Mark
Zuckerberg wrote this on Facebook this morning:
Today
is Facebook's 10th anniversary.
It's
been an amazing journey so far, and I'm so grateful to be a part of it. It's
rare to be able to touch so many people's lives, and I try to remind myself to
make the most of every day and have the biggest impact I can.
People
often ask if I always knew that Facebook would become what it is today. No way.
I
remember getting pizza with my friends one night in college shortly after
opening Facebook. I told them I was excited to help connect our school
community, but one day someone needed to connect the whole world.
I
always thought this was important -- giving people the power to share and stay
connected, empowering people to build their own communities themselves.
When
I reflect on the last 10 years, one question I ask myself is: why were we the
ones to build this? We were just students. We had way fewer resources than big
companies. If they had focused on this problem, they could have done it.
The
only answer I can think of is: we just cared more.
While
some doubted that connecting the world was actually important, we were
building. While others doubted that this would be sustainable, you were forming
lasting connections.
We
just cared more about connecting the world than anyone else. And we still do
today.
That's
why I'm even more excited about the next ten years than the last. The first ten
years were about bootstrapping this network. Now we have the resources to help
people across the world solve even bigger and more important problems.
Today,
only one-third of the world's population has access to the internet. In the
next decade, we have the opportunity and the responsibility to connect the
other two-thirds.
Today,
social networks are mostly about sharing moments. In the next decade, they'll
also help you answer questions and solve complex problems.
Today,
we have only a few ways to share our experiences. In the next decade,
technology will enable us to create many more ways to capture and communicate
new kinds of experiences.
It's
been amazing to see how all of you have used our tools to build a real
community. You've shared the happy moments and the painful ones. You've started
new families, and kept spread out families connected. You've created new
services and built small businesses. You've helped each other in so many ways.
I'm
so grateful to be able to help build these tools for you. I feel a deep
responsibility to make the most of my time here and serve you the best I can.
Thank
you for letting me be a part of this journey.
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