Everyone knows Facebook, but not everyone knows Facebook very well. You
could spend your days on the world’s biggest social network liking and
sharing, or you could learn a few tricks that will bring you closer to
being a power user.
These 13 Facebook tricks will help you take charge of your Facebook
activity, as well as earn you some savvy credit-points with other
Facebook users. Use them wisely! If you have Facebook secrets of your
own to share – do tell and leave us a comment!
1. Create & Manage Friends’ Lists
Organize your friends in lists and control who can view what’s on your
profile. Go to Facebook Lists Page and see the default lists prepared
for you. Click on “Create List” to make your own.
2. Schedule Posts
Want to make sure your posts go live even when you’re offline? Use
Facebook’s scheduling tool and set a publishing time for your posts.
Click on the clock icon in the status line field and take it from there.
3. Create a Secret Group
Make your own private space on Facebook and invite only people that you
want! Go to Facebook Groups Page and click “Create Group”, then choose
the “Secret” option.
4. Download Entire Photo Albums
Want to make sure your Facebook photos are safe? Save them to your computer! Use
Pick’n’Zip to log in with your Facebook account and choose the albums you’d like to download.
5. Choose Who Can See You on Facebook’s Online Chat
No need to apologize. We all have some people on our files that we don’t
always feel like talking to. All you have to do is the click the
‘Settings’ icon at the bottom of the chat section, go to “Advanced
Settings” and make your choice.
6. Post Upside-Down Texts
Drive your pals a little nuts with
FlipText,
a fun Facebook trick that automatically turns everything you write
upside down. Just a simple copy/paste and your post is flipping.
7. Language/Geo-Target Fan Page Posts
Did you know you can make your posts visible only to people in your
city? Or only to people in a certain country who speak a certain
language? When you write a post, change the “Public” status according to
your wishes and target your specific group of interest.
8. Edit Your Published Comments
Typos? Misunderstandings? Freudian slips? Thankfully, Facebook lets
users edit their comments quite easily. All you need to do is roll over
the comment, click on the pencil icon and edit away!
9. Have Some Laughs with Pirate English
Normal languages aren’t nearly as fun as pirate talk! You can change the
entire Facebook terminology to pirate English by going to your Account
Settings and changing the language choice. Forget about Likes, they’re
called “Arrr, This be pleasin’ to me eye” now.
10. Discover Messages that Facebook Hides
Not many people know that Facebook messages get split into two folders:
Messages and Other. If you haven’t looked into the Other folder before,
you probably missed some messages you didn’t want to miss.
11. Turning Off Notifications from Apps, Users, Etc.
Have too much spam coming in from an event, a group or a page? You can
shut notifications off by clicking on the notifications icon (the
globe), rolling over the nuisance with your mouse and clicking X to
delete. Faceboook will then ask you if you want to turn off
notifications from that user permanently.
12. Customize Your “Posted Via” Line
Another fun trick you can do to spice up your Facebook posts is to add a customized “Posted Via” line with this
awesome Facebook tool. You can publish your posts from Air Force One, from a banana phone or via Jedi mind control, to name just a few.
13. Delete Your Facebook Account
If the day comes when you decide to leave the blue planet and go out into the real world,
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