Mark Zuckerberg gave a fan his vintage Facebook hoodie with a hand-written note

A young Mark Zuckerberg in 2010.

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Mark Zuckerberg gifted a fan one of his old Facebook hoodies along with a hand-written note.The hoodie was posted on Facebook Marketplace for free bidding to celebrate the platform’s 20th anniversary, the fan said.The hoodie features a custom lining bearing Facebook’s original mission statement. 

Mark Zuckerberg is spreading the love — in hoodie form — to his fans.

The Facebook founder and Meta CEO famous for his casual style sent a fan one of his old hoodies, customized with a lining depicting Facebook’s original slogan, “make the world more open and connected.” The package even included a hand-written note from Zuckerberg himself.

The lucky recipient of the Zuck memorabilia, Matt Thompson, posted about it on Threads, sharing photos of the hoodie’s lining and the note from Zuckerberg.

“One of my favorite old-school Facebook hoodies,” Zuckerberg wrote in the note, according to Thompson’s post. “I wore this all the time in the early days. It even has our original mission statement on the inside lining. Enjoy! — Mark Zuckerberg.”

Thompson explained in another Threads post that Zuckerberg had posted the hoodie on Facebook Marketplace in celebration of the platform’s 20th anniversary. Fans were able to bid on it for free, and Thompson won, he said.

“@zuck I received your sweater/hoodie/zip up (whatever kids call it these days),” Thompson wrote in his Threads post on Wednesday. “Thank you for sharing!!!! Definitely framing this bad boy. But I will absolutely let my Zuck obsessed child and a few members of my HS eSports team wear it a bit.”

Zuckerberg replied to Thompson’s post about the sweater, writing, “Enjoy!”

Thompson explained that he coaches a high school League of Legends eSports team and that he hopes this experience will help draw attention to a fundraiser he’s holding for the students, who he said are big fans of Meta’s social platforms.

“I’d legit cry if the students received more funding because of something like this,” Thompson wrote on Threads.

And if you’re wondering what the decades-old sweater smells like, Thompson added, “It smells like clean laundry for sure.”

Meta did not immediately respond to Business Insider’s request for comment.