Mark Zuckerberg shared his original Facebook email address, sparking nostalgia among the platform’s early users.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently revealed the email address he originally used to create his Facebook account. In a response to a humorous post by an artist on Threads, Zuckerberg revealed that his first Facebook email address was [email protected]. The artist had jokingly noted that an email address ending in .edu was once a requirement to join Facebook.
Zuckerberg’s revelation quickly sparked a wave of nostalgia among long-time Facebook users. Many took to the comments to reminisce about the platform’s early days and reflect on how much has changed since its launch. Some users even asked if the email address was still active, and others shared their own memories of eagerly awaiting their chance to join Facebook after graduating from high school or starting college.
One user recalled how excited he was to finally get a Facebook account with his college email address, while another mentioned trying to test the old email address. There were also comments recalling the transition from .edu email addresses to standard accounts around 2005 or 2006.
According to a report by the Guardian, while Zuckerberg was the first to create a Facebook account, he was not the very first to have an ID. Three other IDs were created before his, mostly for testing purposes, and later deleted. Zuckerberg was the fourth to join, while Facebook co-founders Chris Hughes and Dustin Moskovitz followed in fifth and sixth place, respectively.
Facebook was founded in 2004 by Zuckerberg and his Harvard classmates Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz, Andrew McCollum and Chris Hughes. Originally called “thefacebook.com”, it started out as a directory for college students and has since grown into one of the most widely used social networking sites in the world.
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