Facebook And Its Impact On College Students

During his college years at Harvard, Mark Zuckerberg and his friends worked on a social networking site in which they called it Harvard Connection. It was initially used as a dating site for the Harvard elite. Mark Zuckerberg agreed to help with the project but then later dropped out to work on his own social networking site with his other friends. They ended up creating a site that allowed users to create their own profiles, upload photos and communicate with other users and had called it Facebook. After founding Facebook in 2004, he dropped out of college to run the company, and moved to Palo Alto, California ("Mark Zuckerberg", 2017). By the end of 2004, Facebook had one million users.

In 2004 Zuckerberg was a college freshman studying psychology. With the help of a few friends, Zuckerberg created a social networking site now known as Facebook. The following year, he dropped out of college and moved the company to California. Two years later, Zuckerberg was a billionaire (Engineer, 2016).

Returning into his room Mark sees his friend, Eduardo Saverin and tells him the idea of a project called “The Facebook”, a social network site exclusively for Harvard students. He says it could boost the popularity of Facemash. When the site is launched, the Winklevoss twins and their partner and friend Narendra, are convinced Zuckerberg stole their idea. They want to sue Mark in justice.

When Zuckergerg is dumped by his girlfriend, he gets really upset and write terrible things about her on life journal. Moreover, at request of his friends he creates a website called “Facematch,”in which students can rate the hotness of Harvard female students. Facematch gets more than 22,000 views in two hours, which draw the attention of two Harvard students, who asked Zuckerberg to create a code for a new website called Harvard Connection. Zuckerberg promises to help

Bill Gates is very well known, not just for how smart he is but for his creations. At the age of thirteen he began to be interested in computers and programming them. His family encouraged him to be competitive and strive for the best. So he did everything in his power to be the best that he could be. He was so advanced for his age, in school he was bored because he wasn’t being challenged enough. His parents took him out of public school and enrolled him into Lakeside School in Seattle, his birthplace. He did very well in all his subjects, especially math and science. But it was this school that made Bill even more intrigued with computers. A computer company offered computer time for students in his school, and this is where he spent most of his free time. He also met his friend Paul Allen who was two years older and who later became his business partner there. Paul was broader than Bill, who was very thin, and he had short brown hair with blue eyes. They both spent time together working on new programs. ”He wrote a tic-tac-toe program in BASIC computer language that allowed users to play against the computer” (Bill Gates Bio). Though they were good friends, they often argued, which resulted in them both being kicked out of the computer lab repeatedly. But that didn’t stop them. “In 1970, Bill Gates went into business with Paul Allen. They developed "Traf-o-Data," a

The book begins by reviewing the events that led to the creation of Facebook. At Harvard University, Mark Zuckerberg and his roommates shared one interest, computer programming. Little did they know that this one interest would change their lives forever. The roommates would constantly create ideas for websites that students on their campus could use. Course Match was Mark’s first online

Co-founder Chris Hughes was brought on by the “somewhat less than charming” Zuckerberg to be the website’s spokesperson and representative to the public but also was unofficially tasked with generating product

Unbeknownst to them at the time, on a Sunday night in late 2003, a select 450 Harvard University students played an unknowing but seemingly vital part in creating one of the most influential men in the world: Mark Zuckerberg. For Zuckerberg, it was the day which caused him to be called before Harvard's Administrative Board for a disciplinary hearing (Kaplan, 2003); it was also the day which helped catapult his onward trajectory towards creating Facebook, an online social network of over 500 million users valued today at approximately $82.9 billion dollars (Levy, 2011).

Based on the novel known as “The Accidental Billionaire,” The Social Network is a film that explains about the creation and the evolution of Facebook, which is one of the most popular social media in the 21st century. In 2003, Mark Zuckerberg, a young student of Harvard University, encountered a sudden heartbreak from his girlfriend during the dinner. Instead of feeling flat, Mark felt angry and confused; therefore, he decided to fight back. On that night, a crazy idea came up to his mind, where he hacked the Harvard University system and stole all the girls, information including their photos. A few hours later after taking the ladies’ information with his friend Eduardo Saverin, the two established a social site known as FaceMash. They encouraged the other students to compare the girls’ faces on this new site. Eventually, the platform paralyzed the school’s system and made Mark famous overnight. However, Mark received his first-time punishment from the university for his action.

Social networking site helps students adjust to college. “In a survey of 221 students they found that more than half (55 per cent) had joined Facebook to make new friends prior to entering university, while a further 43 per cent joined immediately after starting university” (Dorum, Kine, et al.). Many students feel confident because they feel more connected when they continue to interact with friends on social networking site. Social media is helpful in connecting students, especially international students who are attending college that are far away from their families. It

Mark Zuckerberg has been under a microscope since he created Facebook in 2004, and for good reasons. His story is a fascinating one. He was accepted to one of the most prestigious universities in the world (Harvard) to drop out and create the most successful social media websites the world has seen. Naturally, this would gather a lot of attention. Zuckerberg has taken massive amounts of scrutiny from other executives in the tech world. “Mark Zuckerberg is like every other CEO in his twenties. He 's hanging on for dear life as his company shoots off into the stratosphere.” was said by Paul Saffo a

Mark Zuckerberg had a vision to create change. He has always said that was his goal. What he created is one of the most groundbreaking forms of social networking in history. Facebook began in 2004 and eventually made Mark Zuckerberg a billionaire. What began as an idea with his friends from Harvard University, is now one of the most famous companies in the world. He wanted to change the way people communicate, so he and his friends designed an original internet platform called “Facemash” in 2003 which was just available to Harvard students. This served their purpose for a while and for two years’ students were able to communicate and share ideas within their school community. Soon it expanded to include other colleges in the Northeast and California. Zuckerberg had strong leadership skills and being a Harvard educated student prepared him to be successful in business. He was well known on campus and was quite an influential student leader. He decided that just serving university students wasn 't

Mark Zuckerberg is known for Facebook, in which he is the co-founder and CEO. He was born on May 14, 1984, in White Plains, New York (Mark Zuckerberg Biography). ‘“Zuckerberg developed an interest in computers at an early age; when he was about 12, he used Atari BASIC to create a messaging program he named "Zucknet."’ (Mark Zuckerberg Biography). His father had used this program in his dental office so he wouldn’t have to yell across the building to send or receive information. He also had created games with his friends when he was younger, his friends would draw and he would make a game out of it. To expand upon his interest in computers, his parents hired a tutor, David Newman, to visit with Mark once a week (Mark Zuckerberg

College where he showed a great interest in mathematics, such as algebra and physics. During his time at school

Bill Gates was accused by Steve Jobs for stealing their ideas and applying it on his own software. Mark was also accused by three Harvard seniors, Cameron Winklevoss, Tyler Winklevoss, and Divya Narendra for betraying them when he said he will build a social network called HarvardConnection.com, instead of using their ideas to build ConnectU. The three filed a lawsuit against Mark leading to agreed settlement whereby 1.2 million Facebook shares that were worth US$300 million will be given to them.