ADVANCED ENGLISH III

A brief history of Facebook

QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION:

1.-Who founded FACEBOOK, and when?

Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook in 2004.

2.-What was Mr. Zuckerberg doing when he founded FACEBOOK?

He was studying psychology at Harvard University.

3.-Had he developed some new ‘social network’ before it? Which

ones?
Yes, he developed Coursematch, which allowed users to view people taking their degree,
and Facemash.

4.-Where was the name “Facebook” taken from?

It was taken from the sheets of paper distributed to freshmen.

5.-To what other Colleges and Universities did FACEBOOK extent

to?
It extended to other Boston universities, the Ivy League and eventually all US
universities.

6.-The author uses the term “Ivy League” in this article, what does
it refer to?
To an American collegiate athletic conference comprising eight private universities in
the Northeastern United States.

7.-In what area or state of the USA FACEBOOK originated?

It originated in Boston.

8.-What number of users has FACEBOOK reach?

The number of registered users had reached 30 million.
9.-What kind of legal problems has Mike Zuckerberg face?
Divya Narendra, and the brothers Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, who founded the
social-networking site ConnectU, accused Mr Zuckerberg of copying their ideas and
coding.

10.-Is FACEBOOK still the most popular social network all over the
world?
Yes, it is.