Brits are reacting furiously to Facebook’s excitable ‘first day of summer’ message… and it’s not hard to figure out why
The social media site encouraged users to welcome the 'sun', adding 'it's been a while'
TODAY is the summer solstice which marks the first official day of the sunny season.
So Facebook decided it would send out excitable, personalised messages to its users, encouraging them to welcome the sunshine, joking 'it's been a while'.
Trouble is, it's been chucking it down all morning - and Brits are furious with the social networking site's blatant insensitivity.
In response, people flooded social media with pictures of umbrellas and puddles, demanding to know if Facebook is taking the mick.
Posting a snap from his commute to work in the capital, David McClelland wrote: "Facebook tells me it's the first day of summer. Facebook lies. Facebook clearly doesn't live in #London".
Rosie Payne tweeted: "When Facebook tells you it's the first day of summer and you look out the window and just laugh", followed by an umbrella emoji.
Others shared gifs to illustrate how unimpressed they were at the social networking site's blunder.
Unimpressed Annabel Hunt tweeted a picture of a watery bus window with the message: "No Facebook, it clearly isn't the first day of summer #wetfeet".
Meanwhile Ahmed wasn't happy at Facebook having a laugh at his expense.
He tweeted a picture of the sunny message, asking: "Sun where?"
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Earlier this year Facebook users were left baffled after the site sent out a 'Happy St George's Day' greeting on the wrong date.
The message, written beneath a huge knight’s helmet sandwiched between two red roses, read: "Let the spirit of England fill you with pride today and every day."
Several were flummoxed by the admin error, while others pointed out it was strange they received the message in the first place given they weren't English.
For the record, St George's Day is celebrated on April 23, not the 22nd.
