Facebook Almost Had A Hedgehog As A Mascot
While Facebook never ended up with a mascot to represent the company, Sean Parker, a co-founder of Facebook and Napster, wanted to have a hedgehog as the company mascot.
While Facebook never ended up with a mascot to represent the company, Sean Parker, a co-founder of Facebook and Napster, wanted to have a hedgehog as the company mascot.
Here’s the story told by early Facebook employee Ezra Callahan:
True story: in the very early days of Facebook, Sean Parker wanted to make Facebook’s mascot a hedgehog. We had early plans to build a local business program around each college on the site (a Yelp-like service similar to what later became Facebook Pages).
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