The Facebook Decade

the facebook decade: The Social Giant's Disruptive 10-Year History ...·. From the dorm room to the trading floor, the now 1.2 billion user-strong Facebook has evolved from an idea into the foremost social media network in the world. Here, we take a look back at the peaks and valleys of CEO Mark Zuckerberg's landmark creation. 2004 D& facebook Born on February 4, 2004 the image: Paul Sakuma File, Associated Press) Mark Zuckerberg launches thefacebook.com while enrolled as a sophomore at Harvard University. The site is only available for Harvard February 2004 students. Follow Message o- Arie Hasit More- Friends Photos About Timeline a Follow June 2004 (Image: Facebook. https//wwwfacebook.com/arie.hasit lle anets in vour news feed. User Arie Hasit becomes the first non-founder to join the social network. Omage: Ben Mangot, Associated Press) Venture capitalist Peter Thiel invests $500,000 in the fledgling network. December 2004 facebook Number of monthly active Facebook users (in millions) at the end of 2004: Ima ncer Platt, Getty images Newt Facebook reaches the 1 million user Friends 1,000,000 mark, just 10 months after launch. 1mil 2005 August 23, 2005 facebook (Image: Raul Arboleda, AFP, Getty Images) October 2005 The company acquires the domain "Facebook.com" for $200,000, thus dropping the "the" in its lacen ok www. original name. Number of monthly active Facebook The site adds unlimited photo uploads and the ability users (in millions) at the end of 2005: 5.5mil to tag photos. Photos 2006 September 5, 2006 September 26, 2006 Facebook adds two new features: News Feed, a chronological listing of your friends' updates, and Mini-Feed, highlighting changes and updates to each user's specific profile. (image hustin Sulivan,ymageNew October 27-31, 2006 Facebook expands to allow any user over 13 with a valid email address to join the network, announcing the news with a post entitled, "Welcome to Facebook, everyone." f Share this Link a On your wal shable composite. Images: iStockphoto, http://www.facebook.com) Number of monthly active Facebook users (in millions) at the end of 2006: 12mil Link sharing is launched on Facebook, allowing users to share interesting things they find around the web with their Facebook friends. A few days later, Facebook releases an embeddable share button for web developers. 2007i January 10, 2007 Omage: AFP Getty Images News Facebook adds the ability to upload photos, view the site and receive text message notifications via mobile. Updating statuses via SMS would be added in April. April 20, 2007 (Image. Joel Saget, AFP, Getty Images) June 22, 2007 The text "[user] is..." is added before each status update, Upload Video replacing the former "I am...". Choose a Video File to Upload Profile a Public Post Cancel Omage: Facebook, httewww.fa Facebook Video is launched, allowing users to upload and tag recorded video as they would a photo. November 7, 2007 Number of monthly active Facebook users (in millions) at the end of 2007: Facebook Pages launches, which means users can become 'Fans' of customized brand profiles. Also added: Social Ads, advertisements that appear in News Feed along with related friend activity. 50mil 2008 April 6, 2008 Image: Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/message) Facebook Chat, a native, real-time chat feature, is launched, allowing users to instantly connect with May 2, 2008 each other without leaving the site. July 10, 2008 timage Stephen Lam, Snap EyeEm Facebook introduces the "People You May Know" feature, which encourages users to expand their friend totals and Requests make more connections. Twitter Facebook The Facebook for iPhone app launches in the + FREE App Store. July 21, 2008 The Facebook Wall Write Somethin BOMB December 4, 2008 perial GOl Fomage: Jeffh, AocidPress) OUR TENT facebook Your Site Facebook releases the Wall, a personalized, constantly Personal Info updating stream of information about each user. Chare Cheeve (lemage: Eric Risberg Associated Press) Facebook Connect is launched, meaning Number of monthly active Facebook users (in millions) at the end of 2008: f Connect members can use their Facebook profiles to log in to other web properties. 