What Is a Facebook Friend?

Facebook (Chinese translation for Facebook or Facebook ^[1] ) is a social networking service website in the United States. It was founded on February 4, 2004 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California. On March 6, 2012, Facebook Messenger for Windows, a desktop chat software, was released ^[2] . Lead founder Mark Zuckerberg.

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In the second quarter of 2017, Facebook's monthly active users exceeded 2 billion for the first time. ^[44]

On June 8, 2016,

Facebook announces 2016

A picture to understand Facebook's global influence.

All Facebook founder Nick O'Neill said that Facebook is rapidly developing the mobile payment market layout. Regarding Facebook's ambitions, O'Neill said: "This market is in chaos and Facebook wants

1. Facebook was originally founded with $ 500,000 funded by PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel.

2. Not long after the company was founded, Mark Zuckerberg, another Facebook founder, was sued by a company called ConnectU for theft of its ideas and technology.

Facebook is very international, with 70% of its users coming from outside the United States, and its website is available in more than 70 different languages. More than 5 million people in Denmark, half of them use Facebook.

5. Facebook's traffic surpassed Google's traffic in March 2010, becoming the world's largest website.

6. In 2006, Yahoo provided $ 1 billion to Zuckerberg but was rejected. In 2009, Facebook was worth $ 4 billion. Today, Facebook is worth between $ 7.9 billion and $ 11 billion.

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7. Facebook's most popular pages include Michael Jackson, Facebook, Barack Obama, and more.

8. All users spend 83 hours a month on Facebook.

9. Each Facebook user has an average of 130 friends.

10. There are more than 550,000 active applications on Facebook, and they are constantly increasing.

11. Facebook has about 10,000 servers, and these servers need about $ 100 million.

12. In the United States, the number of female Facebook users over 55 has increased the fastest.

13. Facebook will save user information, even if your account is disabled. In fact, Facebook user profiles (such as photos) can also be saved on other users' personal pages.

14. Because Facebook is so popular, psychologists have invented a new type of psychotic addiction.

15. In Australia, Facebook is also used in the court system. Court notices can be communicated through Facebook, and Facebook subpoenas are legally valid.

16. Facebook makes money through advertising and virtual goods. Facebook's 2007 revenue was $ 150 million, 2008 revenue was $ 300 million, 2009 revenue was between $ 600 million and $ 700 million, and its 2010 revenue budget was $ 1 billion.

17. The keywords that appeared most frequently on Facebook in 2009 were Facebook Applications,

Barack Obama and Mark Zuckerberg

Swine Flu, Lady Gaga, etc.

18. In 2010, the "China New Media Development Report (2010)" released by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing pointed out that the viral marketing methods of social networking sites, leakage of personal privacy, and political, military, and trade secret information also raised questions. Facebook, etc. Social networking sites are used by intelligence agencies in Western countries, and their special political functions are scary.

20. On April 20, 2011, President Obama made his first appearance at Facebook's California Avenue headquarters in Silicon Valley. He discussed with the majority of netizens on the topic through live and Facebook webcasts, mainly discussing medical information technology with netizens.

21. On May 18, 2012, Facebook went public. After the price increase and expansion, its initial public offering (IPO) has implicitly aimed at the throne in history. ^[82]

22. In May 2018, detectives from IEEE Spectrum revealed that Facebook seemed to be working secretly on an experimental satellite communications project. It aims to provide internet access to the ground via millimeter wave radio signals. However, the latest report claims that Facebook has confirmed the satellite project called Athena to Wired. According to a message Wired received from the FCC through the Freedom of Information Act, Facebook plans to launch the Athena satellite in early 2019. In the field of space launches, this arrangement is quite fast. ^[83]

23. On the morning of July 25, 2018, Beijing time, the Washington State Attorney stated that Facebook had signed an agreement with Washington State and barred the United States from confirming that it had reached an agreement with Washington State. The tools on Facebook's social network are safe, civilized and fair. ^[84]

24.On August 10, 2018, Facebook released a message in its App application saying that it would close the "Friend List Feeds" function on the same day and devote more energy to the more important 'news push' (News Feed). ^[85]