A decade ago, four friends launched a service in their Harvard dorm room. TheFacebook.com was originally supposed to be just a social network, but what wound up happening over the the course of its history surprised even the man who would be the face of the company.
Sure, the Aaron Sorkin version of “The Social Network” provides a compelling, albeit controversial, tale about one main part of Facebook’s history but in the past 10 years, there’s no denying that Mark Zuckerberg’s creation has had a significant impact upon how work is done, the way we communicate, and our society.
For most people Facebook has simply been a social network, a place where we can post photos, share the trials and tribulations of our lives, and play games with one another, but there’s a deeper meaning behind it all.
Zuckerberg remarked on the historic milestone, saying in a statement earlier this month:
“It’s been an incredible journey so far, and I’m so grateful to be a part of it. It’s been amazing to see how people have used Facebook to build a real community and help each other in so many ways. In the next decade, we have the opportunity and responsibility to connect everyone and to keep serving the community as best we can.”In this piece, we take a look at Facebook’s evolution from a simple social network to a platform that has become extensively integrated not only with the world, but our lives.
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