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Claim
Facebook was already blowing up in 2003.
Correction
This is incorrect because Facebook did not exist in 2003. Meta and The Harvard Crimson both state that Facebook launched on February 4, 2004.
Full reasoning
The claim says Facebook was "already blowing up in 2003," but Facebook had not yet launched in 2003.
Two strong sources contradict this directly:
- Meta’s company information page says, "When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect."
- The Harvard Crimson reports that Mark Zuckerberg launched thefacebook on February 4, 2004, and that it "got its start ... on Feb. 4, 2004."
So Facebook could not have been "already blowing up in 2003" because the service was launched in 2004, not 2003.
2 sources
- Company Info | Meta
When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect.
- Ten Years Later, Facebook's First Users Look Back at Site's Earliest Days | The Harvard Crimson
On Feb. 4, 2004, then-sophomore Mark E. Zuckerberg launched thefacebook from his dorm room in Kirkland House.