These photos go on the user’s profile, which is full of information about their life, connections and events. Users can also upload pictures and tag those that appear on them.
Private message functionality eventually became standalone app, Facebook Messenger, though is still part of the desktop site. All stuff that seems rudimentary to us now, but at the time were pioneering innovations from Facebook and other members of that first post-MySpace wave of social networks.
Over the years Facebook has expanded to include multimedia content and sharing content initially posted by others on Facebook or elsewhere.