Happy Birthday, Dear Facebook

Posted on February 4th, 2010 by Admin

Today is said to mark the day that Facebook turns 6, and what a six years it has been.  I came across this great post about the social networking giant on Fortune’s Brainstorm Tech blog, in which writer Jessi Hempel examines six ways that Facebook has “shaped our culture.”  My personal favorite from the list is the way that Facebook has made the word “friend” into a verb.  So from all of your “friends” at 360PR:  Happy Birthday, Facebook!

Oh, and since you’re now thinking about Facebook, here’s the link so you can log on straight from here.  You know you were going to anyway…

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4 Comments

  1. Elicia Basoli ~ Feb 5, 2010 at 9:07 am

    Can’t believe it’s been 6 years, already. Time sure flies!

  2. Caroline Pierce ~ Feb 5, 2010 at 4:31 pm

    I know what you mean Elicia! What did we do before Facebook!?!

  3. J Public Relations ~ Feb 9, 2010 at 4:15 am

    Interestingly enough, Facebook made “friend” a verb, but, “unfriend” already existed!

  4. John LeRoy ~ Feb 9, 2010 at 9:34 am

    Great point made about “unfriending.” After Facebook, people were also given the option to “re-friend,” I guess.

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