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In May 2021, an old and false claim was resurrected about Facebook friends. It claimed that copying and pasting a message with the code OO5251839 would show a Facebook user's posts to old friends. It would also purportedly allow users to see posts from friends that maybe hadn't appeared in their News Feeds for years. The purported Facebook code began with two letters: OO5251839. Some variations may have started with zeroes: 005251839. Posts that soared in popularity in mid-2021 began with: Thanks for the tip to circumvent Facebook ... OO5251839 Works!! However, this OO5251839 message had no impact on the Facebook algorithm. Some Facebook users might have thought that the OO5251839 message worked if they received comments under their posts. However, if this was the case, the explanation is simple. The copy-and-paste message asked friends to say hello. It would not be a huge surprise that some of the poster's friends saw the message and responded hello. It's also likely that the more comments a post received, the better it might rank in the News Feeds of friends. As more hello comments racked up, it's probably going to show to more friends. Copy-and-paste Facebook rumors have been circulating about as long as Facebook has been around. The OO5251839 message was not the first time that Facebook users copied and pasted posts that were said to avoid or protect against unwanted aspects of the Facebook platform. For example, in the past we covered a false claim about copy and paste and don't share messages. We also reported about a dubious warning in regards to Facebook and Instagram purportedly making all posts public. In sum, the OO5251839 Facebook message did not circumvent Facebook's algorithm or change anything about a user's Facebook friends.
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