Five interesting Facebook features you are probably unaware of
- By Web Desk -
- Nov 18, 2016
Facebook has 1.79 billion monthly active users according to a report and more than 20 million use the social media platform from Pakistan.
But still there are some interesting features that many of the site’s users are not aware of and some of them are fun to use while others are pretty useful.
Let’s take a look at the top five!
Secret Emoji
(^^^) makes a great white shark
<3 makes a cute heart
:|] makes a digitised devil
3:) makes a devil
<(“) makes a penguin
Facebook Us
If you want to see the detailed Internet history of you and wife/partner, you can use this feature (yes, its not Facebook United States)
All you have to do is to just go to www.facebook.com/us and you will see the complete Facebook history of your relationship with your life partner.
You must tell Facebook about your relationship by updating your relationship status.
Legacy’
This tool is for if the worst happens and you can no longer use your account. It’s a way to avoid your profile existing after you have passed away and upsetting your family, or leading people to believe you’re still alive.
To use the tool, you can go to ‘Settings’ and ‘Security’, and from there you can nominate a Facebook friend to protect your legacy.
‘Messenger.com’
If you prefer to use Facebook for messaging, you have an option to avoid all the posts, advertisement and game invites by going to Messenger.com. The official desktop site of the Facebook messenger allows you use the Messenger feature of Facebook.
Curate Your News Feed
Yes, you can curate your Newsfeed to see what you like the most and can block unwanted content from people you don’t like without unfriending them.
The quickest way to access this feature is by clicking the settings wheel on your “News Feed” at the top of the left rail. Choose “Edit Preferences” from the pop-up screen, click “Prioritize who to see first,” and choose the people, Pages, and brands you want to see more or less of in your News Feed.
You can also click “Unfollow people to hide their posts” to stop annoying stories.