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1 of 12The Original Facebook Group Page, 2004. Before people realized how awesome pictures are.Courtesy of Facebook -
2 of 12Facebook Profile Page, 2005. Back when Facebook looked a little bit like MySpace.Courtesy of Facebook -
3 of 12Facebook Profile Page Facelift, 2005. The "the" is finally dropped.Courtesy of Facebook -
4 of 12Facebook Profile Page, 2006. You no longer need to be reminded "this is you" at the top of your profile page.Courtesy of Facebook -
5 of 12Facebook Profile Page, 2007. Every profile update still had to begin with "is," forcing you to talk about yourself in the third person.Courtesy of Facebook -
6 of 12Facebook Profile Page, 2008. The wall.Courtesy of Facebook -
7 of 12Facebook Profile Page, 2009. It only took five years for Facebook to create easy-to-find privacy settings.Courtesy of Facebook -
8 of 12Facebook Profile Page, 2010. Facebook starts to get pretty.Courtesy of Facebook -
9 of 12Facebook Profile Page, 2011. Zuckerberg realizes that people love pictures, usually of animals.Courtesy of Facebook -
10 of 12Facebook Profile Page, 2012. The timeline allows you (or your parents) to trace your life from birth to death.Courtesy of Facebook -
11 of 12Facebook Profile Page, 2013-2014. Facebook introduced a new app, Paper, on Monday.Courtesy of Facebook -
12 of 12Facebook Profile Page, 2014-2015. Facebook updated both the newsfeed algorithm and the privacy settings.Courtesy of Alex Fitzpatrick/Facebook
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