Cultural Moments
This Disney song got stuck in everyone’s head — and in your Facebook feed.
What is Let It Go?
Facebook acquired this photo-sharing app in 2012, and by 2014 it was exploding in popularity.
What is Instagram?
This dog with broken English became the face of 2014 meme culture.
What is Doge?
Facebook made money by showing these to users — sometimes they were even “sponsored.”
What are ads?
This selfie from the Oscars broke Twitter records in 2014.
What is Ellen’s Oscar selfie?
This platform let users share real-time updates — and Facebook borrowed many of its features.
What is Twitter?
This phrase, also a banger by DJ Snake, was heard at every party.
What is Turn Down for What?
This feature showed you what your friends were up to — like posts, likes, and photo
What is the News Feed?
This beloved actor’s passing sparked a global outpouring on Facebook and Twitter.
Who is Robin Williams?
This “ghostly” app let users send disappearing messages — and famously rejected a $3B buyout.
What is Snapchat?
This platform featured 6-second videos and created stars like King Bach
What is Vine?
This big design change in 2011 turned your profile into a visual timeline of your life.
What is Timeline?
This chilly viral challenge helped raise over $100 million for ALS research.
What is the Ice Bucket Challenge?
This now-dead news-reading app was Facebook’s attempt to reimagine mobile content.
What is Facebook Paper?
On Instagram, people used this popular hashtag to share old photos every Thursday.
What is #TBT or #ThrowbackThursday?
In 2012, Facebook went public and raised $16 billion through this big financial event.
What is an IPO?