[QUOTE]Facebook is about to celebrate its 10th birthday.
The pioneering social media company took in more than $2.5bn in revenue for the final quarter of 2013, and made a profit of $523m.
Conceived in a college dorm room, Facebook grew into a behemoth in large part because of young people who enthusiastically adopted it as a new means of communicating with their peers.
Now Facebook has nearly 950 million users worldwide. But fewer and fewer of them are teenagers.
Source:
[URL]http://blogs.aljazeera.com/blog/americas/facebooks-10th-birthday[/URL][/QUOTE]
From Zuckerberg
[QUOTE]Today is Facebook's 10th anniversary.
It's been an amazing journey so far, and I'm so grateful to be a part of it. It's rare to be able to touch so many people's lives, and I try to remind myself to make the most of every day and have the biggest impact I can.
People often ask if I always knew that Facebook would become what it is today. No way.
I remember getting pizza with my friends one night in college shortly after opening Facebook. I told them I was excited to help connect our school community, but one day someone needed to connect the whole world.
I always thought this was important -- giving people the power to share and stay connected, empowering people to build their own communities themselves.
When I reflect on the last 10 years, one question I ask myself is: why were we the ones to build this? We were just students. We had way fewer resources than big companies. If they had focused on this problem, they could have done it.
The only answer I can think of is: we just cared more.
While some doubted that connecting the world was actually important, we were building. While others doubted that this would be sustainable, you were forming lasting connections.
We just cared more about connecting the world than anyone else. And we still do today.
That's why I'm even more excited about the next ten years than the last. The first ten years were about bootstrapping this network. Now we have the resources to help people across the world solve even bigger and more important problems.
Today, only one-third of the world's population has access to the internet. In the next decade, we have the opportunity and the responsibility to connect the other two-thirds.
Today, social networks are mostly about sharing moments. In the next decade, they'll also help you answer questions and solve complex problems.
Today, we have only a few ways to share our experiences. In the next decade, technology will enable us to create many more ways to capture and communicate new kinds of experiences.
It's been amazing to see how all of you have used our tools to build a real community. You've shared the happy moments and the painful ones. You've started new families, and kept spread out families connected. You've created new services and built small businesses. You've helped each other in so many ways.
I'm so grateful to be able to help build these tools for you. I feel a deep responsibility to make the most of my time here and serve you the best I can.
Thank you for letting me be a part of this journey.
Source:
[URL]https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10101250930776491?stream_ref=1[/URL][/QUOTE]
Can't Buttfuck the Mark Zuck
[QUOTE=DropDeadTed;43781482]Can't Buttfuck the Mark Zuck[/QUOTE]
That's way too clunky man.
Try:
"Can't fuck with the Zuck"
Wait, so I share my birthday with Facebook? Well, shit.
[QUOTE=Katatonic717;43781490]That's way too clunky man.
Try:
"Can't fuck with the Zuck"[/QUOTE]
It's a throwback to Can't Simmer the Zimmer and Can't Flimflam the ZimZam.
isn't Facepunch's tenth birthday coming up soon as well?
As a 10 year gift how about you update the Facebook Android app to something that looks like FB messenger and update Instagram while you're at it
When will it die?
[QUOTE=Kljunas;43781848]When will it die?[/QUOTE]
Soon, [I]soon[/I].
Happy birthday, Facebook. In five years, you'll officially be too old for Woody Allen.
Feels like just yesterday I was barely using it.
[QUOTE=Kyle902;43781561]isn't Facepunch's tenth birthday coming up soon as well?[/QUOTE]
This December I believe, not sure what day
It's pretty incredible it's been around for 10 years, I don't mind using facebook to chat with friends and stuff (It makes a better chat website than it does social media). I also don't really see it going anywhere, it'll get smaller sure but Facebook won't ever close
That video of your time on Facebook was pretty shit. Shows you your most liked posts/images.
All I got were pictures of my dog then a post about him being dead.
[QUOTE=Kljunas;43781848]When will it die?[/QUOTE]
[quote]Pioneering social-media company has nearly 950 million users worldwide, but fewer and fewer of them are teenagers.[/quote]
[quote]The pioneering social media company took in more than $2.5bn in revenue for the final quarter of 2013, and made a profit of $523m.[/quote]
Something tells me it's not going to be dying for a while, teenagers might want to change sites but older users aren't going to be as eager to reupload everything.
It's gotten popular in Poland (and probably many other second world countries) about 4-5 years ago, so I guess it will die out there much later.
I literally just got rid of my account yesterday.
Happy birthday I guess :v:
[QUOTE=Snickerdoodle;43782866]I literally just got rid of my account yesterday.
Happy birthday I guess :v:[/QUOTE]
You can't get rid of an account. You can only deactivate it and within a certain amount of time, it reactivates itself again without your consent.
Ah, Facebook. The site which is begging me to come back every day.
[QUOTE=Katatonic717;43781490]That's way too clunky man.
Try:
"Can't fuck with the Zuck"[/QUOTE]
"Can't drop a turd on the Zuckerberg"
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