interest from AOL and Microsoft. The wanted to buy Synapse, a piece of software that learned a user's music taste through AI and listening habits he created with a friend, and give him a job.

Ultimately, he turned it down and set his sites on Harvard. It's here where the origins of Facebook can be found. It is a decision he unlike regrets now.

Harvard and Facemash

Having turned down two of the biggest tech companies in the world, Zuckerberg headed off to Harvard in 2002. Clearly he had bigger plans. He chose to major in psychology, but took plenty of computer science classes along within it. At first the psychology choice seems strange. Why major in programming or something similar?

But when you think of Facebook's nature, the supposed 'addictive' nature of the likes, comments, and pokes, the psychology part becomes clearer. Facebook from off pulls you in to share personal details and seek out interaction from other people. Being able to design something like this must involve some knowledge of the human mind.

Zuckerberg attracts his first big controversy in October 28, 2003. He creates and published Facemash, a website that lets Harvard students judge the attractiveness of each other to create ranking( similar to the or Not site that launched in 2000). As he didn't actually get permission to use student photos, unsurprisingly many were not happy with his work.

Within a few hours the site had seen 22k photo views, but within a few days it was shut down. He was hauled in front of Harvard Administration Board. With the risk of expulsion on the table, the board finally decided to let him stay. After a public apology he moved on from his first brush with authority and set his sights on his next project.

Introducing Thefacebook

It was not long until we saw the first iteration of a now near ubiquitous company. February 4, 2004 saw Thefacebook launch. With a slightly different name, the platform was familiar. It had a profile where you could upload a photo, share your interests, and connect with other people. It also offered a network Visualization of your connections.

Initially this was only opened to people with a Harvard email address and within the first month 50% of the college's Student's had signed up. But there was a big problem Zuckerberg had to deal with from the off. He was being sued.

Zuckerberg ad previously worked on a similar project with fellow students Cameroon Winklevoss, Tyler Winklevoss, and Divya Narendra. He eventually quit to do this one thing, Thefacebook. But this ex-collaborators say he store their concept and ideas and they wanted recompense.

They eventually came to a settlement in 2008, with each of the trio receiving 1.2m shares in the Facebook company. By the IPO, these were worth $300m, but more on the IPO later.

Thefacebook was an instant hit and interest grew and grew more and more. By the end of 2004, membership was opened to nearly all universities in the US and Canada and people were clamouring to sign up.

June of that year also saw Zuckerberg move the company's operation to Palo Alto, California and secured some important investment. Co-founder of PayPal, Peter Thiel, joined the board and brought within him $500,000.

In May 2005 TheFacebook received more money. This time investments of $12.7m from Accel and $1m from the personal fortune of venture capitalist Jim Breyer. People were really paying attention now.

In August the 'The' was dropped and the company officially became Facebook ( the facebook.com domain cost $200,000). The following month high school students are admitted, along with employees of Microsoft and Apple. The company was now ready to move beyond its student base.

Then in November Zuckerberg took an important decisions about his own life. Having taken the semester off from Harvard, he announced he was leaving entirely, returning briefly significant investment and growing membership, Zuckerberg was ready to fully dedicated himself to running his company, as a CEO rather then a programmer.

What is the Facebook target

The idea behind Facebook was to provide an online book of face for university students to connect and share information. It was initially a social network for Harvard and expanded in the following years to any university as i explained above. It eventually became a social network for anyone, anywhere in the world.

key Facebook features

Facebook started out as a community where users shared information about themselves and different topics. Over time, different features expanded the scope of its capabilities:

Timeline. User profiles and updates are shown on what it known as the Timeline. Timeline is the successor to the Facebook wall, which was the original home for user profiles and updates. The user timeline includes posts, status, updates, friend listing, photos, videos and user activity information.
Friends. A primary feature of Facebook is the ability to search for and connect with friends and family. The search interface helps users quickly find acquaintances and also suggests potential connections.
News Feed. News Feed enables users to view news from the connections and groups that they follow. Users can like a given post or comment on it.
Pages. Pages are the profile and content pages for business on Facebook. Pages provide the ability for business to share information and communicate with customers.
Games. Facebook provides an integrated capability enabling users to play games on their own or together with friends. Among the early successes of games on Facebook was Zynga's FarmVille.
Groups. Communities of interest can organize themselves with the Facebook group feature. This enables the sharing of information, images and active discussions.
Events. This feature enables users and groups to organize events events that their followers can attend. It enables users to send out invites and help manage an attendee list.
Marketplace. This is an online yard sale, where users can buy and sell goods and services with other Facebook members.
Messenger. This is an instant messenger that enables friends to communicate in real time via webchat or a mobile app.
Video. Facebook live is a feature that enables individuals and businesses to stream live video to friend, family and followers.

Uses for Facebook

Connecting with friends. The primary use of Facebook has always been about connecting people. Facebook is a way to find and connect with friends and remain updated on their activities.
Creating communities. Facebook is used to create and organize communities of interest on just about any topic. It is a platform that can enable like-minded individuals to come together, share ideas, discuss and organize about different matters.
Engaging with customers. For businesses, Facebook can help with brand building and customer engagement. Having a Facebook presence enables businesses to share information about products and services to established and potential customers.
Searching for jobs. Facebook is often a way to look at the personal and professional lives of people and organizations to see if there is a cultural fit. Businesses also often list available jobs on the app.
Selling goods and services. Businesses can sell goods and services directly in the marketplace. They can also push consumers toward their products via advertisements.

Facebook dangers

As a community of users that share information and pictures, there is no shortage of potential dangers that can put users at risk.

Facebook has admitted to multiple risks and identified several safety resources to stay safe on the site. users should think before they post, report things that are are suspicious and never share their passwords. Here are some of potential dangers for Facebook users:

Social engineering. Users can be tricked into doing something that they originally didn't intend to do with a social engineering on Facebook, that could lead to fraud or other potential financial losses.
Malicious apps. A Facebook app could gain access to a user's information, including contacts and activity. This could then expose the user to risk via a privacy violation or even malware.
Identity theft. Users commonly share personally identifiable information on Facebook, and join in the wrong hands, that information can be used to create fraudulent identities.
Marketplace scams. There are myriad scams that occur in the marketplace where users sell goods and services. Scams include stolen, fake or counterfeit merchandised, among other forms of fraud.
Social media addiction and mental health. An ever-present danger with Facebook is the social effect on mental health. Facebook's own research shows that its platform, including Instagram, are harmful to teems' mental health. With the large volume of negative and disturbing news that can permeate the platform, there can also be a tendency toward doomscrolling. This is where users aimlessly scroll through reams of negative news, which can have a bleak effect on mental health.