--- title: "Was Facebook Mark Zuckerberg's original idea?" description: "Was Facebook Mark Zuckerberg's original idea?" author: "Ava Reeve" published: 2018-01-05 updated: 2018-01-05 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32568/was-facebook-mark-zuckerberg-s-original-idea category: "social networking" tags: ["social media", "facebook"] reading_time: 3 minutes --- # Was Facebook Mark Zuckerberg's original idea? Was Facebook [Mark Zuckerberg](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2485/apple-s-app-store-moderation-guidelines-are-a-conflict-of-interest-says-mark-zuckerberg)'s original idea? ## Answers ### Answer by Vishal Kesarwani **The making of world biggest social networking site [Facebook](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32588/what-are-the-advantages-of-using-facebook)** is just like the **movie in which** we always see things which **are over from our expectation** and larger than life. However, **Facebook’s story** is one of the **most inspiring** ones. \ ![Was Facebook Mark Zuckerberg](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/309290e5-87b1-44d7-80c3-cd995f73e83e/images/b4a9de18-878e-4fa5-a89b-d72d88532235.png)\ \ Coming to your question about whose idea it was? Yes, the idea of **Facebook was of Mark Zuckerberg and his fellow mates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes in Harvard University.** But initially, Mark created a program naming **Facemash which used to compare or you can say pole** among the two pictures of students of the university asking “hot or not”. \ ![Was Facebook Mark Zuckerberg](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/309290e5-87b1-44d7-80c3-cd995f73e83e/images/abb7c72d-c51c-4e03-a90a-391725a4467c.png)\ **\****Mark Zuckerberg** was a keen programmer **before Facebook, he created so many social networking for her his fellow students. In the year 2004 he officially launched Facebook** and initially, it was limited to students and staff of Harvard University and **within 1 day more than 1200 students** [**created an account**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/31404/how-to-make-a-facebook-account) **on this social** network. Within a month more than half of the undergraduate students signed to Facebook.\ **Facebook went global**Though it was initially limited but after its immense success **the limits were been removed and Facebook was opened up for higher education institutions in the Boston area,** the Ivy League schools, and Stanford University.\ ![Was Facebook Mark Zuckerberg](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/309290e5-87b1-44d7-80c3-cd995f73e83e/images/65b2a891-1368-42c9-be77-9e6312f8c37b.png)\ **\****Steadily Facebook was been supported by the youngsters** from the different areas in U.S.A and in the year it was officially stated in the company **rules and guidelines** that anyone who is **above 13 years** in age can sign and **use this** amazing network.\ There were even rumors that giant organization’s like **Google and Yahoo showed their interest in purchasing for $2bn (£975m) and the offer was refused by Mark.** \ **Legal accuse on Mark Zuckerberg** Mark Zuckerberg was even accused by **Diya Narendra and the brothers Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss who have conjointly founded ConnectU for copying their ideas** in regards with Facebook stating that Mark has worked for them as a computer programmer when they were studying in Harvard University.But the case has been dismissed in the year 2007.\ \ **Wanna know what an idea could do? These are the current statistics of Facebook** Facebook holds **3rd rank on the list of top 10 used website** in the whole world and has **more than 2.2 billion active monthly users**.\ ![Was Facebook Mark Zuckerberg](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/309290e5-87b1-44d7-80c3-cd995f73e83e/images/f74b144e-da89-4f5c-ab6c-bd6d2f23dd57.png)\ \ It is one of the biggest platforms for business or an activity **[Promotion](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32582/how-can-you-promote-your-business-using-facebook)** there have been 16 million pages created on this platform after 2013. More than 5 billion pieces of content are been shared within a day**. Facebook claimed that they earned around $10.2 billion last year.** \ **Even I literally got astonished while researching but that how it goes** when you have a correct approach towards your thoughts **your ideas you will be praised in the whole world.** **\****“A good idea becomes a great idea when you let it out”** --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32568/was-facebook-mark-zuckerberg-s-original-idea Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.