Facebook’s 2017 Year In Review

Today we are announcing our 2017 Year in Review highlighting the top ways people came together on Facebook to support one another.

First, people came together to react and talk about important moments and events that happened around the world. The top three moments that people discussed globally in 2017 were:

• International Women’s Day: This was the No. 1 most talked about moment in 2017, doubling from last year, with people around the world talking, sharing and posting in celebration of women and related issues.
• Super Bowl 51: Fans around the world turned to News Feed to cheer for their favorite teams, celebrate with Lady Gaga and debate the top TV ads, with more than 262 million views of Super Bowl-related videos on the platform.
• Las Vegas Violence: This tragic incident drove conversation around the world, which in turn motivated more than 3,300 people to offer help to their community through our Crisis Response tools on Facebook.

Second, people came together to support one another in times of crisis. 2017 was a difficult year with natural disasters and violence around the world, but it was inspiring to see people help each other when they needed it most. The top three moments where we saw people come to each other’s aid were:

• Earthquake in Mexico: The response to this crisis in late September drove the highest number of total interactions within Crisis Response on Facebook of the year, with millions of people marking themselves safe, offering help to their community or donating to the cause.
• Hurricane Harvey: In late August, the community rallied to help those in need by raising more than $20 million in the biggest fundraising effort for a single crisis in 2017 on Facebook.
• One Love Manchester: The most viewed video and live broadcast on Facebook in 2017, this benefit concert generated over 80 million views and raised more than $450,000 for those affected by the Manchester terror attack.

Finally, people used Facebook to get together in person. The top two ways people connected through these offline moments by creating Events on Facebook were:

• Total Solar Eclipse: This celestial moment in August brought the world together through more than 20,000 Facebook Events in more than 80 countries.
• Women’s March on DC: On January 21, The Women’s March on DC brought over 500,000 people together through the largest Facebook event for a single cause in 2017.

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Your Year In Review

We also want to create a Year In Review for you. Starting Wednesday, you may see a personalized video in your News Feed. This video includes moments from this past year that you’ve shared or been tagged in, and compiles them in a short video that can be edited and shared. You can access your video by visiting 

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Methodology

The top moments of this year’s Year In Review were determined by gathering a list of the top keywords by volume mentioned in a single day on Facebook between January 1st and November 1st, 2017. To identify which topics were unique to 2017, we compared these keywords to the previous year’s maximum single-day volume. This means that keywords like Mother’s Day and Halloween, which typically represent the top moments every year, do not repeatedly appear at the top of the list.

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New Year's Eve celebration in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
New Year is the time at which a new calendar year begins and the calendar's year count increments by one. Many cultures celebrate the event in some manner.[1] The New Year of the Gregorian calendar, today mostly in use, falls on 1 January (New Year's Day), as was the case both in the old Roman calendar (at least after about 713 BCE) and in the Julian calendar that succeeded it.



 The order of months was January to December in the Old Roman calendar during the reign of King Numa Pompilius in about 700 BCE, according to Plutarch and Macrobius, and has been in continuous use since that time. Many countries, such as the Czech Republic, Italy, Spain, the UK, and the United States, mark 1 January as a national holiday.

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New Year 

During the Middle Ages in western Europe, while the Julian calendar was still in use, authorities moved New Year's Day variously, depending upon locale, to one of several other days, among them: 1 March, 25 March, Easter, 1 September, and 25 December. These New Year's Day changes generally reverted to using January 1 before or during the various local adoptions of the Gregorian calendar, beginning in 1582. The change from March 25 – Lady Day, one of the four quarter days – to January 1 took place in Scotland in 1600, before the ascension of James VI of Scotland to the throne of England in 1603 and well before the formation of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. In England and Wales (and in all British dominions, including Britain's American colonies), 1751 began on March 25 and lasted 282 days, and 1752 began on January 1.[2] For more information about the changeover from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar and the effect on the dating of historical events etc., see Old Style and New Style dates.

A great many other calendars have seen use historically in different parts of the world; some such calendars count years numerically, while others do not. The expansion of Western culture during recent centuries has seen such widespread official adoption of the Gregorian calendar that its recognition and that of January 1 as the New Year has become virtually global. (Note for example the New Year celebrations held in Dubai to mark the start of 2014, which broke the world record for the most fireworks set off in a single display,[3] lasting for six minutes and including the use of over 500,000 fireworks.)

