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Facebook Logo in 2014 | |
Company | |
Type | Public |
Industry | Social media |
Founded | February 4, 2004 in Cambridge, Massachusetts |
Founder | Mark Zuckerberg |
Headquarter City | Menlo Park |
Headquarter Country | USA |
Website | https://www.facebook.com/ |
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Facebook is the largest social network in the world. It was founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, and became very popular in 2006. Mark Zuckerberg was a university student at the time, and eventually became a billionaire because of Facebook.
On Facebook, you can register an account, create groups and communities, and post or send messages to your friends. To be registered as a user on Facebook, you have to use your email. The minimum age requirement for joining is 13.
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The site uses blue as its signature colors as Mark Zuckerberg is red-green colorblind. He says that "blue is the richest color for me—I can see all of blue." The website is built by PHP in C++ and Facebook has little windows where you can chat with your friend or play minigames.