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06-12-2014, 03:10 AM
**, Facebook Didn't Just Introduce a Weight Loss 'Life Event'
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Your Facebook (http://mashable.com/category/facebook/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) News Feed is peppered with the occasional personal milestones from your closest (and long forgotten) friends. Engagements, new jobs, babies on the way — Facebook encourages users to share all these moments as "Life Events" from their profile page
Included on the list of shareable life highlights: your recent weight loss.
See also: 20 Things Your Most An**ying Friends Do on Facebook (http://mashable.com/2012/08/14/facebook-an**ying/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
But despite reports circulating Tuesday (http://www.bustle.com/articles/27508-facebook-adds-lost-weight-as-a-life-event-i-give-up-on-humanity) that this life event is new to Facebook, that isn't actually the case
The ability to post a weight loss life event has been around since 2011, according to a Facebook spokesperson — alongside other unusual life events such as getting a tattoo, publishing a book, or enjoying their first kiss. Users can even delve back into history and reveal when they spoke their first word Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/06/11/facebook-weight-loss/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
More about Facebook (http://mashable.com/category/facebook/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Weight Loss (http://mashable.com/category/weight-loss/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Social Media (http://mashable.com/social-media/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and Life Events (http://mashable.com/category/life-events/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/_e0i2qk9yUs
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Your Facebook (http://mashable.com/category/facebook/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) News Feed is peppered with the occasional personal milestones from your closest (and long forgotten) friends. Engagements, new jobs, babies on the way — Facebook encourages users to share all these moments as "Life Events" from their profile page
Included on the list of shareable life highlights: your recent weight loss.
See also: 20 Things Your Most An**ying Friends Do on Facebook (http://mashable.com/2012/08/14/facebook-an**ying/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
But despite reports circulating Tuesday (http://www.bustle.com/articles/27508-facebook-adds-lost-weight-as-a-life-event-i-give-up-on-humanity) that this life event is new to Facebook, that isn't actually the case
The ability to post a weight loss life event has been around since 2011, according to a Facebook spokesperson — alongside other unusual life events such as getting a tattoo, publishing a book, or enjoying their first kiss. Users can even delve back into history and reveal when they spoke their first word Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/06/11/facebook-weight-loss/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
More about Facebook (http://mashable.com/category/facebook/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Weight Loss (http://mashable.com/category/weight-loss/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Social Media (http://mashable.com/social-media/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and Life Events (http://mashable.com/category/life-events/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/_e0i2qk9yUs