What Is Facebook You are spending a week at summer camp You have photos and videos of your experiences that you want to share The camp counselor uploads this content to the camp's Facebook page It includes photos of you and your camp friends hiking a video of the camp talent show and more People immediately start liking and commenting on these posts Now they can share your fun adventure at camp This is one reason people love Facebook Facebook is the most popular social media site in the world On the site users can connect and communicate with other users called friends in many ways Users post status updates and upload photos They can tag other users in their posts They can also comment on and like other users posts
Facebookers use the site to stay in touch with friends plan events and share important life moments Facebook has changed the way we communicate The site makes it easy to connect with online communities and share content from around the world
Facebook Site Bytes Purpose sharing content and connecting with friends Type of Service website and app URL www facebook com App name Facebook Tech Terms News Feed A user's News Feed exists on his or her Facebook home page It shows a constantly updating list of posts from the user's Facebook friends Timeline A Timeline is part of a user's profile It is a chronological list of the user's posts and posts that the user has been tagged in Date of Founding February 4 2004 Founder Mark Zuckerberg Compatible Devices Tablet Smartphone Laptop
Founding Facebook Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook while he was a student at Harvard University in Massachusetts In 2003 Zuckerberg created a website called Facemash It was an online game using photos of Harvard students But Zuckerberg didn't have permission to use the photos So Harvard made Zuckerberg close Facemash Soon afterward Zuckerberg began creating another website Zuckerberg launched thefacebook on February 4 2004 It let Harvard students create their own accounts and choose images to upload Thefacebook was instantly popular Hundreds of students joined in just a few days In 2005 Zuckerberg changed the website's name to Facebook In 2006 Facebook became available to anyone 13 and older Today Facebook has more than 750 million daily users Mark Zuckerberg Account Info Users must be at least 13 to create an account Once a user creates an account he or she chooses a username and uploads a profile photo and a cover photo Users find friends on Facebook searching for them by name and sending them friend requests ►Users post photos videos and status updates And they can like and share their friends posts Users can also like and follow their favorite organizations and celebrities on Facebook Facebook has privacy settings that users can choose from This allows users to decide what information they share with friends or the public
