A Facebook hackathon project has led to a new events page which allows users to view events in the format of a calendar.
The social calendar was created to make it easier to organize and follow events.
Users can see events on their calendars up to several months before the date.
"Today we announce a new list and calendar view that makes it easier to scan upcoming birthdays, invites and suggested events," says Facebook engineer Bob Baldwin. "Scroll through these events and respond to invites without leaving the page. Suggested events are recommended to you based on your friends, Pages you like, places you’ve checked in at and the apps you use on Facebook.
The events calendar comes with a new list and day view. Photos, videos and posts related to events are also added to a user’s calendar.
The events calendar updates to the current date instead of showing the traditional 31 day standard.
Baldwin says before the hackaton, a group on Facebook was created to discuss how to make events more visual.
"Before a recent hackathon, a few of us created a Facebook group called "Social Calendar Dreamers" to spark discussion around making Events more visual," said Baldwin. "At the next hackathon, engineers from the events, photos, messages and other teams hacked through the night to build a better way to view events. By 6 a.m., we had a prototype that worked."
To go to the calendar view for events, click on Calendar in the top left of your Events dashboard.
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