"The platform has evolved from its original goal of connecting college students in 2004 when it launched, to a dominant platform for AI-driven discovery and commerce in 2026. Feeds that used to prioritize chronological updates from friends now use AI to pick up on interests and behavioral signals in deciding what to serve up its users. The social media giant began life pegging its success to user growth but has in recent years focussed on AI efficiency and ad automation."
"2003 - Zuckerberg creates Facemash at Harvard, a website that pairs photos of Harvard students and has users vote on who is more attractive. The pictures were taken from a protected area of Harvard's computer network. Harvard forces Zuckerberg to take the site down. November 2003 - Harvard seniors Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss and Divya Narendra enlist Zuckerberg to work on their website ConnectU. March 2004 - Facebook expands to Stanford, Columbia and Yale."
Facebook launched February 4, 2004 from Mark Zuckerberg's Harvard dorm as an online directory connecting college students. Earlier in 2003 Zuckerberg created Facemash, a photo-voting site that Harvard removed after using protected images. ConnectU involved the Winklevosses enlisting Zuckerberg later that year. Facebook expanded to Stanford, Columbia and Yale in March 2004. The platform shifted from chronological friend updates to AI-curated feeds, prioritized AI efficiency and ad automation over pure user growth, and pursued hardware with Meta Quest VR headsets and smart glasses while reaching 3.07 billion monthly active users by 2026.
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