Completar frases FACEBOOK HISTORYVersión en línea Brief description about Facebook beginning in 2003 and 2004. por Alfonso Poza 1 privacy students software facebooks classmates down address roommate charged universities female founded history Facebook is a social networking service launched as FaceMash in July 2003 , but later changing to TheFacebook on February 4 , 2004 . It was by Mark Zuckerberg with his college . The website's membership was initially limited by the founders to Harvard , but was expanded to other colleges in the Boston area and gradually most in the United States and Canada , corporations , and by September 2006 , to everyone with a valid email along with an age requirement of being 13 and older . FaceMash , Facebook's predecessor , opened in 2003 . Developed by Mark Zuckerberg , he wrote the for the Facemash website when he was in his second year of college . The website was set up as a type of " hot or not " game for Harvard students . The website allowed visitors to compare two student pictures side - by - side and let them decide who was hot or not . According to The Harvard Crimson , Facemash used " photos compiled from the online of nine Houses , placing two next to each other at a time and asking users to choose the " hotter " person " . A " face book " is a student directory featuring photos and basic information . In 2003 , there were no universal online facebooks at Harvard , with only paper sheets distributed and private online directories . Facemash attracted 450 visitors and 22 , 000 photo - views in its first four hours online . The site was quickly forwarded to several campus group list - servers , but was shut a few days later by the Harvard administration . Zuckerberg faced expulsion and was by the administration with breach of security , violating copyrights , and violating individual . Ultimately , the charges were dropped . Zuckerberg expanded on this initial project that semester by creating a social study tool ahead of an art final exam . He uploaded all art images to a website , each of which was featured with a corresponding comments section , then shared the site with his , and people started sharing notes .
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