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Do not fill this in! === 2003–2006: Thefacebook, Thiel investment, and name change === [[File:Thefacebook.png|thumb|Original layout and name of ''Thefacebook'' in 2004, showing [[Al Pacino]]'s face superimposed with [[binary number]]s as Facebook's original logo, designed by co-founder Andrew McCollum<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/this-person-was-the-first-face-of-facebook-2011-5|title=This Person Was The First Face of Facebook|last=Shontell|first=Alyson|date=May 16, 2011|website=[[Business Insider]]|access-date=September 10, 2019|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724093506/https://www.businessinsider.com/this-person-was-the-first-face-of-facebook-2011-5|url-status=live}}</ref>]] Zuckerberg built a website called "Facemash" in 2003 while attending [[Harvard University]]. The site was comparable to [[Hot or Not]] and used "photos compiled from the online [[face book]]s of nine Houses, placing two next to each other at a time and asking users to choose the 'hotter' person".<ref name="Harvard Crimson on Facemash">{{cite web|first=Katharine A. |last=Kaplan |title=Facemash Creator Survives Ad Board |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2003/11/19/facemash-creator-survives-ad-board-the/ |website=[[The Harvard Crimson]] |date=November 19, 2003 |access-date=June 24, 2017 |archive-date=May 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504172812/https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2003/11/19/facemash-creator-survives-ad-board-the/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Facemash attracted 450 visitors and 22,000 photo-views in its first four hours.<ref name="Fast Company on Zuckerberg">{{cite web |first=Ellen |last=McGirt|title=Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg: Hacker. Dropout. CEO. |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/59441/facebooks-mark-zuckerberg-hacker-dropout-ceo |website=[[Fast Company (magazine)|Fast Company]] |publisher=Mansueto Ventures |date=May 1, 2007|access-date=July 4, 2017|archive-date=December 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226015318/https://www.fastcompany.com/59441/facebooks-mark-zuckerberg-hacker-dropout-ceo |url-status=live}}</ref> The site was sent to several campus group [[listserv]]s, but was shut down a few days later by Harvard administration. Zuckerberg faced expulsion and was charged with breaching security, violating [[copyright]]s and violating individual privacy. Ultimately, the charges were dropped.<ref name="Harvard Crimson on Facemash" /> Zuckerberg expanded on this project that semester by creating a social study tool. He uploaded art images, each accompanied by a comments section, to a website he shared with his classmates.<ref>{{cite web |first=Jason |last=Kincaid |title=Startup School: An Interview With Mark Zuckerberg |url=https://techcrunch.com/2009/10/24/startup-school-an-interview-with-mark-zuckerberg/ |website=[[TechCrunch]] |publisher=[[AOL]] |date=October 24, 2009|access-date=June 24, 2017|archive-date=December 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226015233/https://techcrunch.com/2009/10/24/startup-school-an-interview-with-mark-zuckerberg/ |url-status=live}}</ref> A "[[face book]]" is a student directory featuring photos and personal information.<ref name="Fast Company on Zuckerberg" /> In 2003, Harvard had only a paper version<ref>{{Cite news |first=Sarah|last=Phillips|title=A brief history of Facebook |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2007/jul/25/media.newmedia|newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=July 25, 2007|access-date=July 4, 2017|archive-date=December 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226015256/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2007/jul/25/media.newmedia+|url-status=live}}</ref> along with private online directories.<ref name="Harvard Crimson on Facemash" /><ref name="Harvard Crimson on Facebook">{{cite web|first=Alan T.|last=Tabak|title=Hundreds Register for New Facebook Website|url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2004/2/9/hundreds-register-for-new-facebook-website/|website=The Harvard Crimson|date=February 9, 2004|access-date=July 4, 2017|archive-date=May 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518221416/https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2004/2/9/hundreds-register-for-new-facebook-website/|url-status=live}}</ref> Zuckerberg told ''[[The Harvard Crimson]]'', "Everyone's been talking a lot about a universal face book within Harvard. ... I think it's kind of silly that it would take the University a couple of years to get around to it. I can do it better than they can, and I can do it in a week."<ref name="Harvard Crimson on Facebook" /> In January 2004, Zuckerberg coded a new website, known as "TheFacebook", inspired by a ''Crimson'' editorial about Facemash, stating, "It is clear that the technology needed to create a centralized Website is readily available ... the benefits are many." Zuckerberg met with Harvard student [[Eduardo Saverin]], and each of them agreed to invest $1,000 (${{formatprice|{{Inflation|US|1000|2004}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars{{inflation-fn|US}}) in the site.