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Post by garciagomezluis » Mon, Nov 28, 2016, 2:50 AM UTC

thefacebook.com
thefacebook.com

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Post by k2xl » Mon, Nov 28, 2016, 3:00 AM UTC

i don't understand - this just redirects to facebook for me?

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Post by grzm » Mon, Nov 28, 2016, 3:06 AM UTC

k2xl wrote: post #2

i don't understand - this just redirects to facebook for me?

You're not missing anything. Facebook was once called "thefacebook".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook#2003.E2.80.9306:_Thef...

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Post by Vera527 » Mon, Nov 28, 2016, 3:22 AM UTC

So? Everyone knows that "Facebook.com" was called "TheFacebook.com" before Sean Parker asked Mark to "drop the 'the' from 'thefacebook.com'." Anyone who watched "The Social Network" knows this.

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