In the modern world, virtual communication has become the norm, every day millions of people on our planet use social networks to connect with their friends and relatives, to meet new people, to add photos and other purposes. Internet users have pages on VKontakte, Twitter, Odnoklassniki, Facebook, Photostrana and other services. Some even in several social networks have their own profiles. This suggests that the virtual world is able to replace the real with ease.
Social networks have provided people with the opportunity not only to make new acquaintances with foreigners, learn in this way about the traditions and customs of other countries, about the standard of living and other things, thanks to them you can communicate with your loved ones, who for some reason live far away. In addition, many managed to find relatives through the networks, the existence of which they did not even realize.
The history of the social world
Every day, being on their pages, people don’t even think about where, how and when the very concept of “social network” arose.
In 2004, a service called Facebook appeared to the world. From that moment, users learned about social networks. Of course, everyone was interested in who created Facebook - such a unique project.
May 14, 1984 in the United States was born Mark Zuckerberg, which marked the beginning of a new virtual world - the social service Facebook, which is by far the largest project in its environment.
How Facebook was created
In 2003, while studying at Harvard University, Mark created Facemash, a prototype of a future social network, breaking into the institution’s network and copying private photos. The project developed rapidly and gained popularity among students, but soon the administration closed it, and Zukenberg was expelled from Harvard for copyright infringement. However, Mark did not give up hope to create something new that could blow up the world.
After some time, all charges against Mark were dropped, and in 2004 he continued to work on a project called The Photo Address Book, shortly The Facebook.
In 2004, Facebook was registered as a company under the management of director Sean Parker, who is finding the first investment for the service. Social network continues to grow.
However, it’s difficult to unequivocally answer the question of who created Facebook, since by this time Zuckerberg had accepted into his team and created the project together with several students. They were Chris Hughes, Dustin Moskowitz and Eduardo Saverin.
In 2005, Parker ceases to operate, but continues to communicate with Zuckerberg.
The creator of Facebook in 2005 gives the company the domain name facebook.com. And, as you know, initially this service was intended for use by Harvard students, a little later - for students of other universities. Only in 2006, after receiving the domain, were all Internet users over 13 years old able to register there.
What role did Mark's comrades play in creating Facebook
Chris Hughes was engaged in beta testing the site, but it was he who proposed making the social network accessible not only to Harvard students, but also to other universities, which in the future prompted the guys to take Facebook to the international level. Chris graduated from Harvard with a bachelor's degree. In 2007, he left the company because he took part in the election campaign of Barack Obama.
Eduardo Saverin, after meeting Zuckerberg, got the idea of creating a completely new project and became an investor. Eduardo became Commercial Director however, relations between him and Mark escalated, as a result of which Saverin’s share of capital was reduced. During the litigation, he was able to return a 5% stake in the company.
Dustin Moskowitz was responsible for the strategic development of the company and led programmers. Like Mark, he did not finish Harvard, as he moved to Palo Alto, where the Facebook office was opened. In 2008, Dustin left the company, deciding to do his own development.
On October 4, 2012, the creator of Facebook announced that the billionth user was registered on the social network. According to statistics, every seventh inhabitant of the planet has a page in the project. Every day, the service is visited by 968 million users, and monthly - 1.5 billion registered participants.
Mark Zuckerberg, having created Facebook, became the first billionaire at his age, which provided him with a good future and lifelong popularity.
Some statistics
According to statistics for January 2015, out of ten CIS countries, 21.260.000 users are registered on the Facebook social network. Among all countries, Russia and Ukraine stand out significantly with 9.600.000 and 3.800.000 participants, respectively. Every year, statistics are pleased with the increase in indicators, this suggests that the service does not lose its popularity over time, but rather.
| A place | A country | Number of users |
| 1 | Russia | 9.6 million |
| 2 | Ukraine | 3.8 million |
| 3 | Georgia | 1.54 million |
| 4 | Azerbaijan | 1.46 million |
| 5 | Lithuania | 1.3 million |
| 6 | Kazakhstan | 1.02 million |
| 7 | Armenia | 760 thousand |
| 8 | Belarus | 640 thousand |
| 9 | Latvia | 580 thousand |
| 10 | Estonia | 560 thousand |
| 11 | Moldova | 460 thousand |
| 12 | Uzbekistan | 360 thousand |
| 13 | Kyrgyzstan | 240 thousand |
| 14 | Tajikistan | 80 thousand |
| 15 | Turkmenistan | 12 thousand |
Facebook in culture
In 2010, the film "Social Network" was published based on the book by B. Mizrich, which is based on the history of the creation of the service, and also discloses information about who created Facebook.
Also in 2010, the book "Social Network. As the founder of Facebook, earned $ 4 billion and made 500 million friends."
In addition, Facebook was mentioned in numerous cartoons, such as South Park, TV shows such as Geeks, films, and videos.
Facebook is a brand new project on the Internet
Today, Facebook is the most popular social network in the world. Even the most experienced programmers and financial directors acknowledge that Mark Zuckerberg managed to create an incredibly amazing service at his age, which was doomed to popularity almost immediately.
Thus, the idea of creating an international social network, bringing together several talented students, came true, despite all the difficulties that have to be encountered in opening a completely new service, which has never had analogues. When asked about who created Facebook, we can say with confidence: Mark Zuckerberg, an incredibly persistent guy who, in spite of everything, was able to take his project together with his assistants to a new level and gain worldwide popularity.