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Claire|last=Hoffman|title=The Battle For Facebook|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/the-battle-for-facebook-20100915|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|publisher=Wenner Media|date=September 15, 2010|access-date=July 4, 2017|archive-date=December 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226015320/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/the-battle-for-facebook-242989/|url-status=dead}}</ref> On February 4, 2004, Zuckerberg launched "TheFacebook", originally located at thefacebook.com.<ref>{{cite news|first=Lily|last=Rothman|title=Happy Birthday, Facebook|url=http://time.com/3686124/happy-birthday-facebook/|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=February 4, 2015|access-date=July 4, 2017|archive-date=December 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226015300/http://time.com/3686124/happy-birthday-facebook/%20/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:MarkZuckerberg-crop.jpg|thumb|left|[[Mark Zuckerberg]], co-creator of Facebook, in his [[Harvard University|Harvard]] dorm room, 2005]] Six days after the site launched, Harvard seniors [[Cameron Winklevoss]], [[Tyler Winklevoss]], and [[Divya Narendra]] accused Zuckerberg of intentionally misleading them into believing that he would help them build a social network called [[ConnectU|HarvardConnection.com]]. They claimed that he was instead using their ideas to build a competing product.<ref>{{cite web|first=Nicholas|last=Carlson|title=In 2004, Mark Zuckerberg Broke into A Facebook User's Private Email Account|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/how-mark-zuckerberg-hacked-into-the-harvard-crimson-2010-3|website=[[Business Insider]]|publisher=[[Axel Springer SE]]|date=March 5, 2010|access-date=March 23, 2017|archive-date=December 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226015238/https://www.businessinsider.com/how-mark-zuckerberg-hacked-into-the-harvard-crimson-2010-3%20|url-status=live}}</ref> The three complained to the ''Crimson'' and the newspaper began an investigation. They later sued Zuckerberg, settling in 2008<ref name="nytb">{{cite news|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] blog|url=http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/26/judge-ends-facebooks-feud-with-connectu/index.html|date=June 28, 2008|title=Judge Ends Facebook's Feud With ConnectU|author=Stone, Brad|access-date=July 23, 2008|archive-date=December 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226015329/https://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/26/judge-ends-facebooks-feud-with-connectu/index.html%20|url-status=dead}}</ref> for 1.2 million [[shares]] (worth $300 million at Facebook's [[Initial public offering|IPO]], or ${{formatprice|{{Inflation|US|300000000|2012}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars{{inflation-fn|US}}).<ref>{{Cite news|first=Dominic|last=Rushe|title=Facebook IPO sees Winklevoss twins heading for $300m fortune|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/feb/02/facebook-ipo-winklevoss-300m-fortune|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=February 2, 2012|access-date=March 23, 2017|archive-date=December 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226015310/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/feb/02/facebook-ipo-winklevoss-300m-fortune+|url-status=live}}</ref> Membership was initially restricted to students of [[Harvard College]]. Within a month, more than half the undergraduates had registered.<ref name="A brief history">{{Cite news|first=Sarah|last=Phillips|title=A brief history of Facebook|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2007/jul/25/media.newmedia|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=July 25, 2007|access-date=March 23, 2017|archive-date=December 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226015256/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2007/jul/25/media.newmedia+|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Dustin Moskovitz]], [[Andrew McCollum]], and [[Chris Hughes]] joined Zuckerberg to help manage the growth of the website.<ref>{{cite web|first=Matt|last=Weinberger|title=33 photos of Facebook's rise from a Harvard dorm room to world domination|url=http://nordic.businessinsider.com/facebook-history-photos-2016-9|website=[[Business Insider]]|publisher=Axel Springer SE|date=September 7, 2017|access-date=December 13, 2017|archive-date=December 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226015226/https://nordic.businessinsider.com/facebook-history-photos-2016-9%20|url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2004, Facebook expanded to [[Columbia University|Columbia]], [[Stanford University|Stanford]] and [[Yale University|Yale]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Facebook: a timeline of the social network|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/9052743/Facebook-a-timeline-of-the-social-network.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/9052743/Facebook-a-timeline-of-the-social-network.html |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|website=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=February 1, 2012|access-date=December 13, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> It then became available to all [[Ivy League]] colleges, [[Boston University]], [[New York University|NYU]], [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]], and successively most universities in the United States and [[Canada]].