A Hand-Drawn History of Facebook

 By 
Bob Al-Greene
 on 
A Hand-Drawn History of Facebook
Credit: Mashable composite; iStockphoto, blackred

It’s hard to believe that it has been 11 years since the launch of Facebook. Eleven years of new features, design updates and endlessly stalking classmates, coworkers and ex-girlfriends.

To commemorate the social giant’s big day, we put together this animated whiteboard video. It will take you through Facebook’s journey from a Harvard dorm room to a billion computers worldwide.

Facebook is probably part of your everyday life, but do you know how much the company was worth when it went public? How about the exact date and time it hit 1 billion users? Watch above.

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