Timeline: The Evolution of Facebook

Feb 4, 2004

The Start

Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook for Harvard students to keep in touch with other students on campus and to see who was in your classes. When Facebook first came about it was only for Harvard students to use. There wasn't much to do on it besides looking at other Harvard students profiles.

Feb 5, 2005

Opening up

In 2005, Facebook started opening up to other schools. At this time, the pages were plain and there wasn't much you could do, but it was still a popular thing among college students.

Feb 4, 2006

The Feed

This is when the feed came about. Feed as in news feed. It wasn't as big as it is now but it still showed you what other users where doing with they updated their status.

Feb 4, 2006

Poke wars

In 2006, the poke option can out. You could poke each other. People had poke wars and it was a way of flirting.

Feb 4, 2007

Open to All

By February, anyone 13 years of age or older could have a Facebook account. It was now open to all, not just school students.

Feb 4, 2009

Mobile

Facebook goes mobile. Anyone could download the app or get Facebook on a mobile device as long as the phone could get internet/ data.

Feb 4, 2009

Similar to Twitter?

The Real-Time News Feed came out. The first impression of it was that it was to much like Twitter and everyone hated it.

Feb 4, 2010

Taking Over the World

In 2010, Facebook had users from all over the world. Facebook went from being only in the Harvard School to being a very popular, world-wide used page.

Feb 4, 2011

New Design

2011, Facebook launched a whole new design. Now, Facebook was about showing what you wanted to show such as, things you shared or status updates, and less about your relationship status and age. They focused more on what you like rather then your personal information.