The Social Network

0:03 Calarogashark Media. Hi, I'm Mark Ellison and today's theme is Facebook's two thousand and four launch and the evolution of social media and online communities. Question one. When Mark Zuckerberg and his classmates launched the site from a Harvard dorm in two thousand and four, what name did it go by before dropping the definite article? Question two? Before Facebook and MySpace dominated which two thousand and two social network popularized the friend of a friend concept, but faltered under technical scaling problems, pushing users to newer platforms. Question three.

0:48 In two thousand and six, Facebook unveiled a feature that turned the homepage into a stream of friends updates and triggered immediate privacy protests. What was this feature called? Question four? What is the name of Facebook's two thousand and seven developer conference, where it opened its platform to third party apps, paving the way for hits like Zinga's Farmville. Question five? Which Google owned social network launched in two thousand and four and named after its creator, became the dominant online community in Brazil and India during the mid two thousands.

1:37 We'll be right back with these answers after this break. Welcome back. Question one, What was Facebook's original two thousand and four name. Answer The Facebook launched on February fourth, two thousand and four, at Harvard. The site debuted as the Facebook. The company shortened the name to Facebook in two thousand and five as it expanded beyond Collegestion two which two thousand and two network popularized friend of a friend answer Friendster. Friendster helped introduce the modern social graph, but slow performance and outages frustrated users. Many migrated to MySpace and later Facebook, shaping the next phase of social media. Question three, What two thousand and six feature sparked privacy backlash? Answer? Newsfeed, Introduced in September two thousand and six. News Feed centralized updates that had previously been scattered across profiles. User pushback led Facebook to clarify and strengthen privacy controls. Question four Name Facebook's two thousand and seven developer conference, Answer F eight at F eight. In May two thousand and seven, Facebook launched the platform, allowing external developers to build apps and social games that spread virally through the social graph.

2:47 This kickstarted an ecosystem of Facebook apps. Question five which two thousand and four Google Social network dominated Brazil, India. Answer or Kut, created by Google engineer or Kut buyacocten or Kut hosted millillions of community forums and thrived in Brazil and India. It remained influential there before shutting down in twenty fourteen. That concludes today's five daily trivia questions. I'm Mark Ellison, and today's questions were crafted with the help of AI technology. See you tomorrow.