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What Facebook looked like in 2006

FreakyT 11y ago
It's too bad that there's no way to archive of the "inside" of the site. What was it like to actually use Facebook at this time? I actually did use Facebook back then, and even I'm not even sure exactly how I used it before the news feed feature was added -- I'm pretty sure people would click "friends" and then look for a little "profile updated recently" message. It would be cool if people could go back and try old versions of things in the cloud. With non-cloud software (like Windows 3.1 or Mac OS 1.0), it's possible to do this, but with websites, once they've been taken down, no one will ever be able to use their old versions again. I wonder if there's some way that Facebook could "donate" old versions of their code for posterity.
- hellameta 11y ago
  I've always wanted something like this. Not that I have a business model in mind to make it feasible but it would be awesome if it were a separate product that did this for "gardened" content in general.
- howeman 11y ago
  I don't remember 2006 specifically, but I was on facebook in 2004. Back then, it was only open to .edu addresses. They had a list of all of the dorms at the school and the rooms in them. You would select using a pull down menu which was your room. They also had drop-down menus for all of the classes that the school offered, and there was a 'group' that was created for each class that you could use to construct study groups (or whatever). There was no news feed. Instead of the 'wall' as it is now, it was instead an editable text box that acted like the white board that is common outside dorm rooms.
  - FreakyT 11y ago
    Ah, I remember the "white board" wall. Back when the Facebook API came out in 2007-ish, I implemented a functioning lookalike using the API -- at one point, it had around 17,000 users who had logged in, including Mark Zuckerberg himself(!!) ...then Facebook basically killed the API (changing it over to a more of an authentication system than an add-content-to-your-profile system) so that was it for my app.
- ErikAugust 11y ago
  I've thought about versioning with Web apps. It's not at all an efficient way to spend your time as a company, but there are apps I use where older versions were much more to my suiting.
ErikAugust 11y ago
That's actually 2005.
edward 11y ago
If you find the Internet Archive useful, please consider donating: http://archive.org/donate/ http://archive.org/donate/
- jonathanpeterwu 11y ago
  Please do so. It's an amazing non-profit supporting the legacy and history of the internet
- wotie5 11y ago
  I used to find the Internet Archive incredibly useful, sadly the new design has completely ruined this. Before the site was nice and organized, now it's a big mess that seems to be designed for smartphones. Infinite scrolling really helps making the site completely chaotic and confusing. However, even though the site is ruined for me now, I really want to thank Internet Archive for all the years of enjoyment it has given me.
  - edward 11y ago
    Did you click the beta button and leave feedback?
nine_k 11y ago
I'd like to notice that the iconic 'Like' button has appeared on FB only in 2009, with acquisition of FriendFeed (recently closed), a social network site which pioneered it. FriendFeed was created by a team led by Paul Buchheit, the original creator of GMail, and Bret Taylor, one of creators of Google Maps. Just a funny fact that shows how much the tech industry is interconnected.
syassami 11y ago
I love the al pacino banner
PhrosTT 11y ago
What Facebook looked like in 2004... http://web.archive.org/web/20040212031928/http://www.thefacebook.com/ http://web.archive.org/web/20040212031928/http://www.theface... (Don't forget it started as 'thefacebook.com')
deleted 11y ago
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hahamrfunnyguy 11y ago
Or how about way back when it was still called theefacebook http://web.archive.org/web/20040902031403/http://thefacebook.com/ http://web.archive.org/web/20040902031403/http://thefacebook...
AustinDizzy 11y ago
Something interesting is the Facebook still stores all (or most of) these assets, served straight from facebook.com instead of a CDN: https://www.facebook.com/images/pageheaderbg.gif https://www.facebook.com/images/pageheaderbg.gif

It's too bad that there's no way to archive of the "inside" of the site. What was it like to actually use Facebook at this time? I actually did use Facebook back then, and even I'm not even sure exactly how I used it before the news feed feature was added -- I'm pretty sure people would click "friends" and then look for a little "profile updated recently" message. It would be cool if people could go back and try old versions of things in the cloud. With non-cloud software (like Windows 3.1 or Mac OS 1.0), it's possible to do this, but with websites, once they've been taken down, no one will ever be able to use their old versions again. I wonder if there's some way that Facebook could "donate" old versions of their code for posterity.

hellameta 11y ago
I've always wanted something like this. Not that I have a business model in mind to make it feasible but it would be awesome if it were a separate product that did this for "gardened" content in general.
howeman 11y ago
I don't remember 2006 specifically, but I was on facebook in 2004. Back then, it was only open to .edu addresses. They had a list of all of the dorms at the school and the rooms in them. You would select using a pull down menu which was your room. They also had drop-down menus for all of the classes that the school offered, and there was a 'group' that was created for each class that you could use to construct study groups (or whatever). There was no news feed. Instead of the 'wall' as it is now, it was instead an editable text box that acted like the white board that is common outside dorm rooms.
- FreakyT 11y ago
  Ah, I remember the "white board" wall. Back when the Facebook API came out in 2007-ish, I implemented a functioning lookalike using the API -- at one point, it had around 17,000 users who had logged in, including Mark Zuckerberg himself(!!) ...then Facebook basically killed the API (changing it over to a more of an authentication system than an add-content-to-your-profile system) so that was it for my app.
ErikAugust 11y ago
I've thought about versioning with Web apps. It's not at all an efficient way to spend your time as a company, but there are apps I use where older versions were much more to my suiting.

ErikAugust 11y ago

That's actually 2005.

edward 11y ago

If you find the Internet Archive useful, please consider donating: http://archive.org/donate/ http://archive.org/donate/

jonathanpeterwu 11y ago
Please do so. It's an amazing non-profit supporting the legacy and history of the internet
wotie5 11y ago
I used to find the Internet Archive incredibly useful, sadly the new design has completely ruined this. Before the site was nice and organized, now it's a big mess that seems to be designed for smartphones. Infinite scrolling really helps making the site completely chaotic and confusing. However, even though the site is ruined for me now, I really want to thank Internet Archive for all the years of enjoyment it has given me.
- edward 11y ago
  Did you click the beta button and leave feedback?

nine_k 11y ago

I'd like to notice that the iconic 'Like' button has appeared on FB only in 2009, with acquisition of FriendFeed (recently closed), a social network site which pioneered it. FriendFeed was created by a team led by Paul Buchheit, the original creator of GMail, and Bret Taylor, one of creators of Google Maps. Just a funny fact that shows how much the tech industry is interconnected.

syassami 11y ago

I love the al pacino banner

PhrosTT 11y ago

What Facebook looked like in 2004... http://web.archive.org/web/20040212031928/http://www.thefacebook.com/ http://web.archive.org/web/20040212031928/http://www.theface... (Don't forget it started as 'thefacebook.com')

deleted 11y ago

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hahamrfunnyguy 11y ago

Or how about way back when it was still called theefacebook http://web.archive.org/web/20040902031403/http://thefacebook.com/ http://web.archive.org/web/20040902031403/http://thefacebook...

AustinDizzy 11y ago

Something interesting is the Facebook still stores all (or most of) these assets, served straight from facebook.com instead of a CDN: https://www.facebook.com/images/pageheaderbg.gif https://www.facebook.com/images/pageheaderbg.gif