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  • 2021-06-03 (xsd:date)
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  • Facebook Introduces New 'Prayer Request' Posts (en)
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  • On June 3, 2021, a screenshot on Twitter purportedly featured Facebook's introduction of Prayer Request posts. The screenshot provided few details: Another tweet from June 1 also showed the same message in mobile view: The message has appeared as far back as December 2020. In April 2021, it was featured in a tweet from Robert P. Jones, the CEO and founder of the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI): According to Religion News Service (RNS), a Facebook spokesperson said in April that the new prayer posts were being tested within a subset of groups in the United States. RNS reporter Emily McFarlan Miller published that the spokesperson said the idea for prayer posts grew out of the myriad ways users have connected over Facebook while distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. The new prayer request post type will allow group administrators to choose whether to opt-in to the feature. If an administrator activates the feature, group members can post prayer requests. Other members can respond in a variety of ways including by interacting with a Pray button. The story also mentioned the massive number of people who made video calls on religious holidays in 2020. At the time, family and friends were separated during the COVID-19 pandemic. The information was also featured in Facebook's Year in Review: We reached out to Facebook for more information. A spokesperson sent over the following statement: It's unclear when the new feature might become widely available. However, we will update this story should we receive further details. (en)
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