By — Colleen Shalby Colleen Shalby By — Frank Bi Frank Bi Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/celebrating-10-years-likeable-facebook-innovations Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Celebrating 10 years of ‘hot’ (or not) Facebook innovations Nation Feb 20, 2014 5:15 PM EDT Ten years ago, on Feb. 4, 2004, TheFacebook.com was born. What started as a website for Harvard University students has become a networking site of more than 1.2 billion people that has transformed our language, culture and identity. Facebook has shaped the way we communicate, connect and share our lives with the world — for better and for worse. Take the quiz: Hot or Not? The site has seen several changes since its launch, from dropping the initial “the” in the url, adding pokes, status updates, transitioning from “The Wall” to Timeline. Of all of Facebook’s most Facebook-y features from the past 10 years, we ask: Which do you “like”? We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now By — Colleen Shalby Colleen Shalby @CShalby By — Frank Bi Frank Bi @FrankieBi
Ten years ago, on Feb. 4, 2004, TheFacebook.com was born. What started as a website for Harvard University students has become a networking site of more than 1.2 billion people that has transformed our language, culture and identity. Facebook has shaped the way we communicate, connect and share our lives with the world — for better and for worse. Take the quiz: Hot or Not? The site has seen several changes since its launch, from dropping the initial “the” in the url, adding pokes, status updates, transitioning from “The Wall” to Timeline. Of all of Facebook’s most Facebook-y features from the past 10 years, we ask: Which do you “like”? We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now