<ref>{{cite news|access-date=June 13, 2008|url=https://www.forbes.com/2006/09/11/facebook-opens-up-cx_rr_0911facebook.html|title=Open Facebook|work=[[Forbes]]|location=New York|date=September 11, 2006|author=Rosmarin, Rachel|archive-date=March 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323070616/https://www.forbes.com/2006/09/11/facebook-opens-up-cx_rr_0911facebook.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://tuftsdaily.com/archives/2004/04/12/online-network-created-by-harvard-students-flourishes/|title=Online network created by Harvard students flourishes|work=[[The Tufts Daily]]|first=Lananh|last=Nguyen|date=April 12, 2004|location=Medford, MA|access-date=November 30, 2018|archive-date=February 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214092755/https://tuftsdaily.com/archives/2004/04/12/online-network-created-by-harvard-students-flourishes/|url-status=live}}</ref> In mid-2004, [[Napster]] co-founder and entrepreneur [[Sean Parker]]—an informal advisor to Zuckerberg—became company president.<ref name="NYT_260505">{{cite news|author=Rosen, Ellen|title=Student's Start-Up Draws Attention and $13 Million|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/26/business/26sbiz.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050529030744/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/26/business/26sbiz.html |archive-date=May 29, 2005 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=May 26, 2005|access-date=May 18, 2009}}</ref> In June 2004, the company moved to [[Palo Alto, California]].<ref name="timeline">{{Cite press release|access-date=March 5, 2008|url=https://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?timeline|title=Company Timeline|publisher=Facebook|date=January 1, 2007|archive-date=January 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106103736/https://newsroom.fb.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> Sean Parker called [[Reid Hoffman]] to fund Facebook. However, Reid Hoffman was too busy launching [[LinkedIn]] so he set Facebook up with [[PayPal]] co-founder [[Peter Thiel]], who gave Facebook its first investment later that month.<ref name="beware">{{cite news|access-date=April 30, 2008|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/general/beware-facebook/2008/01/18/1200620184398.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap2|title=Why you should beware of Facebook|work=The Age|location=Melbourne|date=January 20, 2008|archive-date=December 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226015255/https://www.theage.com.au/technology/why-you-should-beware-of-facebook-20080120-ge6mel.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap2|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Parker |first=Sean |date=April 16, 2015 |title=Reid Hoffman: The World's 100 Most Influential People |url=https://time.com/collection-post/3822665/reid-hoffman-2015-time-100/ |access-date=June 20, 2023 |website=TIME.com |archive-date=October 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030194418/https://time.com/collection-post/3822665/reid-hoffman-2015-time-100/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2005, the company dropped "the" from its name after purchasing the [[domain name]] Facebook.com for [[United States dollar|US$]]200,000 (${{formatprice|{{Inflation|US|200000|2005}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars{{inflation-fn|US}}).<ref>{{cite web|first=Christopher|last=Williams|title=Facebook wins Manx battle for face-book.com|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/01/facebook_domain_dispute|website=The Register|publisher=Situation Publishing|date=October 1, 2007|access-date=March 23, 2017|archive-date=December 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226015246/https://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/01/facebook_domain_dispute%20|url-status=live}}</ref> The domain had belonged to AboutFace Corporation. In May 2005, [[Accel Partners]] invested $12.7 million (${{formatprice|{{Inflation|US|12700000|2005}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars{{inflation-fn|US}}) in Facebook, and [[Jim Breyer]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/id/47387334/Jim_Breyer_via_Accel_Partners|title=Jim Breyer (via Accel Partners)|work=[[CNBC]]|date=May 22, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229120047/https://www.cnbc.com/id/47387334/Jim_Breyer_via_Accel_Partners|archive-date=December 29, 2014 }}</ref> added $1 million (${{formatprice|{{Inflation|US|1000000|2005}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars{{inflation-fn|US}}) of his own money. A high-school version of the site launched in September 2005.<ref>{{cite news|title=Facebook is the go-to Web site for students looking to hook up|work=[[Dayton Daily News]]|location=Ohio|date=August 3, 2006|author=Dempsey, Laura}}</ref> Eligibility expanded to include employees of several companies, including [[Apple Inc.]] and [[Microsoft]].<ref>{{cite news|access-date=March 9, 2008|url=http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2006-09-11/facebook-opening-the-doors-wider|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120718134414/http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2006-09-11/facebook-opening-the-doors-wider|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 18, 2012|title=Facebook: Opening the Doors Wider|work=BusinessWeek|location=New York|date=September 12, 2006|author=Lacy, Sarah}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. 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