2. Facebook History
It was founded in February 2004 by Mark Zuckerburg with his college roommates and
fellow Harvard University students Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz
and Chris Hughes.
In May 2005, Accel partners invested $12.7 million in Facebook, and Jim Breyer added $1
million of his own money to the pot. A January 2009 Compete.com study ranked
Facebook as the most used social networking service by worldwide monthly active users.
Facebook has turned into a national obsession in the United States, resulting in vast
amounts of time lost and encouraging narcissism. Quantcast estimates Facebook has
138.9 million monthly unique U.S. visitors in May 2011.
According to Social Media Today, in April 2010 an estimated 41.6% (129.5 million) of the
U.S. population had a Facebook account.[17] Nevertheless, Facebook's market growth
started to stall in some regions, with the site losing 7 million active users in the United
States and Canada in May 2011.
Facebook eventually filed for an initial public offering on February 1, 2012, and was
headquartered in Menlo Park, California.[2] Facebook Inc. began selling stock to the public
and trading on the NASDAQ on May 18, 2012.
3. Simular Features Of
Social Networking
Sites
All Social Networking Sites
have shared abilities for users.
Ablity to create a profile.
The ability to allow other
members to be
contacts/friends.
The abilty to identify your
friends other friends.
Also, there are other
properties of Social
Networking Sites that can be
seen and manged by users.
Status Messages
Profile Pages
Friend/Contacts List
4. Different Types of
Social Networking on
Facebook
Words with Friends
Alumni
Sites/SchoolFeed
Twitter
YouTube
Family Tree
Pinterest
Spotify
Buisiness Pages
Facebook Web Sites