No, Facebook Didn't Just Introduce a Weight Loss 'Life Event'

Your Facebook 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.

But despite reports circulating Tuesday 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...