Contents Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Social Media Profile Meet the Founder What Is Facebook Facemash The Facebook Trouble and Growth Big Changes Liking and Following Sharing and Linking Making Money Social Power Facebook's Impact Looking Forward A Guide to Facebook Glossary Websites Index
SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILE Facebook URL http www facebook com FEBRUARY 4 2004 Facebook is founded PURPOSE Facebook is an online social networking service Users can communicate with each other share photos and videos and comment on what they are doing thinking or feeling SEPTEMBER 2006 Anyone who is at least 13 can join Facebook CURRENT CEO Mark Zuckerberg NUMBER OF USERS More than 1 55 billion FEBRUARY 2009 The Like button is added to Facebook MAY 18 2012 Facebook becomes a publicly traded company
Meet the Founder MARK ZUCKERBERG was born on May 14 1984 in White Plains New York He attended Harvard University in Massachusetts where Facebook began When Zuckerberg entered Harvard he already knew how to write several computer languages He had also created several computer games After creating Facebook Zuckerberg left Harvard to run the site full time He became one of the most important and influential business leaders of his generation Mark Zuckerberg