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Hidden Features Of Social Media Apps

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    • Publish Date: Jun 5 2017 5:39PM
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    • Updated Date: Jun 6 2017 2:34PM
Hidden Features Of Social Media Apps

The most popular platforms out there evolve at a rapid pace. Any user will know the basics but there are hidden tricks too. Here we have put together a list of the things that even regular users may find interesting.

1. Facebook: Two message inboxes
Regular Facebook users will probably be aware of exactly how it works across platforms -- they make it so easy to use! You probably also know that anyone on Facebook can message you, regardless of whether they're friends with you or not. All of these messages go into a special inbox called 'message requests'. If you choose to accept the request, it doesn't mean that you're accepting a friend request. But did you know that there are actually two message inboxes? There's another one called 'filtered requests' and you can access it from the Facebook Messenger app or if you're signed in on a web browser. Look through it once in a while and you may find something interesting.

2. WhatsApp: Check data and storage usage
Within the app, WhatsApp has its own collection of animated GIFs that can be used directly. In the chat window, tap the '+' button and select photo and video library. On the lower left, you will see a search sign with GIF next to it — tap to view and search the GIF collection. WhatsApp also lets you individually manage storage for friends groups. By default, you cannot view how much data is being consumed by a chat. Go to Settings > Data and Storage Usage > Storage usage — you can view your chats arranged as per the amount of storage consumed. Tap on a chat name to view details of the type of media for each chat, you can even tap manage to delete the media from the chat.

3. YouTube: TestTube
YouTube has a built-in feature that automatically generates captions for uploaded videos. Once you upload a video, YouTube takes some time (depending on the length of the video) to generate the transcript. You can open the video, tap the 'More' button and select Transcript to view the text. All this text can also be copied to a notepad for later use. If you have an audio file and need it transcribed, you can use YouTube. First, you need to convert your audio file into a video file. Then just upload to YouTube. Keep in mind that the transcription is not 100% accurate but it does beat manually transcribing something. Finally, YouTube has a section called TestTube where you can try out experimental features. Currently, they're testing 4k video playback at 60 fps — if you have a powerful enough computer and a fast-broadband connection, you can try it out.

4. Instagram: Reorder the filters
A lot of people really love the unique filters on Instagram. However, there is an easy workaround if you really want to use one of those filters without sharing anything. This works on both Android and iOS versions of the app. First, open the app, click on your profile tab and settings (top right). Under Account and Story Settings, switch on the option to 'save shared photos'. Then, you can load a photo into Instagram and apply your filter. Before you click share, switch the phone to airplane mode. The post will fail obviously, but the edited image will be saved to the image gallery. There's another small trick most users may not know — the ability to reorder the filters. If you favourite filters are way down the list, you can arrange them so that they come up first. While scrolling through the filters, go to the end till you see 'Manage'. Tap this and use the three lines on each filter's name to rearrange their order according to your favourites.

5. Twitter: Twitter Analytics
There are a bunch of ways to use Twitter better and power users will know all about lists, hashtags, conversations, keyboard shortcuts and mentions. But there is a way to read a lot more about your tweets, engagements, top mentions and biggest followers — using Twitter Analytics. This is Twitter's own analytics tool. This will show you a month-by-month account of your Twitter stats and you can use this info to grow your following. Another cool Twitter trick is to schedule tweets, done using third-party tools like Twuffer and Hootsuite.



 

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Hemalatha.G Sethu Bhaskara Matriculation Higher Secondary Scho

Quite informative!

Vaishnavi S NAGARJUNA VIDYANIKETAN

I wasn''t aware of some of them. Thanks!!

Himanshi Dhawan Saffron Public School

This is quite interesting!

Jessica Kabuli CARMEL CONVENT SCH SEC 9 CHD

Thanks for the information! I was oblivious of most of these features.

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