{"id":4207,"date":"2017-03-20T18:26:24","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T18:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rsoftsolution.com\/blog\/facebook-rolls-out-seasonal-greetings-at-the-top-of-the-news-feed.html"},"modified":"2017-03-20T18:26:24","modified_gmt":"2017-03-20T18:26:24","slug":"facebook-rolls-out-seasonal-greetings-at-the-top-of-the-news-feed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/facebook-rolls-out-seasonal-greetings-at-the-top-of-the-news-feed.html","title":{"rendered":"Facebook rolls out seasonal greetings at the top of the News Feed"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Facebook\u2019s News Feed is getting a little more colorful today. Its\u00a0\u201cGoodwill\u201d team \u2014 which is behind efforts like Friends Day and various\u00a0messages at the top of the feed, including the recently added Weather greetings<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 is now\u00a0rolling out new animations to denote the changing seasons.\u00a0Starting today, people may begin to see an animated message with birds denoting the first day of spring, if they\u2019re in the Northern Hemisphere, or an animation of falling leaves, if in the Southern Hemisphere.<\/p>\n

The animations will only appear on mobile devices, including both iOS and Android.<\/p>\n

The animations were designed by Facebook\u2019s internal team of artists and illustrators using cut paper, vector-based graphics and motion, the company says. They serve no other purpose beyond\u00a0announcing the vernal or autumnal equinox, depending on which hemisphere you live in, except for making the News Feed a bit more cheery and giving users something to share.<\/p>\n

The larger goal of the Goodwill team is to create an environment on Facebook where people are \u201cmoved to express their feelings and connect with things that matter,\u201d Facebook has explained in the past. That includes experiences like birthdays, anniversary videos and the \u201cOn This Day\u201d feature, in addition to the messages that pop up at the top of the News Feed and other events that people are interested in sharing.<\/p>\n

The idea is to prompt users to click on the new greetings, which will trigger a Facebook post you can edit with your own message and content. The post will read you\u2019re \u201cwelcoming spring\u201d (or fall), and will include the larger seasonal graphic as part of the post.<\/p>\n

This may seem like a minor feature, but it\u2019s part of a larger agenda to boost personal sharing on the network. According to reports<\/a> from The Information and Bloomberg last year, people are sharing fewer personal posts with their friends on the social network, at a time when other apps like Snapchat and Instagram are expanding their reach.<\/p>\n

The Information said<\/a> original\u00a0sharing had dropped by 15 percent from the prior year, and Facebook specifically formed an internal\u00a0team to\u00a0improve\u00a0this metric.<\/p>\n

These News Feed greetings have become more a part of the Facebook experience in recent months, thanks to informational messages about the day\u2019s weather<\/a>, which helps Facebook replace yet another regular destination on users\u2019 phones \u2014 their preferred weather application.<\/p>\n

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