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“It was revolutionary”: 20 years after its creation, the Facebook generation recounts the irruption of the network into their lives

2024-02-03T05:19:55.447Z

Highlights: The social network was born in February 2004. Today, it has nearly 3 billion active users. In 20 years, nearly one in three people in the world have adhered to the little blue “f” “We wanted to be part of a community” – Margot, 28, from Bordeaux. This article is reserved for subscribers. You have 87% left to discover. Flash sale -70% on digital subscription I ENJOY IT Already subscribed? Log in.


STORY - The social network, which today has nearly 3 billion active users, was born in February 2004. For an entire generation, the appearance of this site accompanied, if not radically modified, their youth .


She remembers it perfectly.

The 28-year-old from Bordeaux tells it with precision.

“I was in fifth grade and I was visiting one of my childhood friends when I decided to register on

Facebook

,”

confesses Margot with a smile.

Why ?

“It was to do like everyone else.

It was attractive, I wanted to see what was happening on the walls, the famous “walls” of my friends

.

We are now in 2009 and the social network, which is just celebrating its fifth year, already has 250 million users around the world, ranking seventh among the most visited sites in France.

Three years later, it passed the billion mark.

Today, the firm has almost three times as many, or three billion active monthly users.

In 20 years, nearly one in three people in the world have adhered to the little blue

“f”

.

“We wanted to be part of a community”

A dazzling success while Facebook has come a long way.

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