Facebook

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facebook.com
fb.com
thefacebook.com
fbcdn.net
Type of site Social networking service
RegistrationRequired
Available language(s) Multilingual (70)
Users 955 million[1] (active June 2012)
Owner Facebook, Inc.
Created by

Mark Zuckerberg
Eduardo Saverin
Andrew McCollum
DustinMoskovitz
Chris Hughes

Launched February 4, 2004
Revenue Increase $ 3.71 billion (2011)[1]
Alexa rank Increase 1 (September 2012)[2]
Current status Active

Facebook is a socialnetworking service launched in February 2004, owned and operated by Facebook, Inc.[3] As of June 2012, Facebook has over 955 million active users, more than half of them using Facebook on a mobiledevice.[4] Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as friends, and exchange messages, including automatic notifications when they updatetheir profile. Additionally, users may join common-interest user groups, organized by workplace, school or college, or other characteristics, and categorize their friends into lists such as "People FromWork" or "Close Friends".

Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg with his college roommates and fellow students Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes.[5] The website'smembership was initially limited by the founders to Harvard students, but was expanded to other colleges in the Boston area, the Ivy League, and Stanford University. It gradually added support forstudents at various other universities before opening to high school students, and eventually to anyone aged 13 and over. However, according to a May 2011 Consumer Reports survey, there are 7.5 millionchildren under 13 with accounts and 5 million under 10, violating the site's terms of service.[6]

A January 2009 Compete.com study ranked Facebook as the most used social networking service by...
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