Facebook has become a staple in everyone’s life. If you stood at the end of a street and asked every other person who passed you by if they had a Facebook account, chances are that most of them would say yes. And this would not be surprising at all because according to official statistic Facebook has over 2 billion users! This means that a significant population of the entire world is on the website! This makes Facebook one of the most popular social media networks to exist! However, it should be noted that Facebook was not always this big or this successful.
In fact Facebook has incredibly humble beginnings; it was started in a college dormitory by a few students. Granted the students were at Harvard university; it was still a feat to make such an incredible website sitting inside of their university dorm room. The initial website was called ‘The Facebook’ and was only accessible to students at Harvard. However, soon after it was seen that the website was becoming popular at other university campuses across America and soon word spread like wildfire and the website went beyond just the reach of university students and slowly rose to become the phenomenon it is today.
In 13 years, after the initial launch of Facebook in 2004, the website has become one of the most popular websites in the world and hands down the post popular social media network on the face of the planet. Facebook has only become more and more successful as time has passed. Other social media websites such as Bebo, MySpace and Orkut slowly became outdated and it was expected that the same fate would await Facebook but somehow the website persevered.
In all honesty, this is not surprising or a fluke; the reason for Facebook’s success is because the people behind Facebook have worked hard and have achieved the heights of success they have today because of their constant drive to make Facebook better for its users. Over time if one looks at how Facebook was back in 2004 to what it is today; there are major differences to be seen. It is not surprising that Facebook is so successful. Initially you could just update your profile with a little information about you, upload pictures and write on other peoples’ walls. Now Facebook has given people the capability to do much more. From being able to advertise your business, to live stream events to setting reminders for events; you can do so much more on Facebook. More than anyone would have ever imagined possible.
With the incredibly popularity of Facebook as a social media network, people started wondering if the service would always remain free since there were rumors that Facebook would start charging for it. But founder Mark Zuckerberg dispelled all rumors of a rumor which made anyone believe that they would have to pay a fee to use Facebook or any of its other services. The reason behind this was that people did not know how Facebook stayed afloat. How does this company afford to stay afloat and even profitable if they are providing all their services to users for free?
This question is very easily answered and chances are you already know the answer. This is because Facebook uses advertising and charges for advertisements and sponsored posts. This helps them make money and even a profit. Other than that, Facebook is now a company which trades on the stock market. In 2017 alone, they sold over 40 million dollars worth of stocks within a few hours of the stock becoming available!
This was no mean feat and was considered very successful. Everyone knew for a fact that as soon as Facebook’s stock hit the market it would cause havoc since everyone would try to get some of them. It would be incredibly surprising if this was not the case and everyone expected the stock to be sold out as soon as it hit the market.
Facebook’s success has been monumental. Other than Facebook they now own a lot of other applications and tech companies but the most popular takeovers they did were with Instagram and WhatsApp. Everyone worried this would ruin these companies and Facebook would make too many changes however this was not the case and the services provided by all of these companies remains more or less the same.
With the immense popularity of Facebook the company realizes the responsibility they have on their shoulders and hence are constantly innovating to make sure they introduce new features which their users will enjoy. It is very important that they do not let their users get bored and hence need to introduce new features to keep user interest.
One of the most interesting features Facebook has introduced as of late is the option to set reminders on Facebook. This feature has gained immense popularity amongst users because of how easy it is to use and how simple it is to navigate through it.
Instead of having to set separate reminders in your calendar app by opening the application and manually adding them you can set reminders on Facebook and easily have them added. In fact Facebook is so helpful that when you make plans on messenger it helps you set reminders on Facebook. Keep reading to find out just how you can set reminders on Facebook.
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Set Reminders on Facebook Messenger
When you have a meeting with someone or have to meet a friend for lunch during the work week but you know your forgetful nature especially during times in your life when you are incredibly busy. So it is best to set a reminder right when you make the plan. Sometimes the time between making a plan on text and setting a reminder on your calendar application you forget the plan and never add it to your calendar. Hence when you set reminders on Facebook messenger it is very easy. Open messenger and click on the person’s name for whom you have a plan with (for iPhone) if you have an Android phone them click on the ‘I’ next to their name in the chat head. Once you do this you will have the option to set an event reminder, choose that and select the day and time when you have the plan. Once you have done this you can even edit and modify the ‘name event reminder’ to give the event another name if you choose to do so.
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Automatically Set Reminders Facebook Messenger
If you do not want to manually set reminders by clicking on the person’s name in the chat or just want to make everything even more easier there is another amazing way to easily set reminders on Facebook through messenger. When you are talking to the person you are making a plan with, write down the day and time of the plan such as ‘Friday at 2PM’ and Facebook messenger will automatically underline the day and time; once you click on the day and time they will ask you if you want to set a reminder on for the plan and you can choose to do so. This is such an incredibly convenient way and is a blessing since this helps you set reminders on Facebook with such ease and you do not even have to exit the application or make an extra effort. All you need to do is click and confirm the reminder.
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Event Reminders on Facebook
When you see an event that you like on Facebook you can choose going and when the day of the event comes Facebook will ensure you get a reminder for the event. If the event is important or Facebook deems it as important they might even send you a reminder before the event that the event is tomorrow so that you do not miss it. For this you do not even need to set reminders on Facebook since it will automatically give you a reminder for the event if you have expressed that you are interested in the event.
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Delete or Edit the Set Reminders on Facebook
Once you have set reminders on Facebook does not mean they cannot be edited and will stay there indefinitely. You can easily go to your event tabs and edit the reminders if you want any. Or go to the chat with the person and make an edit to the event reminder you have with them. Deleting these reminders is even easier. In fact it might be a better idea to delete the reminder and set a fresh new one instead of editing it. Go to the chat where you have set reminders on Facebook and then choose the chat settings option, locate the reminder and then choose to option which allows you to delete the reminder.
That is it! We hope this answers all of the questions you might have had about how to set reminders on Facebook and how to subsequently delete them.