Facebook turned 10 this week, which is an incredible feat for a social network, and we remember all of the things that it has introduced into our everyday lives.
Let’s take a look at Facebook by the numbers:
- September 2006 – Facebook opens up to the public. It’s not just for colleges and universities. (Hi, mom.)
- August 2008 – They surpass 100 million users.
- February 2009 – Facebook introduces the “like” button. This becomes a game changer for social media and blogs across the globe. They also debut the news feed.
- August 2010 – They add a check-in feature, like FourSquare, making it easy for the lonely to add “No invite?” under your pictures.
- April 2012 – Facebook buys Instagram, making users angry that the social network has added yet another way to take over our lives.
- May 2012 – They go public and trade their stocks at $38 a share.
The average user spends almost eight hours a month on Facebook, which equals to almost 40 days over the last 10 years (are you one of them?), and we spend a lot of our time just liking sh*t (roughly 6 billion things are “liked” each day).
For their birthday, Facebook decided to roll out a movie for each of their users to show what have been the highlights of their account. If you haven’t done your movie yet (like me), here is a sample below.
Pretty…. lame, right? (Sorry, Jesse Berlin, it’s totally not your fault.) It’s just rather blah, and it doesn’t show the full scope of what Facebook has truly become.
YouTubers Tripp and Tyler made their own movie of what Facebook has been for them over the years, and it’s nothing short of genius.
How are you celebrating Facebook’s 10 years?