Facebook’s greeting messages can be a nice little way of getting your day started.
A “Hello! Good morning!” here, a “Happy Father’s Day” there – the social media site has continually found ways to give us gentle perks and reminders to keep track of what day it is, and who we should hastily wish a Happy Birthday.
But unfortunately for Facebook, they’re latest effort fell foul of the greatest villain known to man – the Great British weather.
https://twitter.com/activismisnow/status/744800059015847937
British Facebook users this morning were rankled to see the website greet them with a “First day of summer”… when the country is covered in torrential downpour.
https://twitter.com/LavenJ12/status/744775779171471360
https://twitter.com/FrenchYumMummy/status/744782133193900033
https://twitter.com/Ankaman616/status/744795761934663681
In defense of Facebook, the first day of Summer is worked out from the Summer Solstice – measuring when the Sun is farthest north. That day this year is June 20.
The Sun is really north right now and beaming down… it’s just covered by a thick wall of grey cloud.
With BBC weather predicting more rainfall throughout the week, it’s looking like the start of British Summer will look much like British Spring. And Autumn. And Winter.
For those looking for better climes this season, AccuWeather has bee predicting warmer weather for holiday goers heading to Italy, Greece or the Balkans for the start of July and August.
Good luck everyone, we’re going to pack up our barbecues. Again.
No Facebook. It clearly isn't the first day of summer. #wetfeet pic.twitter.com/TBtbjXOj6H
— Annabel Hunt (@belhunt100) June 20, 2016
"It's the first day of summer, Paul!" says Facebook.
Can't beat those cunning algorithms! pic.twitter.com/os5fRwvgxb— Paul Burston 📚🏴⚡️🏳️🌈 (@PaulBurston) June 20, 2016
