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This is a pedantic side comment, but I believe the very first sentence of this article is incorrect! AFAIK, Facemash was hosted on Zuckerberg's personal computer in his dorm room; ditto for the first version of Facebook shortly thereafter. After that, it was moved to a rented server.

source: I didn't attend Harvard, but I worked for their IT department beginning in 2005. Several of my coworkers had been directly involved in the disciplinary action against Zuckerberg and were very familiar with the details. That said, it is entirely possible I am misremembering. But other accounts seem to agree, e.g. https://www.quora.com/How-did-Mark-Zuckerberg-initially-host...



> ditto for the first version of Facebook shortly thereafter.

Thanks for this! I found a different source[0] but I'll make the update shortly!

[0] https://qr.ae/pvAGDH


This is correct. Mark never used Harvard servers for Facebook.




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