Viral Message: Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, invented the word BFF. To make sure your account is safe on Facebook, type BFF in a comment.

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Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, invented the word BFF. To make sure your account is safe on Facebook, type BFF in a comment. If it appears green, your account is protected. If it does not appear in green, change your account is protected. If it does not appear in green, change your password immediately because it may be hacked by someone.

Viral Message Verification:- This false information is in circulation from the last one month and basically it is a rumor with no origin or truth on this message.

On 23 October 2017, Mashable reported about Facebook’s introduction of a new feature involving words in comments that triggered animations. Among them were “congratulations,” “xoxo,” and “BFF” (best friends forever):

As seen in the above video it takes some time before turning the text to green, yet there is no fact or prove to verify that turning green means that your account is secure or compromised by any one or post.

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