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Facebook activates the Facebook like button. [334] 2009: August: Acquisition: Facebook acquires FriendFeed. [279] 2009: September: Financial/legal: Facebook claims that it has turned cash flow positive for the first time. [335] 2009: September 10: Product: Facebook announces a feature whereby people can @-tag friends in their status updates and ...
The Like button is one of Facebook's social plug-ins, which are features for websites outside Facebook as part of its Open Graph. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] Speaking at the company's F8 developer conference on April 21, 2010, the day of the launch, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said "We are building a Web where the default is social".
In June 2009, Facebook introduced a "Usernames" feature, allowing users to choose a unique nickname used in the URL for their personal profile, for easier sharing. [51] [52] In February 2014, Facebook expanded the gender setting, adding a custom input field that allows users to choose from a wide range of gender identities.
Even though gaming on Facebook has been around for a while, 2009 was the year of the social gaming boom. Mafia Wars was the first game since Scrabulous to get a nod from mainstream media, and by ...
The other games that made the top five include Mafia Wars, and Pet Society.Even though these games have the most users, it's also important to mention that Zynga's Roller Coaster Kingdom gained 14 ...
Facebook was blocked in Vietnam for two weeks in May 2016 due to protest of dissidents. [98] Vietnam Facebook users total about 52 million and is a vital tool for their day to day use. However, the government is not accountable to the people which causes abuse of censorship in Vietnam. [99]
Internet activism and, specifically, social networking has been instrumental in organizing many of the 2009 Iranian election protests. [1] Online sites have been uploading amateur pictures and video, and Twitter, Facebook, and blogs have been places for protesters to gather and exchange information. [1]
[185] In 2009, Facebook added the feature to tag certain friends (or groups, etc.) within one's status update by adding an @ character before their name, turning the friend's name into a link to their profile and including the message on the friend's wall. Tagging has since been updated to recognize friends' names by typing them into a status ...