Facebook information and comparisons
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| Registration: | Required |
| Introduction (from Wikipedia): | Facebook is a corporation and online social networking service headquartered in Menlo Park, California, in the United States. |
| Type of site: | Social networking service |
| Website: | www.facebook.com Tor: facebookcorewwwi.onion |
| Current status: | Active |
| Features: | Facebook features include Friends, Fans, Wall, News Feed, Fan Pages, Groups, Apps, Live Chat, Likes, Photos, Videos, Text, Polls, Links, Status, Pokes, Gifts, Games, Messaging, Classified section, upload and download options for photos |
| Key people: | Mark Zuckerberg Chairman and CEO), Sheryl Sandberg COO) |
| Advertising: | Advertising supported in the form of banner ads, referral marketing, casual games, and video ads. |
| Private messages: | Yes |
| Industry: | Internet |
| Upload photographs: | Yes |
| Instant messaging: | Yes |
| Launch date: | February 4, 2004 |
| Number of users: | Over 2 billion |
| Written in: | C++, PHP (as HHVM) and D language |
| Languages: | Available in 140 languages |
| Type: | Public |
| Revenue: | US$17.928 billion (2015) |
| Users express approval of content by: | Like, Share |
| Post updates: | Yes |
| Share links: | Yes |
| Founded: | February 4, 2004; 12 years ago |
| Founded by: | Mark Zuckerberg |
| Headquarters: | Menlo Park, California, U.S. |
| Reblog posts: | Yes, you can share content you see on your timeline. |
| Follow people: | No |
| Number of Employees: | Over 75,000 (2023) |
| Follow trending topics: | No |
| Headquarters location: | Palo Alto, California |
| Privacy settings: | Yes |
| Play games: | Yes, via apps on the Facebook platform |
| Post length: | Unlimited |
| Add friends: | Yes |
| Edit posts: | Yes |
| Users express opinions about content by: | Comment |
| Mention users by: | @(Name) |
| Current estimated value: | $680 billion |
| Founder(s): | Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, Chris Hughes |
| Subsidiaries: | Instagram, WhatsApp, Oculus VR, PrivateCore |
| Users: | 1.59 billion monthly active users (Dec 31, 2015) |
| Traded as: | NASDAQ:META |
| Available in: | Multilingual (140) |
| Area served: | United States (2004–05), Worldwide, except blocking countries (2005–present) |
| Operating income: | US$6.225 billion (2015) |
| Net income: | US$3.688 billion (2015) |
| Total assets: | US$49.407 billion (2015) |
| Total equity: | US$44.218 billion (2015) |