Facebook New Feature: Text Delight

It's free and always will be

This is the motto of the world's biggest online social network Facebook.
Facebook's fame and popularity don't come from the used advanced technology only, but the ongoing User Experience (UX) enhancement is what kept Facebook at the top over the past years.
Each time you log in to Facebook, you expect to see something new, new update, new algorithm or new feature.

Recently, among other new features, Facebook released secret keywords that activate or trigger specific animations floating on the screen (Text Delight Animations Feature).
When any of those keywords get posted or commented, you will notice that they are different:
Colorful - Bold - Clickable

I think most of us have accidentally activated the balloon celebration using the keyword:
Congratulations (in English) - (مبروك (باللغة العربية

Now, In this blog post, we'll get to know:

- How to Activate/Trigger 6 Facebook's Text Delight Animations

- How to Add or Remove the Text Effect

- Truth Behind the Relation between Text Delight and Account Security

How to Activate/Trigger 6 Facebook's Text Delight Animations

#1: Balloons

Colorful confetti and balloons pop up onto your screen

Activation/Trigger Keywords:

• Congrats
• Congratulations
• مبروك

#2: Hearts

Small hearts float up from your screen

Activation/Trigger Keywords:

• xo
• xoxo
• xoxoxo

#3: Rainbow Thumbs Up

The thumbs up emoji bounces along the bottom of your screen, leaving a colorful tail

Activation/Trigger Keywords:

• you got this
• you’ve got this
• you can do it

#4: Colorful Confetti

Two hands unfold, letting colorful shapes fly up the screen

Activation/Trigger Keywords:

• best wishes

#5: Dancing Hands

Two hands unfold, letting colorful shapes fly up the screen

Activation/Trigger Keywords:

• bff
• BFF
• bffs

#6: Flying Star

Colorful shapes swirl together to form a star, before flying off the screen

Activation/Trigger Keywords:

• you’re the best

How to Add or Remove the Text Effect

⇨ To remove animation effect of the keywords:

1. Click "edit or delete this"
2. Select "Remove Text Effects"

⇨ To re-add animation effect of the keywords:

1. Click "edit or delete this"
2. Select "Add Text Effects"

Truth Behind the Relation between Text Delight and Account Security

Fake News spread a lot across Facebook since the start of 2017

Since the start of 2017 and maybe until the current moment, many Facebook users are frequently typing 'BFF' in comment sections to check if they are secure from the hackers.

Actually, This Is Nonsense.

No one knows the source of this fake rumor however he/she (rumor source) counted on the shortage of Facebook Knowledge at many FB users. Besides not announcing Text Delight Feature officially by Facebook.

The fact is as mentioned above, 'BFF' (Best Friends Forever) is one of  Facebook's Text Delight Keywords that activate dancing hands animation effect. 

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