Timeline of Facebook

By aliz01

  • Facebook is launched as a social network.

    It is initially limited to only Harvard students.

  • Facebook reaches 1 million registered users.

    This includes people from various schools.

  • Facebook creates a high-school version of their website

    exact date unknown

  • Facebook introduces ability to tag friends in photos

    exact date unknown.
    With this update, it was easy for your friends to find pictures with them in it and for others to know the people in your pictures.

  • Facebook goes public to everyone 13 and older

    This change in age lead to millions of more users joining Facebook.

  • Facebook announces mobile support

    The smartphone craze had already begun by then, and now people were able to access Facebook more casually.

  • Facebook adds the "like" button

  • Facebook messenger is initially released

    People are now able to personally message their Facebook friends using messenger. This is one of Facebook's biggest updates/additions.

  • Facebook starts showing ads in the news feed based on engagement

    Ads on Facebook became of their biggest revenue generating features.

  • Facebook buys Instagram for 1 billion dollars

    exact date unknown

  • Facebook reaches 1 billion active users

    exact date unknown.

  • Facebook announces support of hashtags on the web. (Added on June 27 to mobile)

    This update was largely added to rival the social network Twitter

  • Facebook celebrates its 10 year anniversary

  • Facebook purchases WhatsApp

    They continue to add to their company by purchasing messaging and calling giant Whats App

  • Facebook hits milestone of 1 billion people accessing it in a single day 15.