Some useless trivia about Facebook:
Facebook was launched in February 2004 by Mark Zuckenberg. He is from Harvard class of 2006. The Facebook is a social networking site which has restrictive guidelines on what is allowed and what isn’t allowed on the site. This protects it well from heavy amount of user spam. This site was initially built only for the students of Harvard who where genuinely interested in keeping track of their friends and sharing their photos, views and news with them.
How It Expanded So Fast:
Though initially the site was for Harvard people only, within a month, more than half of the Harvard was a member of Facebook. Then Zuckenberg was joined by Dustin and Moscovitz and Chris Hughes and the site expanded to Stanford, Columbia and Yale Universities too. Gradually more universities and schools started coming under its umbrella. It started accepting all users who have a university e-mail id.
Finally, the overwhelming response to Facebook forced its founders to open up the forum to all. And from September 2006, Facebook opened registration to everyone with a valid e-mail address. This invited protests from its existing user base, but Facebook stuck to its decision.
Some Attractive Features Of Facebook:
In May 2007, Facebook added a very attractive feature to its domain. It allowed free posting of classified ads by its users. This feature is known as Facebook marketplace, users can post ads on lease, rent, vehicles, property etc. in ‘Available’ or ‘Wanted’ format. In the year 2007, Facebook has already added certain other features, that of Facebook platform being a unique one. Here users are encouraged to develop applications to be used on Facebook.
The other creative features of Facebook continue to attract more and more users. The wall is a feature where users can post messages for their friends and receive messages from friends in their space on Facebook. "Gifts" is another interesting feature which allows users to send “gifts” to their friends. These gifts are small icons of novelty icons; the user is charged $1.00 per gift. There is another feature called Facebook events which is a way by which members can let their friends know about upcoming events in their community, school or college.
The Facebook follows some strict guidelines which are greatly helpful in controlling huge amount of user spam. This makes the Facebook experience even more unique and pleasant. People who simply want to keep in touch with their peers, friends and colleagues even if they are situated in different parts of the world can use this site, as it offers great features and service.
