All the Keywords That Activate Facebook’s Text Delight Animations

7 min readJul 31, 2017

It was recently a friend’s birthday. Facebook, being the helpful social network it is, prompted me to “send her good thoughts”.

So I did.

“Hope you had a rad one!” I wrote. I hit Post, and my birthday greeting popped onto her wall. However, this post looked a little different. The word “rad” was in a bright purple… and when I clicked on it, little thumb-up emojis popped up and flew across the screen, leaving colourful trails in their wake. What was going on?

After couple of failed Google searches and some digging with the Developer Tool, it turned out that I had accidentally triggered one of Facebook’s “Text Delight” features. I had seen the “congrats” animation before, but it looks like there are three “secret” animations in total. Here they are, along with the list of keywords that activate them.

Updated Sept. 16 with new keywords for balloon animation
Update Sept. 29: Some users are reporting difficulties seeing the text delight animations. There may be differences based on your country or language settings. The animations appear best on desktop/laptop computers. Mobile users may need to update their app.
Update Dec 7: A new animation has been spotted! Thanks John for the heads up.
Update Dec 22: Another animation has been found! Thanks to Christine and Merri for commenting below.
Update Jan 29: Added the BFF animation to the list. Thanks Tam, Dana, and Janelle for taking the time to comment!
Update Feb 16: Added yet another new animation — thanks to Tary for commenting! Luke and Stacey also report that “good vibes” is activating a new animation as well.
Update Jun 14: Tons of updates, thanks to all for sharing your findings. I’ve added the Flower Bouquet animation and added all the keywords for Flying Star. The new World Cup animations merit a new post, which is linked below.

World Cup Animations

Brand-new animations to celebrate a goal or cheer on your favorite country. View them all here.

Flower Bouquet

A blue arm extends down from above, offering a playful bouquet of flowers.

Activated by:

wonderful time / lovely time
super zábava
en dejlig dag / en dejlig aften
schöne Zeit
viel Spaß
traumhaft
que la hayas pasado genial / que lo hayas pasado genial /que la hayan pasado genial /que lo hayan pasado genial /que la hayas pasado increíble /que lo hayas pasado increíble /que la hayan pasado increíble /que lo hayan pasado increíble
gran momento
rato estupendo
gran experiencia
experiencia maravillosa
oli hieno / oli mukavaa
bien amusé / bien amusés / bien amusée / bien amusées
divertente /divertito / divertita /divertiti /divertite /divertimento
素晴らしい時間 /すばらしい時間 / 素晴らしいひととき / 素晴らしいひと時
멋진 시간
ha det fantastisk / har det fantastisk /hadde det fantastisk /har hatt det fantastisk /får det fantastisk
genoten
cudowne chwile
отлично провел время /отлично провела время /отлично провели время /замечательно провел время /замечательно провела время /замечательно провели время
nádherné chvíle
underbart
harika zaman /harika vakit
嗨爆了 / 精彩時刻 /精彩時光 /美妙時光
wonderlike tyd
kohë e mrekullueshme
অপূর্ব সময়
прекарах си страхотно / прекарахме страхотно /изкарах си страхотно /изкарахме страхотно
bilo je lijepo /bilo lijepo
lijepo proveli
મસ્ત સમય । અદ્ભુત સમય
बेहतरीन समय
ಅದ್ಭುತ ಸಮಯ
puikus laikas
saat yang indah
मस्त वेळ
ਸ਼ਾਨਦਾਰ ਸਮਾਂ
добро провели / добро провести / добар провод
muda mzuri
masaya
அருமையாக / அருமையான நேரம் /அருமையான
అద్భుతమైన సమయం
അസുലഭ നിമിഷം
чудовий час
thời gian tuyệt diệu
وقت رائع
أوقات رائعة
זמן נפלא
بہترین وقت
အံ့ဩစရာအချိန် /အံ့ဩစရာအခ်ိန္
skvělá zábava
en hyggelig dag
en hyggelig aften
Daumen hoch
coole Sache
que la pases genial / que lo pases genial / que la pasen genial / que lo pasen genial / que la pases increíble / que lo pases increíble / que la pasen increíble / que lo pasen increíble
gran experiencia
buen momento
aivan mahtava
aivan ihana
bella serata
bella giornata
bel pomeriggio
bella mattinata
素敵な時間
すてきな時間
ステキな時間
素敵なひととき
ステキなひととき
素敵なひと時
ステキなひと時
좋은 시간
ha det hyggelig / har det hyggelig / hadde det hyggelig / har hatt det hyggelig / får det hyggelig
echt geweldig
bardzo miło
wspaniale
świetnie
отлично провел время / отлично провела время / отлично провели время / замечательно провел время / замечательно провела время / замечательно провели время
krásne chvíle
en trevlig stund
güzel zaman
güzel vakit
很开心 / 美好時光 / 美好時刻 / 美好時光
heerlike tyd
kohë e bukur
সুন্দর সময়
прекарах си чудесно / прекарахме чудесно / изкарах си чудесно / изкарахме чудесно
bilo je divno
bilo divno
divno proveli
uživao sam
uživala sam
uživali smo
ારો સમય । સુંદર સમય । સરસ સમય
बढ़िया समय
ಸುಂದರ ಸಮಯ
malonus laikas
saat yang menyenangkan
छान वेळ
सुंदर वेळ
ਦਿਲਕਸ਼ ਸਮਾਂ
лепо провели / лепо провести
muda wa kupendeza
masaya
இனிமையாக / இனிமையான நேரம்
మనోహరమైన సమయం
ആസ്വാദ്യകരമായ നിമിഷം
милий час
thời gian tuyệt vời / thời gian thú vị / thời gian đẹp
وقت سعيد
أوقات سعيدة
זמן נהדר
خوشگوار وقت
ချစ်စရာ့အချိန် / ခ်စ္စရာ့အခ်ိန္

