Facebook is a social network that allows you to connect with friends, family and people from almost anywhere in the world, as well as share photos, make video calls with Messenger Rooms, post videos and comment whatever you want.
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The digital platform was founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, together with his fellow students Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes.
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Since it began, the social network has undergone several changes. Here we will tell you what things Facebook no longer does and that many users remember with nostalgia.
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Know the sincerity of your friends with
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It was one of the most curious offers and one of the first applications with which Facebook allowed sending messages anonymously. For some users it was a very useful tool to get closer to others.
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However, it was also used incorrectly, without rules or limitations, thus becoming a mechanism for online harassment or ‘bullying’. Because of this, he disappeared in September 2012.
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give them to your loved ones
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The virtual platform not only reminded you of your contacts’ birthdays so that you could write them a nice congratulations on their wall, it also gave you the option of sending gifts: from teddy bears to clothes or whatever you wanted to give.
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Back then, what you had to do was look for the gift and pay with your credit card, then put the address and name of the birthday boy. The newspaper ‘The Wall Street Journal’ reported that commercial transactions represented a small part of Facebook’s income.
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August 12, 2013 was the day they removed this feature, leaving many users shocked by the decision.
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Through Facebook Gifts, users could choose a gift from a wide variety of merchants. You just had to select the icon of a box with a bow or go to the contact’s bio to choose their gift, along with a personalized message. When the gift was sent you could choose whether or not to share the story with more people.
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Users also had the option to pay immediately or once their friend filled out the shipping information. If someone did not accept a gift within two weeks, the payment was refunded.
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Currently, the social network offers ‘love’, ‘amuse’, ‘amaze’, ‘sad’ and ‘mad’ reactions, each with its own emoticon, to reply to other people’s posts. However, before there were more options, for example the personalized reaction of the LGBT+ flag, which was used in the month of June to celebrate the International LGBT Pride Day. It is unknown why she was removed on July 1, 2017.
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Do you remember the purple flower that appeared on Mother’s Day? It was also removed, despite the fact that the ‘flowers me’ was used by many users of the social network.
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The same happened with the reactions of ‘Halloween’, represented with a pumpkin, a ghost, Frankenstein and a witch.
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Facebook spokeswoman Lisa Stratton told Business Insider in June 2018 that they would no longer do targeted reactions.
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“We will no longer do personalized reactions for major cultural events and festivities,” he mentioned in an interview with the media.
What other Facebook tool do you remember?
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