According to its new Facebook Timeline, the University, which was founded in 1746, was actually founded on July 1, 1800. University Social Media Strategist Ian Cahir said in a tweet that the new Facebook Timeline prevents the University from accurately registering when it was founded.
“Interesting issue with brand pages. I’m doing the history for @Princeton, and FB’s timeline ends at 1800. We go back to 1746 #oops,” he tweeted.
He also noted in a later tweet that status updates and photos can only go as far back as 1905. Cahir tweeted that, as a result, the University would have to register them as milestones.
Mashable, a technology website, reported the tweet on Thursday. The article also noted that the U.S. Army and Navy, which were founded in 1775, have encountered similar problems.
After being contacted by a reporter for The Daily Princetonian, Cahir tweeted once more.
“After being on Twitter for three years without anyone caring, now people seem to care about what I tweet. Interesting and a bit surreal.”
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