‘On this day’-Facebook’s new reminiscent app

Let's be honest, when something positive happens, we are likely to post something about it on Facebook. Years go by, grey hairs pop through, and sometimes a reminisce is exactly what we need to boost your day's positivity.

'On This Day' is a feature that Facebook officially launched that highlights Facebook activity on the exact same month and day of years past, reports the tech daily Techsmash.

There are a few different ways you can get to Facebook's new feature. You can either search for it, click on the bookmark for it, find it in your Newsfeed, or just visit Facebook.com/onthisday. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like it is available to everyone just yet. 

The feature only highlights your social activity from days past and is only shared with your friends if you choose to share it. However, the first thing that you will notice is that by commenting or liking older posts, pictures,  or instances of being tagged; all friends involved in that post will be alerted of your activity. It's an interesting way to re-live/re-engage old conversations. 

Facebook has apparently been testing this feature for a number of years. Additionally, another news platform, Mashable confirms that Facebook has developed the algorithm to remove unpleasant experiences from being highlighted. The company is no doubt taking precautions after their 'Year End Review' feature made headlines by reminding a man of the death of his daughter. It's comforting to know that Facebook isn't going to remind you of that time you ate a ghost pepper and were rushed to the emergency room for a painful extraction.

'On This Day' is a welcome feature that hasn't been officially released. However, in the Notifications option of the iPhone app, there is a section called "On This Day in the Past." Try using this features and rekindle some old memories!