http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/04/tech/social-media/facebook-look-back-video/index.html
Your Facebook life in 62 seconds
By Brandon Griggs, CNN
(CNN) -- If you're on Facebook, a new video about your life went live online Tuesday.
Yes, 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 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."
10 years of Facebook in one graphic
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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Facebook Lookback: Nostalgic Videos Disappear After One Month If Not Shared
February 5, 2014
Facebook lookback has been spreading rapidly across the social network this week, but if users want to hold onto the memories they’re going to have to click the “Share” button.
In celebration of its 10th anniversary, Facebook created the personalized lookback videos for “hundreds of millions” of its uses, showing when they joined the site along with some of their most-liked posts.
Facebook rolled out the 62-second lookback videos on Tuesday, 10 years to the day since Mark Zuckerberg and four Harvard University classmates started the site in a dorm room on February 4, 2004.
Zuckerberg himself had a bit of a Facebook lookback on Tuesday, sharing his memories about the site’s founding.
“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. “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.”
Despite reports that Facebook has been losing ground among the younger generation to sites like Vine and Instagram, Zuckerberg said there is still more room for it to grow.
“I’ve spent a lot of late nights pacing around my living room with teammates just trying to plot out what our next move can be in order to keep pushing forward on this mission,” he told the Today show in an interview. “But one of the big things that I’ve taken away from the last 10 years is, there’s always a next move and you just need to keep on pushing forward and keep on doing the best thing that you can.”
My comments: Very inspiring!
The Facebook lookback videos went live at noon on Tuesday, but will only be available for a month unless they are shared to the timeline.
Users can find their own Facebook lookback videos by clicking here.
Read more at http://www.inquisitr.com/1121030/facebook-lookback-nostalgic-videos-disappear-after-one-month-if-not-shared/#TiYjTjEHYKv2hPlF.99
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