There are so many things that you can do with social media, especially with Facebook. This is one of the most used app of today. As this not only lets you connect with others, it also lets you get the latest news about everything around the globe. Here are a list of things that you probably didn’t know existed. Update yourself.
25 Great Facebook Tweaks
Save interesting News Feed items for later
Just in case you come across something interesting on your News Feed, but you don’t have ample time to check it, you can save it to view later. Bookmark links, videos, places and photos. This can be done from the More tab on the Facebook app for mobile. From there select Saved.
Don’t receive a game request again
You can keep yourself away, annoying Facebook game requests from spamming you . This is available in More tab.
Select Settings -> Account Settings -> Notifications -> Mobile -> Scroll down further and un-check Application Invites
Your profile picture can be turned into an animated GIF
Make an animated profile picture on Facebook
On your Facebook mobile app, click on your profile picture-> Take a New Profile Video, to upload a small video loop of yourself. This looks like an animated GIF as the video repeats again.
Also See: Create your own GIFs with the Giffage App
Check out what’s trending
All topics that are being talked about most will be featured on Facebook’s Trending list. This is accessible on the right of News Feed close to the search bar in the app.
Lightning bolt tagged articles load faster
Articles that load natively on Facebook
Articles that have a lightning bolt load natively on Facebook. This means that these posts will load faster as there are fewer ads. These are Facebook’s Instant Articles. They load directly on the app with minimal clean layout. It is believed to load up to ten times faster. So next time look out for a lightning bolt.
Auto-play of videos on your News Feed can be stopped
In case you do not want Facebook to automatically play the videos on you r News Feed, there is a setting that will stop videos from playing automatically. Go to More Tab ->Select Videos and Photos ->Auto-Play over cellular and Wi-Fi only can be enabled or never auto-play.
Check out Facebook activity that you performed over the last years on the same day
On This Day is a feature that reveals your activity on the social network on the same day in the past. This serves as a personal time capsule on Facebook. This activity can be seen only by you. Also certain people can be hidden from showing up in your past activity. This is handy for people not wanting memories of their exs. This feature is available on Facebook.com.onthisday
Activity Log documents all your activities form the past
Your Activity Log on Facebook keeps track of all that you have likes, shared and commented on the social network. This can be easily accessed from the mobile app and also the Desktop verison.
Choose profiles and pages that you don’t want to miss
In case there are certain people and pages that you want to view first on your News Feed, you can choose which one to view first.
Go to Settings ->News Feed Preferences and get started. All the people and pages that have been marked in a blue star are the ones chosen by you, to keep track of the posts.
Differentiate a Friend and a Follower
You first got to know the difference between a friend and a follower. You can connect with someone on Facebook through two ways. You can either become a friend with someone or follow them.
Being a friend means that both you and the other person have approved the connection and know each other mostly. When you follow a person it means that the particular person hasn’t added you back as a friend. Followers can only view posts that are shared publicly. Turn off the ability to allow people to follow you. Go to Account Settings -> Followers
View your profile like public and specific friends
This is a really good feature from Facebook. You can see what your profile looks like to others. Individual friends and public view of your profile can be checked from this feature.
Go to your profile-> Click Ellipsis, View as…
Hide posts from specific people
Whenever you share a post, you can choose to hide the post from specific people. The posts can be shared with friends, friends of friends or anyone who can view your profile. The selection of audience of your post, can be chosen form the drop down menu that shows up the top right of the post. On the Edit Privacy option, choose the friends or choose the globe icon. Select Friends except… to hide it from select people or the Custom option to have a customised list.
Hide your friend list
If you don’t want others to know who you are friends with, you have the option to hide your entire list. Click the Manage pen icon from your Friend’s list – Edit Privacy. Form there choose you can see your friend list and the people you follow and followers.
Hide relationship status change
You can prevent relationship changes from being seen by others except you. The change will not show up in News feeds. Go to Family and Relationships in About -> change the privacy setting to Only Me
Hide photo albums and events
You can hide specific photo albums and events that show up on your timeline. If there are certain photo albums that you don’t want people to see, and you don’t want to delete it either, you can hide them. Also certain events of your life can be hidden from others. There is a gray icon next to the photo album or post. You can choose to select the audience of the album and events from there.
Block people
You can block people from contacting you. In case there is someone spamming you, go to their profile page and click on the three dots-> Select Block. A blocked person will not be able to view your profile. Also you will not be able to view their profile.
Track devices from where you login and remotely logout
You can see where you are logged in on Facebook and you can also remotely logout. Tap the More tab -> Account Settings -> Security -> Active Sessions. Tap the X to remotely log out from a device you logged in previously. On the desktop site there is a Where You’re Logged In that shows active logins and you can end them from there.
Get notified when there is a login attempt
Login alerts and Login Approvals can be enabled from Security settings. So every time some one tires to login to your account, get alerted and approve or deny the same. You will get a notification or email. Login Approvals can be made based on a code that is sent to your mobile.
Customise the notifications
Adjust the notifications and the number of notifications that you get. You can also customise what kind of notifications you get from Facebook. including the updates you get when you have joined an event. Enable the settings from the Notifications section.
Turn off Birthday notifications
In case you don’t want to be reminded of your friends’ birthday everyday, turn the notifications off. Go to Notification tab and turn the birthdays off.
Get notified when a specific person updates something
You can get alerted when a specific person posts something. Click the Friends drop down menu on the desktop site and then click Get Notifications. You can also search for posts liked or commented by a specific person.
Make your search specific
You can search for specific keywords and topics apart from profiles and pages. All that is publicly shared on social media is searchable. So you can view any related post or news related to the search query.
Create a separate list of people
Make a separate list of your friends on Facebook. Like school, work, hometown etc. This comes handy to filter and follow. It lets you create individual News Feeds when you browse.
Unsubscribe unwanted notifications
Click on the X next to the notification to Turn off notifications from posts that you have commented. You can also receive notifications from the comments you have made.
Bid goodbye to Facebook
Before permanently deleting a Facebook account you can download all your data.
Also see: How to Delete Permanently a Facebook Account
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