Mark Zuckerberg menulis Facemash, pendahulu ke Facebook, pada tanggal 28 Oktober 2003, saat menghadiri Harvard sebagai mahasiswa tahun kedua . According to The Harvard Crimson , the site was comparable to Hot or Not , and "used photos compiled from the online facebooks of nine houses, placing two next to each other at a time and asking users to choose the 'hotter' person". [ 12 ] [ 13 ] Menurut The Crimson Harvard , situs itu sebanding dengan Hot atau Tidak , dan "foto digunakan dikompilasi dari facebooks online sembilan rumah, menempatkan dua di samping satu sama lain pada waktu dan meminta pengguna untuk memilih orang 'panas' tersebut". [ 12] [13]
Mark Zuckerberg co-created Facebook in his Harvard dorm room. Mark Zuckerberg co-diciptakan agar dalam bukunya Harvard kamar asrama.
To accomplish this, Zuckerberg hacked into the protected areas of Harvard's computer network and copied the houses' private dormitory ID images. Untuk mencapai hal ini, Zuckerberg hack ke dalam kawasan lindung jaringan komputer Harvard dan disalin 'privat asrama rumah yang ID gambar. Harvard at that time did not have a student " facebook " (a directory with photos and basic information). Harvard pada waktu yang tidak memiliki mahasiswa " facebook "(sebuah direktori dengan foto dan informasi dasar). Facemash attracted 450 visitors and 22,000 photo-views in its first four hours online. [ 12 ] [ 14 ] Facemash menarik 450 pengunjung dan 22.000 foto-pandangan dalam pertama empat jam online. [12] [14]
The site was quickly forwarded to several campus group list-servers, but was shut down a few days later by the Harvard administration. Situs ini dengan cepat diteruskan ke grup kampus beberapa daftar-server, tapi ditutup beberapa hari kemudian oleh administrasi Harvard. Zuckerberg was charged by the administration with breach of security, violating copyrights , and violating individual privacy, and faced expulsion. Zuckerberg yang dibebankan oleh pemerintah dengan pelanggaran keamanan, melanggar hak cipta , dan melanggar privasi individu, dan menghadapi pengusiran. Ultimately, however, the charges were dropped. [ 15 ] Zuckerberg expanded on this initial project that semester by creating a social study tool ahead of an art history final, by uploading 500 Augustan images to a website, with one image per page along with a comment section. [ 14 ] He opened the site up to his classmates, and people started sharing their notes. Pada akhirnya, bagaimanapun, tuntutan itu dijatuhkan. [15] Zuckerberg memperluas proyek ini awal yang semester dengan menciptakan alat studi sosial menjelang sejarah seni akhir ini, dengan meng-upload 500 Kaisar gambar ke website, dengan satu gambar per halaman bersama dengan bagian komentar. [14] Dia membuka situs ini sampai teman-teman sekelasnya, dan orang-orang mulai berbagi catatan mereka.