Flying Star

Colorful shapes swirl together to form a star, before flying off the screen.

Activated by:

you’re the best
you’re the bestest
jsi nejlepší / jste nejlepší / jsi jednička / jste jednička
du er den bedste / du er bare den bedste
du bist der Beste / du bist die Beste / ihr seid die Besten
olet paras
t’es le meilleur /t’es la meilleure / tu es le meilleur / tu es la meilleure
te vagy a legjobb
sei il migliore / sei la migliore / sei il numero uno / sei la numero uno
あなたが一番！ / あんたが一番！ / 君が一番！ / あなたは最高！ / あんたは最高！君は最高！
네가 최고야
du er den beste / du er best / je bent de beste
jesteś wspaniały / jesteś wspaniała
bosko / o to chodziło
você é incrível / és o maior / és a maior / são os maiores / são as maiores
eşti cel mai bun / eşti cea mai bună
ты лучший / ты лучшая / вы лучшие
si najlepší / si najlepšia / ste najlepší / si jednotka / ste jednotka
du är bäst
süpersin / süpersiniz
harikasın / harikasınız
你真棒 / 你最棒啦 / 有你真好 / 你最好了 / 你好叻 / 你好勁 / 有你真好 / 你最棒了 / 你最好了
jy’s die beste / jy is die beste / je më i miri/ je më e mira
আপনি সবার সেরা / তুই সবার সেরা / তুমি সবার সেরা
Ти си върхът
najbolji si / najbolja si
είσαι μοναδικός / είσαι μοναδική / είσαι ο καλύτερος / είσαι η καλύτερη / είσαι αστέρι
તમે બહુ સારા છો । તમે શ્રેષ્ઠ છો / तुम कमाल हो / तुम शानदार हो
hebat / mantap / terbaik
ನೀನು ಅತ್ಯುತ್ತಮ
tu geriausias / tu geriausia / tu geriausias
तुम्ही सर्वोत्तम आहात / तू खूप छान आहेस / ਤੁਸੀਂ ਸਰਵੋਤਮ ਹੋ
најбољи си / најбоља си
wewe ni bora zaidi
the best ka
உன்னை அடிச்சிக்கவே முடியாது / உன்னை மிஞ்ச முடியாது/ உனக்கு நிகர் யாருமில்லை / உனக்கு நிகர் நீயேதான் / உன்னைத் தாண்ட ஆளில்லை
నువ్వు గొప్ప మేధావివి
ഏറ്റവും നല്ല സുഹൃത്ത് നീയാണ്
ти супер
آپ بہترین ہیں
أنت الأفضل / أنت الأحسن / لا مثيل لك / أنت أحسن ما في الدنيا
אין עליך
သင်ဟာ အကောင်းဆုံးပါပဲ / သင္ဟာ အေကာင္းဆုံးပါပဲ