Facebook Turns 9

Facebook celebrated its ninth birthday Monday. The site that started in a Harvard University dorm room has now connected more than 1 billion users from all around the world.

Facebook celebrated its ninth birthday Monday. The site that started in a Harvard University dorm room has now connected more than 1 billion users from all around the world.

Facebook, as we all know, was originally intended to bring college students together. Up until a few years ago, you had to have an .edu email address and attend an Ivy League school to join what was then called TheFacebook. On Feb. 9, 2004, the Harvard Crimson published a story about the launch of this new site.

Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg told The Crimson that he wanted TheFacebook to be a fun experience:

I’m not going to sell anybody’s email address.

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