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    21 Social Media Tips You'll Wish You'd Known Sooner

    For Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Foursquare.

    1. Turn your profile pic into an emoji you can use in chat.

    Type your username sandwiched between double brackets (like this: [[zuck]]) and enter it into chat to send your personalized emoji.

    2. Share something with all of your friends except one person.

    3. Clean up your News Feed in just a couple minutes.

    4. Hide your online status on chat from people you don't feel like talking to.

    5. Search "randos at [the name of your workplace]" to access a list of co-workers you're not friends with.

    6. Back up and download all of your photos plus other people's photos you're tagged in.

    7. Find out what the best time is for you to post.

    8. Take photos without posting them.

    9. Bust your friends for lying when they tag a photo #nofilter.

    10. Pin something from Facebook.

    11. Make as many secret boards as you like.

    12. Highlight text on something before hitting "Pin It" and the highlighted text will automatically appear in the description box.

    13. Make professional, printable resumes.

    14. View someone's profile anonymously.

    15. If you have the LinkedIn app you can search anonymously AND still see who looks at your profile.

    16. Learn who doesn't follow you back.

    17. Find out who does — or doesn't — follow one another.

    18. Download an archive of every tweet you've ever made.

    19. Create lists for people whose tweets you don't want to miss.

    20. Search “secret menu” to see restaurants nearby with hidden menu items.

    21. You can also search "Wi-Fi password" to gain access to free Wi-Fi around you.