Your Facebook life in 62 seconds
es, you. And you, and you and you.
With the help of an
automated tool, Facebook has created short, personalized video
highlights for "hundreds of millions" of its users. The 62-second clip
notes the year you joined Facebook, then shows a handful of your
most-liked posts and a seemingly random selection of your photos -- all
set to instrumental music.
To see yours, go to Facebook/lookback and admire, or cringe.
Facebook celebrates 10 years
Facebook posted the
clips, titled "A Look Back," without fanfare Tuesday to commemorate the
10th anniversary of the social network, which was founded by Mark
Zuckerberg and four classmates at Harvard University on February 4,
2004.
"People often ask if I always knew that Facebook would become what it is today. No way," wrote Zuckerberg, the company's CEO, in a Facebook post Tuesday.
"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."
The videos are available
to everyone who uses Facebook in English, Spanish, Italian, German,
French, Turkish, Indonesian and Brazilian Portuguese, a Facebook
spokesperson told CNN.
Depending on how much
content you have shared and how long you have been on Facebook, you will
either see the personalized video, a collection of photos or a simple
thank-you card, the spokesperson said.
Facebook said users will
be able to share the video on their pages after 12 noon ET on Tuesday.
The videos will only be available for about a month unless you share
them on your Timeline. Only you will be able to view your video if you
don't share it.
If the clip contains
posts you'd prefer to keep private, you can edit them via an "Edit Your
Movie" button, the spokesperson said.
"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," Zuckerberg said.
Facebook has created
personalized slideshows for users, but this project marks the first time
the company has made customized videos. A small team at Facebook spent
the last few months crafting the videos and ensuring the company had the
resources to render them for most of the network's 1.2 billion users.
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