Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) is celebrating its 11th birthday today.
Facebook turning 11 may comes as a surprise to some users. The social media platform that people know today isn’t like what it was in the past. Here’s 11 facts about Facebook that you might not have known, as collected from VentureBeat.
- The social media website was originally called “Thefacebook”.
- The service was only available to Harvard students when it launched.
- It reached a million users in December 2004.
- Its name was changed to Facebook on Sept, 20, 2005.
- General registration for the social media platform didn’t start until 2006.
- The News Feed was introduced in 2006.
- It was almost sold to Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO) in 2006.
- Real usernames were introduced in 2009.
- The Timeline was added in 2011.
- It’s IPO was in 2012
- On Oct. 4, 2012, the service reached 1 billion users.
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Facebook facts are fun and all, but seeing the visual changes that have come to the service is also interesting. Business Insider has collected a series of images that show how the service has changed since it first launched.
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