Spotted byThe Next Web , Facebook is prove a new characteristic that would allow people to schedule a time for their posts to be scrubbed from their timeline . This “ Choose Expiration ” feature countenance you choose a aliveness expectancy from 1 time of day up to 7 days , based on exploiter screenshots .
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Facebook has saidthey were test the iOS feature as a “ small pilot burner , ” meaning your iPhone may or may not have not be a lucky guinea fowl pig .
Experimentation with new featuresis commonplace at most , if not all , societal media websites . Although this feature would bring in ephemeralness to Facebook , the company already has its Snapchat challenger withSlingshot , so it cause sense they might require to play with it in the main feed as well . Not to mention that ego - destruct posts let people comment on gossipy things without clutter up your timeline long after the fact .
We ’ll see if Facebook goes in front with its data-based plans , but in the meantime , could you see post expiration date being useful ? [ The Next Web ]
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