{"id":3848,"date":"2025-01-04T11:20:06","date_gmt":"2025-01-04T11:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/universodeapps.com\/?p=3848"},"modified":"2025-01-05T14:13:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-05T14:13:09","slug":"facebook-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/universodeapps.com\/en\/facebook-story\/","title":{"rendered":"The History of Facebook: From Harvard to the Metaverse"},"content":{"rendered":"

Facebook is not just a social network, but a true success story that began in the halls of Harvard University and spread to the rest of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since it was founded by Mark Zuckerberg in 2004, the platform has played a key role<\/strong> in transforming the way we communicate, interact and even perceive ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this article, we'll explore Facebook's journey, from its university roots to its ambitions to lead the next digital frontier with the development of the metaverse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harvard Beginnings and the Creation of Facemash<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Illustrative image: Facade of Harvard Law School | Source: Unsplash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

In October 2003, Mark Zuckerberg<\/b>, student of Harvard<\/b>, created the Facemash<\/strong>. It was a platform for comparing photos of students. Users voted on who they thought was the most beautiful. The site quickly became popular. In the first 4 hours, it had 450 visits and 22,000 views.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the Facemash<\/strong> was closed due to security issues privacy and ethics.<\/b> This event marked Zuckerberg's beginning with social networks. It showed the complexities of privacy and ethics.<\/b> Despite the short life of the Facemash<\/strong>, he was crucial to Zuckerberg's future. In January 2004, he began work on a new website, \u201cthefacebook\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This new site was launched in February 2004. Within 24 hours, it had 1,200 users. Within a month, more than half of the students in Harvard<\/strong> were in the Thefacebook<\/em>. The Facemash<\/strong> may have been a short experiment. But it was essential to Zuckerberg's growth. He overcame the critics and created one of the biggest social media phenomena<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The transition to Thefacebook<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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