Nevertheless, regional or local use of other calendars persists, along with the cultural and religious practices that accompany them. Many places (such as Israel, China, and India) also celebrate New Year at the times determined by these other calendars. In Latin America the observation of traditions belonging to various native cultures continues according to their own calendars, despite the domination of recently arrived cultures. The most common dates of modern New Year's celebrations are listed below, ordered and grouped by their alignment relative to the Gregorian calendar.

What is Singles’ Day?

Chinese Singles' Day or Guanggun Jie (Chinese: 光棍节; pinyin: Guānggùn Jié; Wade–Giles: Kuang-kun chieh; literally: "bare sticks holiday") is an entertaining festival widespread among young Chinese people,^[1] to celebrate the fact that they are proud of being single.

 The date, November 11th (11/11), is chosen because the number "1" resembles an individual that is alone. This festival has become the largest online shopping day in the world,

 with sales in Alibaba's sites Tmalland Taobao at US$5.8 billion in 2013, US$9.3 billion in 2014, US$14.3 billion in 2015 and over US$17.8 billion in 2016.

Chinese Singles' Day or Bachelors' Day, which originated from Nanjing University in 1993, was initially celebrated at various universities in Nanjing during the 1990s.^[6] It got the name "Singles' Day" because the date consists of four "one"s. Upon graduating, these college students carried the university tradition into society. Singles' Day has been largely popularized in the internet era and is now observed by youth in several regions outside China as well.

Singles' Day serves as an occasion for single people to party with single friends. The holiday was initially only celebrated by young men, hence the name, "Bachelors' Day", but is now widely celebrated by both sexes.^[7] 'Blind date' parties are also popular during this day in an attempt to bid goodbye to their single lives. Some schools of a university put forward a special program to gather singles together for celebration. Singles may take on a bemoaning or self-deprecating attitude for remaining single as a university student, but this has helped curb that negativity.^{[citation needed]}

2011 marked the "Singles Day of the Century" (Shiji Guanggun Jie), this date having six "ones" rather than four—an excuse to take celebrations to a higher level.^[8] Shopping promotions were highlighted throughout China and activities were widespread. Although this date is meant to celebrate singlehood, the desire to find a spouse or mate is often expressed by young Chinese on this date, while other love-related issues are discussed by the Chinese media.

Guess #1: Nanjing University's dorm culture. This is the most acceptable guessing for the origin of Single's Day. In 1993 at a dorm called "Mingcaowuzhu (All single men)" at Nanjing University, the four students talked about how to find a girlfriend every night before sleeping for a long time. During their little talks, they came up with the idea of organizing some activities on the upcoming November 11. Since then, those activities organized on November 11 were widely spread to many universities in Nanjing even in many other cities. With these students graduating from universities, this university culture was brought to the whole society, and because of the large amount of single people and social media's strong power, this day has become more and more popular in the Chinese society.

Guess #2: A love story. A young man whose name was Mu Guang Kun, was born on November 11, 1970. Because of his special name in Chinese, he had been called "Guang Gun" since primary school. During his second year at Nanjing University, he began a romantic relationship with a girl. However, the girl was diagnosed with cancer and died later. The young man went to the top floor, fluting with some candles on the night of the girl's death. He seemed to become another person after that night. On his birthday during his senior year, his roommates also went to the top floor with him again to keep him company. Afterwards, this sad story became well known in Nanjing University and his birthday was then set up to be "Guang Gun Festival".

Last year, Alibaba set an all-time record for sales made on one day, Singles’ Day.

On November 11, 2016, Alibaba raked in a whopping $18B in sales.

Let’s repeat that: $18 billion dollars in one day.

Though the meaning behind the holiday itself may seem like a joke, it is obvious that people take shopping on this day very seriously.

And what people buy on Singles’ Day may surprise you.

“We might buy clothes, lingerie, TVs, skincare — things we’ve been coveting and don’t totally need — on Black Friday,” says Cox. “The Chinese buy discounted noodles, dry goods, household items, what I might consider very BORING . . . but all my friends were SO into it.”

