The very first thing I should mention is that when it comes to Facebook, there’s really no such thing as “hack codes.” The title of this article is partially tongue-in-cheek because, with Facebook, the rules change so often that one “Facebook hack” code that works today will likely not work tomorrow. Facebook designers change links and features at whim – and you’re left trying to guess what’s coming next and why your link or plug-in no longer works.
We’ve previously written a couple other similar articles here about Facebook, such as a guide to Facebook symbols and avoiding Facebook scams. However, in addition to those tips, there are a lot of codes and features that aren’t immediately obvious to most users – so I wanted to provide a list of the top six of my favorite Facebook “hack” codes and tips to other Facebook enthusiasts out there.
1. Post to Facebook via SMS
Sure, you could install the Facebook app on your phone so that you could monitor your friends feeds and post to your own feed whenever you like, but what if you want to be able to post to Facebook without installing an app? Or what if you’re one of those really old-school people who don’t even own a smartphone, and all you can do is send SMS messages?
No need to worry. All you have to do is log into your Facebook account from a desktop browser, and go to Settings, and then Mobile. Then click to Add another mobile phone number, if you haven’t already added this phone to your Facebook account.
Once you select your wireless carrier and click Next, you’ll need to send an SMS of “F” to Facebook’s SMS number (32665).
Once you do, you’ll receive a confirmation code on your phone, which you’ll need to type into the field in that pop-up box on Facebook. For privacy reasons, I highly suggest deselecting Share my phone number with my friends and Allow friends to text me from Facebook.
Now, all you have to do to post a status update to your Facebook wall is send an SMS of the post to the Facebook SMS number.
Pretty slick, right?
What good is this? Well imagine you’re thousands of miles from nowhere, lost in the middle of the woods, and the only thing between you and civilization is your phone and its cellular data connection to the internet. Just send an SMS text to all your friends with your current location and beg them to send someone to come find you.
Oh, by the way, there are a few other useful commands you can SMS to Facebook if you prefer using Facebook via text messaging.
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“START” – Start getting text notifications for Facebook updates.
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“STOP” – Turn off text notifications for Facebook updates.
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“HELP” – To get help with using SMS-to-Facebook
2. Aye, Make Yer Profile a Pirate’s Page You Landlubber!
The second “hack” is also one of the easiest to implement. Facebook offers users the ability to transform their Facebook pages into any language that they like. If you log into Facebook and go to Settings and Language, you can click on Edit next to What language do you want to use Facebook in, in order to change your default language.
Click on this, and you’ll have a list of all languages available to you. Notice the English Pirate option?
Ahoy matey – yer now a Cap’n! Now as you go through your profile page you’ll notice some pretty hilarious pirate variations.
Now your profile is the Captain’s Log, your friends are your Mateys and you can now either give a post an Arrr! (Like), Scrawl yer thoughts (Comment), or Split the booty (Share). It certainly removes the “boring” factor from your old standard Facebook pages.
3. Upside Down Facebook
If you’ve been on Facebook long enough, you’ve probably seen someone have the upside-down Facebook prank played on them — or maybe it’s happened to you. This is similar to the old keyboard trick where someone in an office will run over to someone else’s computer and press Ctrl + Alt + Down to rotate the computer screen upside down.
Well, you can do a similar thing on Facebook by selecting the upside down language under someone’s Facebook account. Obviously, this only works if someone has inadvertently set Facebook to auto login on a particular browser — this happens on the family computer all the time, and siblings are famous for playing this prank on one another.
To find it, just go into the same language setting menu as described in the section above.
Simply select the upside down language and try not to laugh when the person comes back and all the text on Facebook is upside down!
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