Extract: Roisin Kiberd on how Facebook helped change the internet - and our lives Writer Roisin Kiberd looks at the world of the internet – and the effect it has on our lives – in her new essay collection, The Disconnect. Here, she takes us through her early days online. By Roisin Kiberd Wednesday 10 Mar 2021, 7:00 PM Mar 10th 2021, 7:00 PM 9,405 Views 4 Comments Roisin Kiberd IN JANUARY 2004, Mark Zuckerberg, a 19-year-old student and future Harvard dropout, registered thefacebook.com for $35 and launched the site from his college dorm room. By the end of that month, three-quarters of the student body checked in on it every day.