It was recently a friend’s birthday. Facebook, being the helpful social network it is, prompted me to “send her good thoughts”.
So I did.
“Hope you had a rad one!” I wrote. I hit Post, and my birthday greeting popped onto her wall. However, this post looked a little different. The word “rad” was in a bright purple… and when I clicked on it, little thumb-up emojis popped up and flew across the screen, leaving colourful trails in their wake. What was going on?
After couple of failed Google searches and some digging with the Developer Tool, it turned out that I had accidentally triggered one of Facebook’s “Text Delight” features. I had seen the “congrats” animation before, but it looks like there are three “secret” animations in total. Here they are, along with the list of keywords that activate them.
Updated Sept. 16 with new keywords for balloon animation
Update Sept. 29: Some users are reporting difficulties seeing the text delight animations. There may be differences based on your country or language settings. The animations appear best on desktop/laptop computers. Mobile users may need to update their app.
Update Dec 7: A new animation has been spotted! Thanks John for the heads up.
Update Dec 22: Another animation has been found! Thanks to Christine and Merri for commenting below.
Update Jan 29: Added the BFF animation to the list. Thanks Tam, Dana, and Janelle for taking the time to comment!
Update Feb 16: Added yet another new animation — thanks to Tary for commenting! Luke and Stacey also report that “good vibes” is activating a new animation as well.
Flying Star
Activated by:
- you’re the best
Dancing Hands
Activated by:
- bff
- bffs
Colorful Confetti
Activated by:
- best wishes
- + other languages: see comments shared by other users below
Rainbow Thumbs Up
Activated by:
- you got this
- you’ve got this
- you can do it
Thumbs Up
Activated by:
- rad
- radness
- + other languages: see comments shared by other users below
Balloons
Activated by:
- Congrats
- Congratulations
- ألف
- مبروك
- تهانينا مبارك
- مبروك
- Glückwunsch
- Gratuliere
- Enhorabuena
- Felicitaciones
- Félicitations
- बधाई
- Selamat
- Congratulazioni
- おめでとう
- 축하해
- 축하해요
- Мои поздравления
- Поздравляем
- Поздравляю
- ยินดีด้วย
- Tebrikler
- 恭喜
- Geluk
- অভিনন্দন
- Gratulace!
- Til lykke
- Tillykke
- Συγχαρητήρια
- Paljon onnea
- Onnea
- અભિનંદન
- מזל טוב
- Gratula
- Čestitam
- Čestitke
- Čestitamo
- അഭിനന്ദനങ്ങൾ
- ಶುಭಾಶಯ
- Tahniah
- Grattis
- अभिनंदन
- ਵਧਾਈਆਂ
- Parabéns
- Gratki
- Gratulacje
- Felicitări!
- Gratulujem
- Blahoželám
- Gefeliciteerd
- வாழ்த்துகள்
- வாழ்த்துக்கள்
- అభినందనలు
- مبارکباد
- Chúc mừng
- ဂုဏ်ယူပါတယ်
- Честитам
- Hongera
- Свака част
- Felicitações
- Gratulálok
- Gratulálunk
- Onnittelut
- Μπράβο
- gratuluju
- gratuluji
- gratulujeme
- blahopřeju
- blahopřeji
- blahopřejeme
- Tebrik ederim
- ขอแสดงความยินดี
- おめでとうございます
- Complimenti
- बधाई हो
- शुभकामनाएं
- शुभकामनाएँ
- Herzlichen Glückwunsch
- Baie geluk
- Veels geluk
- Gratulerer
Hearts
Activated by:
- xo
- xoxo
- xoxoxo
- Besos y abrazos
- bisou
- bisous
- baci
- 꽁냥꽁냥
- Я люблю тебя
- Я люблю вас
- จุ๊บๆ
- จุ๊บจุ๊บ
- Öptüm
- 么么哒
- সোনা
- Kys og knus
- φιλάκια
- puspus
- Puszi!
- Šaljem poljupce!
- ഉമ്മ
- ਰੋਮਾਂਸ
- Um abraço
- pupici
- cmuk
- ချစ်ခြင်းများစွာ
- Грлим те
- mahaba