Facebook launches a new function to remember previous years
photographs were the simplest and most effective way to remember moments before A way to evoke the memory of a party, a celebration, an event, a trip”¦ But with the arrival of the social networks photos can no longer offer this service of ephemeris or memories of that day one or more years ago To facilitate this, Facebook is testing a new feature called On This Day or in Este Día, with which you can enjoy shared publicationson a day like today, but one or several years ago
This is a new service that Facebook is currently testing, but has already confirmed want to bring it to the whole world both through its website and through applications With it, the user can receive alerts to remember what he was doing, where he was or simply what you shared with family and friends through this social network one or more years ago A good fit for remember special events and moments, beyond mere birthdays.
At the moment it is a test, so interested users should sign up through this web page Of course, at the moment, does not seem to be operational in Spain. According to Facebook, once available, the user can request to be alerted with notifications to remember on a daily basis these ephemeris with all the contents that were disseminated on such a day, but in previous years.
These contents can only be seen by the user himself, and they are his own publications. Whether it's status updates, new photos, announcements, events, or whatever that happens to be on the user's wall Thus, the This Day service also reminds the user of posts in which they were taggedand that were published on the same day one or more years in the past. Questions to remember moments in which you participated with other users and people with whom you interact on Facebook
Of course, the social network does not want to miss the opportunity for this content to flood Facebook again For this reason, and although it is limited To be seen only by the users themselves at first, it has the option to be shared again through your wall as a souvenir. Something that invites them not to be mere memories stored in the memory of the user and of the social network, being able to return to create comments and opinions one or more years after it originally happened.
At the moment the function On This Day or in This DayIt is being tested in a limited way However, it will reach other users globally soon, although in stages. A function that will be free and that will show this content from past years in a well differentiated way to evoke memories, photographs and comments from the past.Other tools are always available to those who can't wait, such as Timehop, where Facebook seems to have inspired.
