The History of Facebook

By thebluemagic

  • SixDegrees.com is launched.

    SixDegrees.com is the world's first Recognizable social network.
  • Period: to

    Facebook history timeline

    Important dates for facebook running from October 2003 to December 2011.

  • Facemash.com is created.

    a website like HotOrNot.com, except it uses pictures of Harvard Students Rather than random people (no one gave permission to use the pictures.)

  • TheFacebook.com is Launched.

    TheFacebook.com is Facebook's predecessor.

  • Facebook expands to several universities.

    These Universities Include Stanford, Columbia, Yale and many others.

  • Base of operations moves from Cambridge, Massachusetts to Palo Alto, California.

    The headqarters was moved by the suggestion of Dustin Moskovitz, a previous president of facebook.

  • Connect U launches a lawsuit Against Founder Zuckerberg.

    Three other Harvard students had an idea to create a social networking site for harvard students, called ConnectU. After the Rise and fall of Facemash.com, the three immediately recruited Zuckerberg to help them with it. He ended up leaving the team to work on Facebook. After Zuckerberg launched TheFacebook.com, the students accused him of stealing their idea and launched a lawsuit.

  • Facebook reaches one million registered users.

  • Domain name changes from "TheFacebook.com" to "Facebook.com".

  • Facebook enables anyone over the age of 13 with an email adress to join.

    College students were no longer the only ones able to register for facebook.

  • ConnectU vs. Facebook lawsuit is settled.

    Facebook Inc. ends up acquiring ConnectU for $20 million in cash and over $1.2 million in shares, valued at $45 million based on $15 billion company valuation. The amount is only say, A parking ticket compared to what Facebook makes today.

  • Facebook accuires FriendFeed, a real time aggregator for social networking sites.

  • The Social Network is Released into theatres.

    The Social Network is Released into theatres.

    A Movie based on the History of Zuckerberg's life beggining from the creation of Facemash.com at Harvard. Mark Zuckerberg claims the movie is inaccurate.