{"id":435703,"date":"2022-04-22T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/why-is-facebook-called-facebook\/"},"modified":"2022-04-22T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T12:00:00","slug":"why-is-facebook-called-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-is-facebook-called-facebook\/","title":{"rendered":"#Why Is Facebook Called Facebook?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2a7aba91454\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2a7aba91454\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-is-facebook-called-facebook\/#%E2%80%9CWhy_Is_Facebook_Called_Facebook%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Why Is Facebook Called Facebook?&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-is-facebook-called-facebook\/#Its_a_Reference_to_Printed_University_Student_Guides\" >It\u2019s a Reference to Printed University Student Guides<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-is-facebook-called-facebook\/#From_Facebook_to_Meta\" >From Facebook to Meta<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWhy_Is_Facebook_Called_Facebook%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Why Is Facebook Called Facebook?&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage alignnone size-full wp-image-790369\" data-pagespeed-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/facebook_logo_hero_1200x675.jpg?width=398&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1 400w, https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/facebook_logo_hero_1200x675.jpg?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, 400w, 1200w\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/facebook_logo_hero_1200x675.jpg?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"The Facebook &quot;f&quot; logo on a blue background\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, the popular social network, boasts <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/272014\/global-social-networks-ranked-by-number-of-users\/\">billions<\/a> of users worldwide. Did you ever wonder how the service got its name\u2014and what does \u201cFacebook\u201d mean, anyway? We\u2019ll explain.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Its_a_Reference_to_Printed_University_Student_Guides\"><\/span>It\u2019s a Reference to Printed University Student Guides<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>At some point in the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.stackexchange.com\/questions\/250445\/origin-of-the-word-facebook\">20th century<\/a>, some American universities (and some <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/readwrite.com\/mark_zuckerberg_inspiration_for_facebook_before_harvard\/\">private high schools<\/a>) began issuing student directories that included <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mlblogssnaggingbaseballs.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/01\/facebook-1990s-style\/\">headshot photographs<\/a> of the students, similar to yearbooks, but often aimed at new or incoming students. People often called this type of directory a \u201cface book,\u201d \u201cfacebook,\u201d or \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailynorthwestern.com\/2001\/10\/03\/archive-manual\/the-real-uses-of-the-freshman-facebook\/\">freshman facebook<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While a student at Harvard in 2003, Mark Zuckerberg <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecrimson.com\/article\/2004\/2\/9\/hundreds-register-for-new-facebook-website\/\">grew impatient<\/a> that Harvard had not created a freshman facebook, so he took matters into his own hands and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecrimson.com\/article\/2003\/12\/9\/college-inches-toward-campus-wide-facebook-students\/\">illicitly<\/a> pulled together student photos from Harvard\u2019s various <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harvard_College#House_system\">resident houses<\/a> and put them on a site called <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecrimson.com\/article\/2003\/11\/19\/facemash-creator-survives-ad-board-the\/\">facemash.com<\/a>. The Facemash site let visitors compare and rank female student attractiveness, similar to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hot_or_Not\">Hot or Not<\/a>, which was popular at the time. Zuckerberg <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecrimson.com\/article\/2003\/11\/19\/facemash-creator-survives-ad-board-the\/\">got in big trouble<\/a> with Harvard\u2019s Advisory Board, but he quickly shut down the site and did not face disciplinary action.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-790497 size-full\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/real_facebook.jpg?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"The cover and excerpt from Guilford College's 2000 facebook directory.\" width=\"650\" height=\"401\" data-crediturl=\"https:\/\/mlblogssnaggingbaseballs.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/01\/facebook-1990s-style\/\" data-credittext=\"Guilford College \/ Zack Hample\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A real printed facebook from the year 2000. <span class=\"imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mlblogssnaggingbaseballs.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/01\/facebook-1990s-style\/\">Guilford College \/ Zack Hample<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Zuckerberg had previously known about a directory called \u201cThe Photo Address Book\u201d at his private high school, Phillips Exeter Academy, which the students <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/readwrite.com\/mark_zuckerberg_inspiration_for_facebook_before_harvard\/\">informally called<\/a> \u201cthe facebook.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2004, Zuckerberg regrouped and created TheFacebook.com, which borrowed from <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Friendster\">Friendster\u2019s<\/a> social network model where people would voluntarily upload their own pictures and information, which didn\u2019t violate any university rules. It proved <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecrimson.com\/article\/2004\/2\/9\/hundreds-register-for-new-facebook-website\/\">immediately popular<\/a> at Harvard and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/technology\/archive\/2019\/02\/and-then-there-was-thefacebookcom\/582004\/\">grew rapidly<\/a> to other universities, changing its name to just \u201cFacebook\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2007\/10\/01\/facebook_domain_dispute\/\">in 2005<\/a>, and eventually opening to the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> public <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/about.fb.com\/news\/2006\/09\/facebook-expansion-enables-more-people-to-connect-with-friends-in-a-trusted-environment\/\">in 2006<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"From_Facebook_to_Meta\"><\/span>From Facebook to Meta<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>As it turns out, people really love seeing photos of each other. Facebook exploded in popularity, reaching 100 million users <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20090701111316\/http:\/\/blog.facebook.com\/blog.php?post=28111272130\">in 2008<\/a> and 1 billion users <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/SB10000872396390443635404578036164027386112\">in 2012<\/a>. As of March 2022, Facebook has around <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/272014\/global-social-networks-ranked-by-number-of-users\/\">2 billion active users<\/a> around the world, and only recently did the network see <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/recode\/2022\/2\/2\/22915110\/facebook-meta-user-growth-decline-first-time-metaverse-mark-zuckerberg-tiktok-competition-earnings\">negative user growth<\/a> for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>In October 2021, Facebook\u2019s parent company changed its name to Meta in a bid to bring the metaverse to life. So far, it\u2019s been a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/2022\/02\/zuckerberg-has-burned-usd500-billion-turning-facebook-to-meta.html\">rough transition<\/a>, but the Facebook social networking site is still widely in use around the world\u2014and it all started when Harvard students wanted to connect with and see photos of each other.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n setTimeout(function(){\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s) } (window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n   fbq('init', '335401813750447');\n   fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  },3000);\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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