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This year the best known social network in the world turns 16: there are various events but also controversies that have characterized Facebook from the day of its birth to today such as the scandal linked to users' privacy and the improper use of their personal data . According to Alexa, an American Internet traffic statistics company, Facebook remains the third most visited site in the world after Google and YouTube . Content index: The idea The financing The growth of Facebook Facebook's problems The idea Initially called TheFacebook, the social network was born on February 4, 2004 when Mark Zuckerberg, a student at Harvard University, with the help of Eduardo Saverin (recognized as co-founder only after a lawsuit), looked for a way to connect Harvard students.
The idea met with immediate success and the social network was also Chinese Student Phone Number List extended to the other best American universities, such as Yale, Stanford and Columbia University. In a short time, TheFacebook connects not only students from the USA but also from Canada. The financing Zuckerberg and Saverin are the two main financiers of the project, with an investment of only 1000 dollars each. In the summer of 2004, they receive their first financing from Sean Parker, founder of Napster: Facebook becomes a company. A few months later, funding arrived from the two founders of PayPal, Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, with 500 thousand dollars. Within a year of its founding, Facebook had already raised nearly $14 million in funding.
facebook-logo The growth of Facebook Following various financing and the corporate creation of Facebook, in 2006 Zuckerberg decided to open membership to anyone over 13 and with a valid email address: the social network reached 9 million users. The introduction of the News Feed, the feature to know in real time what your friends are doing, revolutionizes the social network and the user experience, becoming one of the main features. The other main feature is the Like button introduced in early 2009 to let friends know that you appreciate the content they have shared. 2012 was a turning point: Facebook acquired Instagram, Oculus and Whatsapp. Zuckerberg lists Facebook stock on Nasdaq.
The idea met with immediate success and the social network was also Chinese Student Phone Number List extended to the other best American universities, such as Yale, Stanford and Columbia University. In a short time, TheFacebook connects not only students from the USA but also from Canada. The financing Zuckerberg and Saverin are the two main financiers of the project, with an investment of only 1000 dollars each. In the summer of 2004, they receive their first financing from Sean Parker, founder of Napster: Facebook becomes a company. A few months later, funding arrived from the two founders of PayPal, Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, with 500 thousand dollars. Within a year of its founding, Facebook had already raised nearly $14 million in funding.
facebook-logo The growth of Facebook Following various financing and the corporate creation of Facebook, in 2006 Zuckerberg decided to open membership to anyone over 13 and with a valid email address: the social network reached 9 million users. The introduction of the News Feed, the feature to know in real time what your friends are doing, revolutionizes the social network and the user experience, becoming one of the main features. The other main feature is the Like button introduced in early 2009 to let friends know that you appreciate the content they have shared. 2012 was a turning point: Facebook acquired Instagram, Oculus and Whatsapp. Zuckerberg lists Facebook stock on Nasdaq.