Mark Zuckerberg's first website sold at $30,000
By siliconindia   |   Friday, 19 November 2010, 16:18 IST   |    4 Comments
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Bangalore: Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's first website FaceMash.com, web address that landed him in trouble as a Harvard University student has sold at auction for slightly more than $30,000. Auction service Flippa's online report says that FaceMash.com drew 10 bids, with the top contender offering 30,201 dollars. It was in 2003 he made a FaceMash.com website at which people could compare pictures of coeds at the college and rate which was "hotter." The website was an instant sensation but was quickly shut down by Harvard administrators unhappy with the stunt. Later Zuckerberg dropped out of Harvard and started Facebook in 2004. FaceMash has been cited as an inspiration for Facebook, which has attracted more than 500 million members and made Zuckerberg a celebrity billionaire. The buyer of Web address remained secret, but Flippa went on record saying that it wasn't anyone from Facebook or Sony Pictures, which made "The Social Network" film.

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