As Cox puts it “Singles’ Day, similar to Black Friday, invokes a true scarcity mindset in consumers . . in a country as big as China that’s gone through as many rapid developments as quickly as it has, it’s the perfect storm.”

Just when you thought Americans take shopping seriously, it’s clear that U.S. citizens have nothing on the Chinese. “In China, shopping is a sport. Really, it’s entertainment. It’s fun. It’s something you do with your friends several times a week. Singles’ Day is no exception,” explains Cox.

Immediate delivery

Shopping on Singles’ Day means that you reap the benefits of China’s monstrosity of a shipping industry.

According to Cox, shipping in China is 2-3 times as fast as in the United States. Even though China is just as big as the United States, packages in China are packaged and shipped all hours of the night.

On Singles’ Day, “the delivery of items starts AS SOON AS they are ordered,” exclaims Cox. “It’s possible to get something the same day.”

Speaking of immediate delivery . . .

If you’re single, why not take advantage of this day to spoil yourself?

Whether you are in China or not, it only seems fair that November 11 worldwide should be a guilt-free day for singles to treat themselves, and celebrate navigating the complexities of life without help from a significant other.

With the piles of new goods that you’re bound to have post-Singles’ Day, clearing out some space in your home is a must.

You may not want to permanently go “out with the old, in with the new,” but rather put the old items away for a bit.

Thanks to Closetbox, that’s incredibly easy. And like delivery in China, Closetbox is just as efficient (if not even more), and hassle-free for you.

Closetbox’s valet storage services make it so that you don’t need anyone else around to help you move your boxes into storage.

Simply pack your boxes up, give Closetbox a call, and your items will be swept away into a highly-secure storage unit that is monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

When you’re ready to bring some of those old items back into your life, Closetbox is there to take them out of storage, and safely deliver them to your doorstep.

You certainly don’t need a significant other in your life to do that!

How to create Facebook Halloween Day Video

If you’re looking for fun and hair-raising ways to get into the Halloween spirit this year, look no further than Facebook Halloween Day Video

Halloween is a top holiday that brings people together, with people celebrating by sharing photos and attending events on Facebook, sending photos to friends on Messenger, and talking about their costumes in Facebook posts. Today, we’re announcing dozens of Halloween-themed experiences on Facebook

create Facebook Halloween Day Video

1- Enter the following link  ➡ https://goo.gl/w7Ejno 

2 -CHOOSE A TEMPLATE : On the homepage there are several popular templates which vary depending on the season. You may pick one of them or start browsing categories.

 There are two types of templates: picture and videos. Choose one that suits your goal. Free templates are marked with the Free band.

Each template has a detailed description and may be previewed. To choose a theme, just click Personalize it Now on the template preview.

Some templates require to specify how many people you want to feature.

3- PREPARE A HEAD

Find a successful photo of you, your friend, or any other person who you would like to feature your funny dance video and upload it. You may also use Facebook photos for this purpose or take an iPhone selfie. The tool automatically recognizes a head and crops the photo. All you need is to zoom and rotate it, fine-tune contours, and position the mouth, so that your video character could speak. All your heads will be saved in your account for further usage

4- PUT FACE ON THE VIDEO : When you saved a face, just drag-‘n-drop it onto the video character. If you chose a template that requires several characters, make sure you uploaded all needed faces. Click Done

Then you’ll be directed to the preview of your clip. Here you’ll be able to add a title for it. On this stage you can easily record the video.

5- ADD A MESSAGE (OPTIONAL) : If you’re going to send the resulted video as an ecard, consider adding a greeting for your friend. Click Skip or Done to finish.

6- SEND THE VIDEO : If you picked a free template, you may send the video for free via email or Facebook.

BEST FREE JIBJAB TEMPLATES

Now let’s view the most popular JibJab templates for various occasions.

FREE BIRTHDAY TEMPLATES

Here are quick filters which will help you find a funny birthday ecard or video depending on the recipient gender or character.

In Bithdays category there are 332 templates and only one called Singing Cake is free. Unfortunately, you can add a custom photo onto it.

Among Premium ones, draw attention to Tequila Birthday (4 people), Roller Disco Female (1 person), and I Feel Good (1 person).