150mil i2009 February 9, 2009 facebook Omage: Robyn Beck, AFP, Getty Images) In an effort to reduce the amount of short, March 4, 2009 complementary comments, Facebook launches their "like" button, a feature now synonymous with the site. Like wArw Jork Times contigo! indiatimes. cm FANDANGO stulelis Scribd. IMDD iDIVA TIME MONY ivingsocial 2 X AR SEPHOA EDI JUURNAL wat sky KIVA Slate ONMoney.com nage Justin Sulivan, Getty Images News) July 8, 2009 The homepage gets a redesign, now showing friends' updates as they happen, in real time. The site also introduces new profiles for brands and 12:00 11:00 10:00 celebrities, allowing them to post statuses that will appear on to30 the homepage. 12:00 11:00 1230 2:00 (Image Stockphoto, Spauln) Users can now create "Events" and invite their Invites 1 Facebook friends. September 10, 2009 Number of monthly active Facebook users (in millions) at the end of 2009: Facebook users can now tag friends in Share: Status statuses and posts. 350mil I love @[user] 2010 July 16, 2010 Like image: Rainier Ehrhardt, Getty Images News) Facebook expands their "like" button to the comments December 5, 2010 P Like section, allowing users to more simply show their appreciation for a friend's remark. facebook Nicole Seah (A) Yaime Perarmage ic (mage. Roslan Rahman, AFP, Getty Images) December 15, 2010 A profile update now shows a user's basic information and a row of recently tagged photos at the top of the profile page. Photos receive infinite scroll. Tag Photo Photos tmage. Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/photos) Facebook begins incorporating face recognition software to make photo tagging easier. Number of monthly active Facebook users (in millions) at the end of 2010: Type any name or tag: 608mil July 6, 2011 2011 Start a video call Video calling is available through Facebook Chat. September 14, 2011 September 20, 2011 +1 Add Friend v Subscribed Message All Your News is Now in One Place Haw many updates? fop stories since your last visit are at the top You All Updates O Each top story is marked wth a ble coner v Most Updates O Recent stories are below, in the order they were posted Only Important Qmage: Facebook, http://www.acebook.com/aucketmark921fiefuts Learn more about changes to News Feed. Facebook unveils the Subscribe, allowing users to Omage: Facebook, https://www.tacebook.com/about/newsfeed) 5 Subscribe connect and follow the public updates of users Facebook's algorithm now defaults to organizing News Feed by "Top Stories" as opposed to its previous chronologically organized list. Also released is the "Ticker," displaying updates instantaneously. they are not friends with. September 22, 2011 Like Realtime Button Platform Apps Stream Photos News Feed Number of monthly active Facebook users (in millions) at the end of 2011: ustin Sullivan. Getty lefagesw A massive update to the profile is announced, called "Timeline." The visual organization of user updates began Timeline rollout in December 2011 in New Zealand. 845mil April 9, 2012 2012 Like Instagram or te image: Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/instagram Facebook announces its acquisition of photo-sharing social network Instagram for $1 billion, amounting to roughly $33 per user at the time. May 18, 2012 September 14, 2012 color up your ACEBOO DATION tacebook 49C6PDOK CE B0 NASDAR (Image: Emmanuel Dunand, mage. Joel Saget, AFP, Getty Images) Facebook makes its $38 IPO. The company would not rise above the $38 mark again until 12:45 p.m. PT: Facebook officially Friends 1,000,000,000 reaches 1 billion engaged users. July 2013. Number of monthly active Facebook users (in millions) at the end of 2012: January 15, 2013 0-0 1.06bil 2013 Timeline Graph Search News Dmage. Stephen Lam, Getty Images News) Graph Search is unveiled, allowing users to search the site for content by phrases rather than keywords. April 4, 2013 facebook June 12, 2013 %23 (image: Justin Sullivan, Getty Images News) Pho to Lab Facebook Home, a much-anticipated new way to use the network on Facebook Android smartphones, is revealed to the public. Facebook Home is a (image: Thomas Coex, AFR, Getty images) Facebook officially announces its support of hashtags on public posts throughout the network. launcher, replacing the Android's native home screen with a constantly updating Facebook feed. August 8, 2013 October 2013 facebook.com/graphsearch Umaje Stephe cam Getty Images News) Graph Search is released to everyone using Facebook in U.S. English. Facebook admits it's seen a decrease Who cares? in the number of young teen users visiting the site. Number of monthly active Facebook users (in millions) at the end of 2013: January 16, 2014 facebook 1.23bil 2014 Deage ALR Getty Images) A new study claims 25% fewer U.S. teens now use the site than did in 2011. Mashable INFOGRAPHICS %24