The following semester, Zuckerberg began writing code for a new website in January 2004. Semester berikutnya, Zuckerberg mulai menulis kode untuk sebuah situs baru pada bulan Januari 2004. He was inspired, he said, by an editorial in The Harvard Crimson about the Facemash incident. [ 16 ] On February 4, 2004, Zuckerberg launched "Thefacebook", originally located at thefacebook.com. [ 17 ] Ia terinspirasi, katanya, oleh sebuah editorial di The Crimson Harvard tentang insiden Facemash. [16] Pada tanggal 4 Februari 2004, Zuckerberg meluncurkan "Thefacebook", awalnya terletak di thefacebook.com. [17]
Six days after the site launched, three Harvard seniors, Cameron Winklevoss , Tyler Winklevoss , and Divya Narendra , accused Zuckerberg of intentionally misleading them into believing he would help them build a social network called HarvardConnection.com , while he was instead using their ideas to build a competing product. [ 18 ] The three complained to the Harvard Crimson , and the newspaper began an investigation. Enam hari setelah meluncurkan situs, tiga Harvard senior, Cameron Winklevoss , Tyler Winklevoss , dan Divya Narendra , dituduh Zuckerberg yang sengaja menyesatkan mereka menjadi percaya ia akan membantu mereka membangun jaringan sosial yang disebut HarvardConnection.com , sementara ia malah menggunakan ide-ide mereka untuk membuat produk yang bersaing. [18] Ketiga mengeluh kepada Crimson Harvard, dan surat kabar mulai penyelidikan. The three later filed a lawsuit against Zuckerberg, subsequently settling. [ 19 ] Tiga kemudian mengajukan gugatan terhadap Zuckerberg, kemudian menetap. [19]
Membership was initially restricted to students of Harvard College , and within the first month, more than half the undergraduate population at Harvard was registered on the service. [ 20 ] Eduardo Saverin (business aspects), Dustin Moskovitz (programmer), Andrew McCollum (graphic artist), and Chris Hughes soon joined Zuckerberg to help promote the website. Keanggotaan awalnya dibatasi untuk siswa dari Harvard College , dan dalam bulan pertama, lebih dari setengah populasi sarjana di Harvard telah didaftarkan pada layanan ini. [20] Eduardo Saverin (aspek bisnis), Dustin Moskovitz (programmer), Andrew McCollum (grafis artis), dan Chris Hughes segera bergabung Zuckerberg untuk membantu mempromosikan situs web. In March 2004, Facebook expanded to Stanford , Columbia , and Yale . [ 21 ] It soon opened to the other Ivy League schools, Boston University , New York University , MIT , and gradually most universities in Canada and the United States. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] Pada bulan Maret 2004, Facebook diperluas ke Stanford , Columbia , dan Yale . [21] Segera dibuka untuk yang lain Ivy League sekolah, Boston University , New York University , MIT , dan secara bertahap kebanyakan universitas di Kanada dan Amerika Serikat. [22] [23]
Facebook incorporated in the summer of 2004, and the entrepreneur Sean Parker , who had been informally advising Zuckerberg, became the company's president. [ 24 ] In June 2004, Facebook moved its base of operations to Palo Alto, California . [ 21 ] It received its first investment later that month from PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel . [ 25 ] The company dropped The from its name after purchasing the domain name facebook.com in 2005 for $200,000. [ 26 ] Agar dimasukkan pada musim panas tahun 2004, dan pengusaha Sean Parker , yang telah informal menasihati Zuckerberg, menjadi perusahaan presiden. [24] Pada bulan Juni 2004, dapat memindahkan basis operasi ke Palo Alto, California . [21] Ia menerima investasi pertamanya akhir bulan yang dari PayPal pendiri Peter Thiel . [25] Perusahaan ini turun ini dari namanya setelah membeli nama domain facebook.com pada tahun 2005 sebesar $ 200.000. [26]
Facebook launched a high school version in September 2005, which Zuckerberg called the next logical step.[33] At that time, high school networks required an invitation to join.[34] Facebook later expanded membership eligibility to employees of several companies, including Apple Inc. and Microsoft.[35] Facebook was then opened on September 26, 2006, to everyone of ages 13 and older with a valid email address.[36][37]
On October 24, 2007, Microsoft announced that it had purchased a 1.6% share of Facebook for $240 million, giving Facebook a total implied value of around $15 billion.[38] Microsoft's purchase included rights to place international ads on Facebook.[39] In October 2008, Facebook announced that it would set up its international headquarters in Dublin, Ireland.[40] In September 2009, Facebook said that it had turned cash flow positive for the first time.[41] In November 2010, based on SecondMarket Inc., an exchange for shares of privately held companies, Facebook's value was $41 billion (surpassing eBay's slightly) and it became the third-largest US Web Company after Google and Amazon.[42] Facebook has been identified as a possible candidate for an IPO by 2013.[43]
Traffic to Facebook increased steadily after 2009. More people visited Facebook than Google for the week ending March 13, 2010.[44] Facebook also became the top social network across eight individual markets in Asia—the Philippines, Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Vietnam, while other brands commanded the top positions in certain markets, including Google-owned Orkut in India, Mixi.jp in Japan, CyWorld in South Korea, and Yahoo!’s Wretch.cc in Taiwan
