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Happy birthday Facebook - here's how you looked eight years ago

Eight years ago Mark Zuckerberg took the curtains off a project that would become a huge success (after a few redesigns).
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IT WAS ON February 4, 2004 that a college student enabled public access to a project that would change a lot of how modern society interacts today.

Then-Harvard undergraduate Mark Zuckerberg launched Thefacebook.com eight years ago today – the site which has now become one of the most popular sites on the planet, with 855 million users each month.

The site has, of course, curtailed its name and had a couple of redesigns – but we thought it was worth offering a quick reminder of how it looked when it was launched, and therefore how it’s come on it the last eight years.

Read: This graffiti artist was paid in stock for decorating Facebook’s first HQ

More: 10 things we’ve learned from Facebook’s IPO

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    Jenifer Lopez
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    Feb 4th 2012, 3:56 PM

    Happy birthday Facebook

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    Ian Mullen
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    Feb 4th 2012, 6:59 PM

    I find it hard to keep up with what it looked like 8 months ago never mind 8 years ago. Will they never leave it be!

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    Steph Duffy
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    Feb 4th 2012, 11:16 PM

    Nothing is permanent but change.

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    Emma Conway
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    Feb 4th 2012, 5:18 PM

    I remember when it was still Networks only. When I signed up there were only twelve others in the NUIG network. Those were the days.

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    Weazel Macgagarthy
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    Feb 5th 2012, 2:44 AM

    I bet you think bands were cool before they were famous too

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    Michael McNabb
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    Feb 5th 2012, 6:32 AM

    Yeah I remember when facebook was still myclassmates.com Oh yeah those were the days.

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    Rajib Samanta
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    Feb 4th 2012, 4:38 PM

    happy birthday facebook

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    Weazel Macgagarthy
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    Feb 5th 2012, 2:49 AM

    What’s weird, is a bunch of people saying happy birthday to a website on a website that said birthday website doesn’t read.

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    Frank McMahon
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    Feb 4th 2012, 6:48 PM

    27,000 views and just 4 comments. unusual.

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    Maurice O'Halloran
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    Feb 4th 2012, 11:08 PM

    Here’s the Anglo comment.

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    Gar Heffernan
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    Feb 4th 2012, 6:54 PM

    Moving away from Facebook. Path is a much better application for your phone. Not as intrusive as Facebook.

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    Ciaro
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    Feb 4th 2012, 9:15 PM

    Shameless promotion, well done!

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    Lisa Sayers
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    Feb 4th 2012, 11:17 PM

    Wonder how long it’ll be before we HAVE to use the timeline? Hate it!

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    Weazel Macgagarthy
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    Feb 5th 2012, 2:47 AM

    Couple of days I think? In fact, by the time you read this it will probably be mandatory, enjoy :-)

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    Michael McNabb
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    Feb 5th 2012, 6:31 AM

    This is so lame!

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    Danny Murphy
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    Feb 4th 2012, 8:30 PM

    Happy Birthday !

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    Imran Ahmed Hunzai
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    Feb 4th 2012, 4:42 PM

    HBD. Do read my today’s write about Fb at http://ihunzai.com/facebook-turns-8/

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    Ciaro
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    Feb 4th 2012, 9:15 PM

    Zzzzzz

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    Alan Counihan
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    Feb 5th 2012, 1:34 PM

    Dork

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    Tony Skillington
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    Feb 5th 2012, 10:13 AM

    Ohhh to have gotten in on the ground floor on this one….imagine having put 10k into it way back then…jesus..the guy that decorated the office is worth 200 million ffs..

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    Tegar Chayank Diaa
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    Feb 5th 2012, 12:54 AM

    Happy Birthday Facebook

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    Suvarna Jadhav
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    Feb 6th 2012, 1:11 PM

    “Happy Birthday”

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    Tegar Chayank Diaa
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    Feb 5th 2012, 12:53 AM

    Happy Birthday

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