15 things you do not know on Facebook
Who knew that Al Pacino was once the face of the brand?
Is it a secret that Facebook wants to govern the world? In the short 11 years as the social media giant opened its doors to the public (there was before for students), almost a third of the world's population registered. More recently, the company has absorbed Instagram, another deserved in the social media space, guaranteeing that anyone with a smartphone is exploited on the Facebook network. And do not ignore the founder and CEO Mark Zuckerbergpresidential aspirations barely concealed, which are only magnified - and, in a degree, complicated - by the fact that Facebook has co-sponsoring presidential debates for the last three cycles.
Yes, you know all this. But do you know why the site went with a blue color game? How about funky hidden language options? Do you know how much money Zuck refused over the years for what he calls "his baby?" We bet you did not do. And if you did it, try your luck at the15 things you do not know on Google.
1 The blue facebook color game is because of zuck's blindness of colors
Like aNew Yorker profile From Zuckerberg revealed, the guy is ColorBlind red-green. When it was a question of conceiving the front of its social media platform, Zuck chose, of course, colors he can see: blue and white. Incidentally, it worked on the advantage of Zuckerberg: blue often represents confidence. For some advanced movements, you can use to build online confidence, here's how to choose theLinkedIn profile picture perfect.
2 You can change the language in "pirate"
Under the language settings, you can choose just about everything imaginable, from French to Russian in Hrvatski. It is more interesting to note that, however, is an explosion of English options. In addition to the United States and the United States, there is English (upside down), which reverses all the text and is incredibly embarrassing; and English (pirate), which rocks any language to a classic hacker dialect. If you want to change language in something cooler than "U.S. English", maybepick up a new on your trip.
3 Al Pacino was the logo of the company
Once upon a time, Facebook had an unofficial logo: Scarface itself. If you frequenzize the site before 2007, there was a photo of the man, apparently lost in the melancholy contemplation and accompanied in an astutely in 1S and 0 - all in blue. (It was literally blue. Get it?) Topic,this guy was alacino.
4 The "like" button has not always existed
It may be the most omnipresent part of Facebook - the "I like" button. "Adam like" your photo ";" Jessica "loved" your message. "But believe it or not, it was not always part of the platform. In fact, Facebook did not introduce" Love " Before February 2009 - five years in the month, after the launch of the site initially launched. Today, of course, everyone from your mother to marketing specialists toCelebrities manufacturing money want as much as they can get. The "Like" button currently has six different emotions: like, love, haha, wow, sad and angry.
5 Facebook has eradicated "six degrees of separation"
You know the theory: each person on earth is separated by six (or less) of all other people on Earth. Well, Facebook has - at least among the 2 billion users of the site-annulsion this theory. According to the company's internal research team, each Facebook user is separated by all other 3.57 users. Unfortunately, "three points-five-seven degrees of separation" does not just have the same ring.
6 Nearly a million people came out on facebook in 2015
Following the benchmarkObergefell v. Hodges Decision, thousands of people celebrated their pride and publicly announced their sexuality on the platform. During this whole year (2015), more than 800,000 people came on Facebook. It's 800,000 more people to brush on10 pre-marriage conversations for knowledgeable couples.
7 Cristiano has the most "loved" page
For a moment, it was Shakira. But for the past year, Cristiano Ronaldo-Yes, the player from Superstar International Soccer-A The most popular Facebook page, which arrives with more than 121 million tastes. "Considering that Shakira stagnated around 104 million euros, Cristiano will probably hold his reign for a while. (Diesel wine is in the third. But he is probably not furious because, with 101 million" loves ", he isFast closing On Shakira.)
8 Yahoo tried to buy Facebook for a billion dollars
All the way back in 2006, Yahoo offered Zuckerberg a cold billion - on two separate occasions - for its company. At the request of Sean Parker, one of the original guys who put the dough for Facebook and a mentor figure in Zuck, Facebook returned. As the legend did, if Yahoo put $ 1.1 billion on the table, the Facebook Council would have forced Zuckerberg for sale. Today, Facebook has a market ceiling of $ 430 billion. As it happens, having and sticky with your own business, like Zuck here, isThe easiest way to join the 1 percent.
9 And then Microsoft tried for $ 24 billion
Shortly after Yahoo struck to court Facebook (twice!), Microsoft decided to try their hand. The CEO at the time, Steve Ballmer, knowing that Zuck did not sell entirely, bought a 1.6% stake of the company, valuing the social media platform at $ 15 billion. According to the legend of the industry, Microsoft then simply offered $ 15 billion. Zuck, of course, returned that. But as ballooned recentlyrevealed For CNBC, the price was closer to $ 24 billion. Once again, today, Facebook has a market ceiling of $ 430 billion. If you want to invest as well as Zuck, learnThe investment moves the most intelligent guys right now.
10 Facebook proposed to buy Snapchat for $ 3 billion
Well well. It seems that the technological industry, as with life, is a flat circle. Years after Zuck refused several billion dollars for his promising technology company, he set up a multi-billion dollar offer for a promising technology company from someone else. Yes, Zuckerberg proposed to buy Evan Spiegel'sSnapchat for $ 3 billion in cash. Spiegel turned the offer. Its society is since public and now is worth more than $ 20 billion.
11 Facebook wants to have a virtual reality
Facebook has already fully conquered the space of social media, and now they come for the next tip: virtual reality. In 2014, the company closed an agreement for $ 2 billion to buy Oculus, the pioneers of modern day virtual reality. When we all walk with computers attached to our faces,Play Kicks video games, you will know who blame.
12 The human race collectively spends 80,000 years a day on Facebook
To sayWhat? The average Facebook user spends about 35 minutes a day on the platform. And although there are nearly 2 billion users, the company says "only" $ 1.2 billion is daily assets. This amounts to 42 billion minutes spent every day, by the collective human race, on Facebook. Put in other words, it's 79,856 years old - a good 75,000 before mathematics are even invented.
13 It's actually "Facebook"
It's always hilarious when your uncle says, "Oh, I saw it on the facebook." It is probably more hilarious than this ridiculous sentence was the original name of the platform. When Facebook was originally founded, back in a Harvard Dormoir room, the estate was www.thefacebook.com. Fortunately, Parker, while the Tradition said, asked Zuck to drop the "Le". Parker was also recorded preemptive www.facebook.com in the Zuckerberg event accompanied it. (Legend also has Parker helped Zuckerberg transform a lot moreFugeful manager.)
14 Mark Zuckerberg "Sansiked" Aaron Sorkin
Well, not technically, but close. Much has been married on the disdain of Zuckerberg ofThe social network, the movie 2010 that described it as calculated and cold heart. So here is a fascinating thrill. Once upon a time,The West Wing-written byThe social networkScribe Aaron Sorkin - Classified among Zuck's favorite shows, and his personal facebook page corroborated this fact. However, after the film broadcast, observers in the eyes of eagle would have noticed The West Wing Suddenly and obviously absent from his list of "tastes".
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