Get Ready To See A Lot More ‘Cause’ Profile Pics

TechCrunch spotted the newly introduced option, which is available now to a select group of testers, and says it could roll out to more people in future.

The feature is now in testing though Facebook is reportedly looking at rolling out temporary profile pictures to all of its one billion-plus users across the globe in the next few months.

While it could prevent stale memes from squatting in people’s profile pics, the feature could also encourage pics that don’t show people’s faces, making them harder to identify at a glance.

You know how half your friends made their profile pics rainbow in support of gay marriage – 26 million Facebook users did, anyway – and at least half of those still haven’t changed them back since June?

In conversation with TechCrunch, Facebook stated, “

We often see people use their profile pictures to support a cause, root for a team, and commemorate milestones like birthdays and anniversaries.

“. The idea is that by setting a temporary picture, you can express how you’re feeling at the moment and then have it revert back to normal when appropriate.

And began new feature known as Temporary Profile Picture emerge for some users, it said about the new Facebook feature that the site noted that users are changing the image of solidarity with a particular campaign or to celebrate some personal events Birthday. As soon as one reaches the expiration date, the profile picture reverts back to the old one without publishing a News Feed story announcing the change.

But the feature also has the potential to make Facebook tougher to use. It’s this phenomenon, and the green tinge of the Arab Spring, that is inspiring Facebook to make this more of a regular occurrence.