I roto i te 2003 Harvard i anake he putanga pepa tahi ki ngā whaiaronga ipurangi tūmataiti. ka mea a Zuckerberg ki te Crimson, "Kei te korero te katoa te rota e pā ana ki te pukapuka mata ao i roto i Harvard.... whakaaro ahau he ahua o te maamaa e ka tangohia e te University he rua tau ki te tiki a tawhio noa ki te reira. taea e ahau te mahi i te reira pai atu i taea e ratou, a taea e ahau te mahi i te reira i roto i te wiki. " i roto i te Hanuere 2004, Zuckerberg coded he paetukutuku hou, e mohiotia ana ko" te Facebook ", faauruhia e te Crimson etita e pā ana ki Facemash, e kii ana, "He mea mārama e te hangarau e hiahiatia ana ki te waihanga i te paetukutuku centralized he ngāwari e wātea ana... he maha nga painga. " tutaki a Harvard ki a Eduardo McCustin Saverin, a whakaae ana ratou ki te haumi i te 1,000,000 ia marama i roto i te pae. i te Hui-tanguru 4, 2004, Zuckerberg whakarewahia "te Divvos" i roto i te Whare Wānanga o Harvard.
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