Arabic note at the bottom of Facebook notifications
December 7, 2014 9:48 PM Subscribe
I received this note in Arabic at the bottom of my Facebook notifications. I didn't think anything of it because a lot of my Facebook friends post Arabic quotes that have a similar look, and I just thought it was a glitch between my newsfeed and notification page. About 8 hours later, another friend sent me a screen capture (the linked photo) of the same thing, asking me if I could translate it for her. I did, but does anybody know where it's from, or how the message got on Facebook? I haven't found any source or similar quotes in google searches.
My translation: "When death approaches, we don't think about those who abandoned us daily but rather we will think more of those whom we abandoned. So we will desire their forgiveness more than thinking of revenge upon those who hurt us"
My translation: "When death approaches, we don't think about those who abandoned us daily but rather we will think more of those whom we abandoned. So we will desire their forgiveness more than thinking of revenge upon those who hurt us"
Best answer: Upon a bit more research, it seems to appear if you click the notifications icon while the page is still loading. I can get it to appear 100% if I do that. I'm on a mac using a slightly outdated version of Chrome. Seems like an... odd bug.
posted by pazazygeek at 1:26 PM on December 8, 2014
posted by pazazygeek at 1:26 PM on December 8, 2014
Response by poster: Very interesting. I live in Portland, and it looks like both you and my other friend who got the message live in Seattle (her name also happens to be Elena... hmm...). Wonder if it was just our cities. I posted about it on my Facebook page, but no one else seems to have seen it.
posted by Corduroy at 6:40 PM on December 8, 2014
posted by Corduroy at 6:40 PM on December 8, 2014
So strange! I saw that there was a thread about it on Reddit. It only happened on Chrome, not on Safari or Firefox, and my boyfriend couldn't make it happen on his PC. I also saw that there was a thread about it on reddit after googling, I have to admit that I am also INCREDIBLY curious about what's going on with it.
posted by pazazygeek at 8:18 PM on December 8, 2014
posted by pazazygeek at 8:18 PM on December 8, 2014
Response by poster: The reddit thread in question.
posted by Corduroy at 12:19 PM on December 9, 2014
posted by Corduroy at 12:19 PM on December 9, 2014
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posted by pazazygeek at 1:12 PM on December 8, 2014