CONGRATULATION TEMPLATES

There is only one free template – Hall of Presidents, where adding your custom heads is not available.

1. CHOOSE A TEMPLATE

Celebrate Halloween with Spook-tacular Features from Facebook and Messenger

If you’re looking for fun and hair-raising ways to get into the Halloween spirit this year, look no further than Facebook and Messenger.

 Halloween is a top holiday that brings people together, with people celebrating by sharing photos and attending events on Facebook, sending photos to friends on Messenger, and talking about their costumes in Facebook posts. Today, we’re announcing dozens of Halloween-themed experiences on Facebook and Messenger:

• New Effects in Camera, Live and Messenger: People can try out dozens of Halloween-themed masks, frames and stickers.
• Try Out a New Interactive Game: In Camera, people can turn themselves into a trick-or-treater who jumps their way out of a spooky haunted house.
• Get Creative with Halloween-Themed Posts: When posting in News Feed, people can try out different backgrounds for their text posts.

On Facebook, get into the Halloween fun

Celebrate in Costume: On Halloween, you might see a message from Facebook in your News Feed wishing you a Happy Halloween and inviting you to get into the holiday spirit. By swiping right into Camera, you will find more than twelve different spooky masks and frames, as well as a handy way to snap a photo of your Halloween look.Broadcast Your Halloween Live: Facebook Live is also introducing Halloween effects that can be used in your Live videos. Try a scary mask, or tell a story using an effect. Go live with a friend and have fun bringing people into your Halloween moments.

Escape From a Virtual Haunted House: For even more fun, try our interactive Halloween-themed game located within Camera. You’ll turn into a trick-or-treater who jumps their way out of a spooky haunted house by hopping up the walls to escape. Turning your head from side to side changes the direction in which you jump to climb higher and avoid traps. Share your highest score with a photo and challenge your friends to beat your record.

Dress Up Your Posts: To give you even more ways to express yourself on this holiday, we’re adding Halloween-themed backgrounds to the colored background options on text posts, which you can find when posting on Facebook.

Trick or Treat at a Neighborhood Event: With more than 500,000 Halloween events around the world planned this year, we’re making it even easier for people to find events near them by sending prompts that feature Halloween events that may interest them.

On Messenger, there are even more ways to connect with your friends

Find Your Disguise in Camera: No need to pick up a last-minute costume when you can try on a number of Halloween masks and frames in the Messenger Camera. The Camera is always one tap or swipe away, whether you’re already in a conversation or you’ve just opened the app.

Give Your Friends a Fright on Video Chat: All of the same masks and effects in the camera are also available in Messenger video chat! Start or open a one-on-one or group conversation and tap the video icon in the top right corner. Then tap the star to chat with your friends as a green goblin or black cat.

We hope everyone enjoys the tricks and the treats this Halloween!

Facebook celebrates On the International Day of the Girl

International Day of the Girl Child 

International Day of the Girl Child (Day of the Girl) is celebrated annually on October 11 to highlight issues concerning the gender inequality facing young girls. This year’s theme is “The Power of the Adolescent Girl

The International Day of the Girl was set up by the United Nations in 2011 and focuses on the girl as a child to celebrate the potential of girls across the world in the face of threats, discrimination, and the issues of their well-being. 

The day of October 11 is used by the United Nations to rally people behind the cause of empowering girls worldwide so that they can have better educations, 

better survival rates, better protection from child marriage and sexual assault and better health services.

To make the framework for the celebration of the World Day of the Girl through the link below

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 celebrates International Day 

With 1.1 billion girls in the world, the UN strives to help those girls that face disadvantage and discrimination on a daily basis and wants to highlight the struggle facing those living through crises. 

This year the theme of the International Day of the Girl is ‘EmPOWER girls: Before, during and after conflict’ in humanitarian emergencies gender-based violence increases which means girls are more likely to be subjected to sexual and physical violence, child marriage, exploitation and trafficking.

 Girls in conflict zones are 90% more likely to be out of school, compared to girls in conflict-free countries, which compromises their future and potential.

 The day isn’t just about raising awareness it is also about collecting data about girls who have slipped through the cracks, so we can have a better idea about how they live and what they need.