5 Coolest Facebook Tricks Ever

With over 750 million active users using facebook everyday, I though it would be a nice idea to share some secret tricks about facebook. Some of them may appear a bit familiar, some may be completely new to you. So read on and get ready to amaze your friends..

1. Use Pictures in Facebook Chat:

Yes you can use profile pictures in facebook chat.This feature was launched recently by facebook and not many people are aware of it. Just imagine how cool it would be to post your friends pictures while chatting with someone. And it isn't limited to profile pictures only. Actually you can post any picture you want using some specific codes. More on that later. I may sound a bit confusing to you so here is an example. Look at the picture below:

So how did I do it. Here are the steps:

1. First go to the person's profile whose picture you want to use in the facebook chat. Look at the url of the profile. The url may look like either:
http://www.facebook.com/name.xyz or
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10000211917593&ref=ffa

2. Note the profile ID: In the first case the Profile ID=name.xyz and in the second case the profile ID=10000211917593. Copy this or note it somewhere.

3. Use it: Now open up the chat and start chatting with any of your friends. To use the profile pic just type [[profileID]] where profile ID was the one you noted down earlier for ex: [[name.xyz]] or [[10000211917593]]. Close your eyes and get ready to be surprised. I am sure your friend will immediately ask you how did you do that:D

As I said earlier this isn't limited to profile pictures only. Interestingly a generator was made following the announcement of this new feature. By using this generator you can type any text in facebook chat using pictures. Have a look below:

To do this go to this link Blocks.org and type anything in the 'type here' box. Corresponding to this text, some code will be generated which you can then paste in your facebook chat. There is also a preview section where you can see how will it look.


Some other cool codes you can use in facebook chat:

Poker face - [[129627277060203]]

Forever Alone - [[227644903931785]]

OK guy - [[100002752520227]]

Me Gusta - [[164413893600463]]

Lol guy - [[189637151067601]]

Fuck Yeah -  [[105387672833401]]

Problem?  - [[171108522930776]]

Troll Face:

[[293943390640881]] [[293944357307451]] [[293944767307410]]
[[293945010640719]] [[293945623973991]] [[293945800640640]]
[[293946030640617]] [[293946127307274]] [[293946297307257]]

Here's a video tutorial for using pictures in facebook chat:

2. Use Flipped Text in your Status:

This one is quite popular and easy to do. Ever wondered how can you use flipped text in your status update. It ain't of much use but can be quite fun to do and may surprise your friends.

Here are the steps:

1. Go to the site FlipText and enter any text you want to get flipped.

2. Click on the 'flip' button.

3. Paste the flipped text as your facebook status.

Also try Text Generator to try out some other features.

3. Use Special Symbols in Status:

You must have seen people using special symbols in there status update. How do they do that? Well most of them just copy paste it from a list. If you want to use them too here is the list:

Facebook Symbols

Just copy your favorite one and paste it in the status.

But it can get quite irritating to copy paste these symbols everytime you feel like using them. So here's an alternative. You can use Alt numbers to type these symbols instead. Here's a list of Alt codes with there corresponding symbols:

Alt Codes

How to use these Alt codes? Follow these steps: 

1. Turn Num Lock on.

2. Press and hold the Alt key

3. While holding the Alt key type any number between 1-255 using your NUMPAD 

4. Now release the Alt key and you will see your special symbol ♥

You can use these Alt codes anywhere you want.

4. Post an Empty Status Update:

By default you can't update a empty status on facebook. Using the space key wont work either. But there is one way you can do it. Here's how. Follow these steps:

1. Press and hold Alt key and just type 0173 using your numpad

2. Release the Alt key

3. Click on Post

If you did everything right you will see your status update with nothing in it. Quite useful when you don't have anything to share with your friends. Facebook asks what's on your mind and you have nothing on your mind. See not all these tricks are completely useless:D

5. Insult your Friends:

What better way to have some fun on facebook than to insult your friends. This clever link “http://facebook.com/profile.php?=73322363″ looks like it could be a URL for anyone’s Facebook profile, actually takes anyone logged into Facebook to their own profile page.

So if you post something as shown above, the link “http://facebook.com/profile.php?=73322363″ will appear to each one of your friend as there own profile link. Don't forget to remove the preview from the status.

I don't take any responsibility for what your friends may do in response to that:D

So what are you waiting for, go try these tricks out and surprise your friends.  


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