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Social networking service owned by Meta Platforms

Facebook is an American social networking service owned by the American technology conglomerate Meta Platforms. It was founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, along with his Harvard College roommates and fellow students Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes. The name Facebook derives from the face book directories often given to American university students. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: FacebookA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Facebook and the creation of the metaverse: radical business model innovation or incremental transformation?Influential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Facebook for dummiesThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: The Benefits of Facebook “Friends:” Social Capital and College Students’ Use of Online Social Network SitesCited 6,577 times
  5. Go sideways: History of FacebookA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandalA closely related topic

📖 Definitions

Noun A reference book or electronic directory containing the photographs and names of various individuals.

Noun A college publication distributed at the start of the academic year by university administrations with the intention of helping students become acquainted with each other.

Verb Alternative letter-case form of Facebook.

🗂️ The subject at a glance

  1. History
  2. Features
  3. Website
  4. Reception
  5. Criticisms and controversies
  6. Impact

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

🆕 Influential since 2022

📚 Books worth reading

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