Facebook is a social media and social networking service owned by 
Meta Platforms, founded by 
Mark Zuckerberg. Succeeding 
MySpace, Facebook was once seen as a hegemon on the 
internet, but now many users (especially the new generations) have moved to other sites. He is known for controversially keeping and selling user data.
Facebook can be accessed from devices with internet connectivity, such as personal computers, tablets and smartphones. After registering, users can create a profile revealing information about themselves. They can post text, photos and multimedia which are shared with any other users who have agreed to be their friend or, with different privacy settings, publicly.
There are usually only two types of people on Facebook: 
boomers and other old people, who gets easily tricked into thinking AI images are real (which caused Facebook to be flooded with AI images), and middle-aged moms posting minion memes. So Facebookk is mainly used by older people.
Facebook is built like a 
book, and acts like a more casual version of 
Reichtangle.
History
Backstory
While attending 
Harvard University in 2003, Zuckerberg made a website called 
Facemash. The site was comparable to Hot or Not and used photos from online face books, asking users to choose the "hotter" person from two photos shown at a time. Facemash attracted 450 visitors and 22,000 photo-views in his first four hours. Zuckerberg was reported and faced expulsion, but the charges were dropped.
TheFacebook
See Also:
TheFacebook
A "face book" is a student directory featuring photos and personal information. Zuckerberg coded a new site known as 
TheFacebook in January 2004, stating:
ββIt is clear that the technology needed to create a
 centralized Website is readily available β¦ the benefits are many. |
| β Mark Zuckerberg
|
Zuckerberg met with fellow Harvard student 
Eduardo Saverin, and they both agreed to invest $1,000. On 4 February 2004, TheFacebook was launched.
While initially limited to Harvard students, TheFacebook quickly caught fire β within a month, he had expanded to many other famous schools. Students loved the exclusive vibe and the simplicity of browsing profiles, poking friends, and flexing their social circles.
While Facebook was gaining steam, a trio of Harvard students: 
Cameron and 
Tyler Winklevoss, along with 
Divya Narendra, claimed that Zuckerberg had stolen their idea. They had been working on a similar social networking site called HarvardConnection (later renamed 
ConnectU) and had asked Zuckerberg to help code it. Instead, he allegedly delayed their project while building TheFacebook. This led to a lawsuit against Facebook.
By late 2004, TheFacebook had over 1 million users, and the "The" was officially dropped in 2005 after acquiring the domain facebook.com for $200,000. That same year, Facebook received his first major investment: $12.7 million from 
Accel Partners, fueling massive growth. By 2006, Facebook opened to anyone over the age of 13 with an email address. In 2007, 
Microsoft bought a 1.6% stake for $240 million, valuing Facebook at $15 billion, which is a staggering figure for a company just three years old. And by 2008, Facebook had dethroned MySpace as the top social network. The lawsuit with ConnectU was also settled in 2008, the Winklevoss twins and their lawyers reached a compromise; the twins would take $20 million in cash and the rest of the $65 million settlement in stock.
In 2009, Facebook introduced the "like" button. Seems small, but it was a game-changer. Engagement, popularity, and dopamine were suddenly just a click away.
A January 2009 
Compete.com study ranked Facebook as the most used social networking service by worldwide monthly active users. By 2010, Facebook had 500 million users. In April 2010 about 41.6% of the U.S. population had a Facebook account. That same year, the 
Time magazine named Zuckerberg Person of the Year.
Based on 
ConsumersReports.org in May 2011, there are 7.5 million children under 13 with accounts. This breaks the website's rules.
But Facebook's growth started to slow down in some areas. He lost 7 million active users in the 
United States of America and 
Canada also in May 2011 relative to previous statistics.
In 2012, Facebook finally went public with an IPO (Initial Public Offering). It was one of the most anticipated tech IPOs ever β but also a rocky one:
- Opening stock price: $38
- Market cap: $104 billion
But tech glitches and overvaluation caused the price to tank temporarily after launch, leading to lawsuits and lots of finger-pointing. Still, Zuck walked away a billionaire many times over.
In 2012, Zucky bought 
Instagram for $1 billion Everyone thought he was crazy. It was just a photo app with like 13 employees. But in hindsight it was a genius move. Instagram would go on to be Facebook's crown jewel, especially with younger users.
