Facebook Just Added A Bunch Of New Easter Eggs That Trigger Animations With Certain Words

Nope, we don't literally mean easter eggs. Easter eggs here refer to a hidden function or joke embedded in a software or a game which is triggered by a specific keyword.

There¡¯s about to be a lot more animation and colour in your Facebook news feed. Facebook has announced that it¡¯s adding more trigger words to its platform. These are words that, when typed into a status update or comment, will trigger animations.

So far, words like ¡°congratulations¡± appear in a different colour and clicking on them plays a brief animation in your news feed, like balloons and confetti.

Facebook is now adding animations for ¡°rad¡±, ¡°bff¡±, ¡°lmao¡±, and ¡°thank you so much¡±, among others. It¡¯s also updating the animations that appear for life events like engagements and weddings. When people react to these events, they will appear alongside animations over the status update.

It¡¯s just the latest way Facebook is attempting to increase how much original sharing people do, i.e. posts that are actual statuses as opposed to memes, videos or news articles.