WTF is This Secret Version of Facebook All About, Then?

'Facebook Yellow' is like normal Facebook but BETTER. And it's only available to some.

21 March, 2018
WTF is This Secret Version of Facebook All About, Then?

​If you've heard whisperings of 'Facebook Yellow', like me, you'll probably be wondering WTF it's all about. So I'm about to enlighten you all: it's a currently secret version of Facebook, only available to the social media platform's employees at present, and it contains ALL kinds of fun features Facebook as we know it doesn't yet have.

Facebook's founder, Mark Zuckerberg, made the secret version of Facebook a little less secret this week during a live video broadcast, which introduced Facebook Live (another new fangled version of the website which we ​can ​get access to). During his talk, he went to open the app, but revealed he was instead opening a  "yellow version of the Facebook app, which is our internal build."​

There's a version of Facebook that we can't get our hands on?? TELL US MORE, MARK.

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Within the updated version, it seems users can post GIFs as their status which isn't currently possible, but is something a number of dating apps including Tinder and Bumble have begun introducing as an easier way to break the ice. 

There will also be the capability to post music to your Facebook profile not just via a YouTube link (a retro nod to the likes of MySpace, which we're LOVING) and slideshows - meaning you can post a whole bunch of photos without your friends having to scroll through an entire album, because they'll all just play automatically. Nifty or WHAT?

There's no word yet on when Facebook Yellow might become accessible to the public instead of the elite few, but we're hoping it's soon. Mainly because we can't wait until our news feeds are littered with the likes of THESE brilliant GIF-adorned statuses:

'Feeling sad':

'YES it's Friday':

'That bloke from Liberty X just won The Voice':

You win again, Mark Zuckerberg.

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Credit: Cosmopolitan
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