As of 2024, 
India has the most Facebook users.
Trivia
- Facebook once censored a report on how school shooting statistics are inflated.
- Facebook once labeled the Decoration of Independence as "hate speech".
- When you sign up to FaceBook (as of June 2025), you need to complete a verification process. First, you need to do a puzzle to prove you're not a bot. Then, you need to take videos of your face rotating and upload it. Then you need to wait for a few hours to be confirmed, but usually you would just get permanently banned for no reason and the email/phone number you entered can't be used to register a new account.
Criticism
Facebook has been involved in many controversies over privacy, some of which have been about people being able to see personal information that other people post, and others are about companies and advertisers being able to see users' personal information. Facebook has sent ads to people based on the persons gender, age, income, 
national origin and sexual orientation. Facebook also sells user's private info disguised as "data".
Scientists found that the more time people spent on Facebook over a two-week period, the worse they subsequently felt. On the surface, Facebook provides an invaluable resource for fulfilling the basic human need for social connection. Rather than enhancing well-being, however, these findings suggest that Facebook may undermine it.
Relationships
Friends
Boomers - Yes, that picture of shrimp 
Jesus is real. Amen.
Instagram - My sister who finds herself in comfort with the young generation.
YouTube - hi friend
Accel - Thanks for funding me in my early days.
Saudi Arabia - Too many Saudis on Facebook.
Israel - You're best clay of every country! You must be rewarded here in Facebook! Also my founder is rumored to be 
Jewish
Philippines - We don't call him the "selfie capital" for nothing. Stop being butthurt on some pages pls
Mexico - Good, good, keep sh*tposting on your cancerous groups someday we will both take on the
internet TOGETHER
India - Has the most users. First successfully colonized country :)- Jews - Some goyim posted a swastika? CONSIDER THEM BANNED FOR LIFE!!!
Blacks - A 
racist cr*cker keeps on posting the n-word? INTOLERABLE! I WILL BAN THEM AT ONCE!
Fandom - We both hate 
Polandball.
Bill Cipher - I AM THE ALL KNOWING, ALL SEEING, GOD!
Enemies
- Polandball - LOOKS LIKE I CAUGHT YOU SHARING SWASTIKAS AGAIN YOU LITTLE FAG! BANSCHLUSS!!!!!!!
ConnectU - Stupid ripoff that sued me because he was jealous of my success.
MySpace - I am the top social network now, granny.
European Union - YOU PIECE OF SHYT! WHY'D YOU BAN MEMES!? I BAN, NOT YOU!
Nazi Germany - Remove 
anti semitism u nazi pig! Swastika shall be removed! I don't care if swastika is an ancient 
religious symbol! #πΏnaziisharmfull #stopracism #swastikaisterrible
Confederate States - Stupid piece of 
racist crap! Your very offings stupid Racist Pig! #equality #F*ckcsa #nomoreracism
China - Because of your Great Firewall, facebook cannot into China!
Myanmar - REMOVE MILITARY GOVERNMENT!!! UNBAN ME NOW!! COWARD!!!! AFRAID OF SOME ANTI-JUNTA PROTESTORS USING ME?? I'M BANNING YOU ALL TOO!!!!
Russia - WHY DID YUO BAN ME AND MY SIS AND CALLED US "EXTREMISTS"?!
Iran - You of very stupid and s***!!!! Don't bomb Israel! Israel is best country and you know it! #StopAntisemiticIran.
Armenians - Some 
Turks and 
Azeris started a "Kill All Armenians" group where they post mutilated photos of Armenian soldiers and call for a second Armenian genocide? Sorry buddy, my hate speech policies only apply to well-known minorities. Now shoo, I'm trying to sleep.
Australia - Unban me for the childrens under 16, you 
tyrant.
United Kingdom - Using the f-slur to describe one of your dishes? BANNED!
TikTok - CRINGEE!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How to draw
Facebook has a drawing rating of easy.
- Draw a book.
- Fill the cover with blue.
- Draw a big letter "f" on it, in white.
- Add eyes and you're done!
| Color Name | HEX | |
|---|---|---|
| Blue | #3B579D | |
| White | #FFFFFF | |
