This Is What Your Facebook Profile Looked Like Over the Last 11 Years

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

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