However, most people are not aware of a number of interesting, but mostly useless,
tricks and hacks, which you can perform on
Facebook today.
Modifying Anchor Text of a Target Page’s / Profile’s URL
By default,
Facebook allows us to tag profiles &
pages using the “@” symbol on our status updates.
But with this hack, you can modify the anchor text that is used to link to your profile or
page. If you notice, this status update contains text links “THIS
PAGE”, “TODAY I LEARNED” & “facts”,
How to do it:
2) Once you have the numeric ID, copy this code to create the link in your updates.
@@[0:[YOUR
PAGEID:1:YOUR PREFERRED ANCHOR TEXT]]
Note: The code has to be in the status update TWICE, otherwise, linking won’t work.
Hence, in the above post, the exact
post should be entered as:
“When was the last time you visited @@[0:[342422379172885:1:this
page?]]
“
LIKE” @[342422379172885:0] for awesome @@[0:[342422379172885:1:facts]]!”
The Trick:
As part of
Facebook’s security checks, you are required to completely fill out your account details to successfully create an account. By default,
Facebook requires every user to enter their full name prior to saving their profile settings.
With this trick, you will be able to bypass
Facebook’s restrictions and drop your last name.
How to Do it:
1) Open Mozilla Firefox (Firefox is required for this hack to work)
2) Go to Options -> Advanced -> Network -> Settings -> Connection Settings -> Manual Proxy Configuration
3) In the HTTP Proxy Field, enter
103.10.62.30, port 8080, or use any Indonesian Proxy.
4) On your
facebook profile, go to Account settings — > Change Language to BAHASA INDONESIA
5) Remove your middle name & last name.
Adding Animated Custom Tabs
Facebook doesn’t allow users to upload animated GIFs anywhere on the site, so if you wanted to have an animated GIF somewhere, you’re out of luck, unless…
There is a trick that allows anyone, who has the following resources, to bypass this limitation in uploading animated GIFs for custom tabs.
How to Do it:
1) You must have Adobe Photoshop C5 & Quicktime Player.
2) Select the animate GIF you want to upload.
3) Open Adobe Photoshop CS5 and go to File > Import > Video frames to layers. In the File Name box, just enter *.* as your filename and choose your GIF image.
4) Resize your GIF to 111 x 74 pixels to fit the custom tab image .
5) Save your file in a PSD format. Check the save option, ‘LAYERS’
Creating Your Own Emoticon on Facebook Chat
The Trick:
While this is not actually new, many people have no idea about this feature. Since 2011,
Facebook has allowed users to chat with their friends using custom emoticons, and now you can too. Just by getting a
page’s or a profile’s
ID or username,
Facebook will let you use their profile pictures as your chat emoticon in thumbnails…
*note this only works in the Facebook Chat and not in updates.
How to Do it:
1) Go to any profile, official
Page, or event that you want to use as an emoticon.
3) Place that username or number in double brackets
like [[Mcdonalds]]
4) Enter that into a
Facebook Chat or Message field.
Rage Faces IDs:
Here is a collection of a few rage faces courtesy of
Reddit.
Using Profile IDs
Troll face: [[171108522930776]]
Are you f****** kidding me : [[143220739082110]]
Not bad Obama: [[169919399735055]]
Me G usta: [[211782832186415]]
Mother of God: [[142670085793927]]
Cereal Guy: [[170815706323196]]
LOL Face: [[168456309878025]]
NO Guy: [[167359756658519]]
Yao Ming: [[218595638164996]]
Derp: [[224812970902314]]
Derpina: [[192644604154319]]
Forever Alone: [[177903015598419]]
F yeah: [[105387672833401]]
Challenge accepted: [[100002727365206]]
Okay face: [[100002752520227]]
Poker face: [[129627277060203]]
Okay face: [[224812970902314]]
Socially awkward penguin: [[98438140742]]
No: [[167359756658519]]
MOG: [[142670085793927]]
Like a sir: [[168040846586189]]
Using Usernames / Vanity URL
Not Bad: [[NotBaad]]
Rage face: [[FUUUOFFICIAL]]
Making Your Profile Photo Un-clickable
The Trick:
Not everyone really wants to have their header image clickable, but yet that’s the way
Facebook header images work, or do they? Well, if you’re curious, you should give this one a try:
How to Do it:
1) Go to your Albums – > Profile Pictures
2) Select your current profile picture.
3) Adjust privacy setting to “Only Me”
Selecting / Inviting All Friends
The Trick:
Selecting & inviting all of your friends in an event can be a tedious task, especially if you have more than 1,000 friends to send invitations to.
Luckily, this trick that allows users to select/invite all of their friends in an event or an app – with just one click.
How to Do it:
2) Select “All Friends” instead of “Recent Interaction” so that you can invite all friends to your
page. Scroll down till all of your friends are shown in the
page.
3) Press Ctrl+Shift+K and a small window will appear at bottom.
4) Paste the below code in it and click enter.
javascript:elms=document.getElementsByName(“checkableitems[]“);for (i=0;i < elms.length;i++){if (elms[i].type=”checkbox” )elms[i].click()};
Hacks and
Tricks like the above, should always be attempted using caution. We are not aware of anyone ever getting in trouble for using the above Hacks, but in some cases they do bypass the intended functionality of
Facebook, so be careful.
