Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg shares the email used for creating his first Facebook Id. It all started with a social media conversation, where Zuckerberg shared his piece of Facebook memories.
Zuckberg shared the email id he used to create his first Facebook account back in 2004.Looks like he got nostalgic during a conversation on Threads, which is a social networking platform.
Zuckerberg shares Facebook memories
On August 20 Mark Zuckerberg posted on Thread stating “ Real ones know. First account was mzuckerb@fas.harvard.edu.” This took the platform by a wave of nostalgia. Users replied saying that this post brought back their old memories of how they had also used the same a.edu email id. In response to this a Thread user named @grandtrinedesigns said ‘I’m you had to have a .edu email address to join Facebook years old.’
However, Zuckerbeg was not the first one to have a Facebook account. As reported by The Guardian, before Zuckerberg three experimental Facebook accounts were created only to get deleted later. So, Zuckerberg’s account comes as the fourth one in this oldest list of Facebook accounts. After him, Facebook’s two co-founder Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes, were the ones to create a Facebook account back in 2004.
Netizens react
After Zuckerberg posted on Thread, it went viral with about 4.2K likes, 223 comments and 64 shares. Many joined the conversation saying that the revelation made them feel connected to Zuckerberg. Some said it brought back memories from their early Facebook days. One user said “I entered college in fall 2004. I remember when we had to switch Facebook from our .edu addresses to the accounts we have now! I think late 2005 or 2006 or so?”. Another added that they clearly remembered how excited they were to complete graduation and then create a Facebook account with their college email.
Some also joked about saying this post would now make other users search for that old email and test that it is working now or not. Moreover, the post made by Zuckerberg eventually brought back many old memories . Many users expressed that they feel old,some saying that it’s been a long time since Facebook has been introduced to them. Some even said that they are still using their old Facebook Id.
Furthermore, Zuckerberg also got trolled when @oumaimamaimoo(a thread user) tagged him saying that how come he didn’t marry a supermodel after creating Facebook for dating one.
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