Keyboard Shortcuts for Facebook and Twitter

September 18, 2015

by Karan Makharia with No Comment Facebook Social Tips/Tricks Twitter

Keyboard shortcuts are widely used to complete a task in shorter time. Till now we used keyboard shortcuts only for the operating system to close, minimize, switch between windows and perform similar task. But did you know you can use Keyboard shortcuts for Facebook and Twitter too? It makes the whole feed browsing thing much easier. You can also Like post or Favorite tweet just by pressing a single Key.

Keyboard Shortcuts for Facebook and Twitter

Lets start with Facebook

Like button keyboard

The keyboard shortcuts differ depending on which browser you are using. So find the right combination of keys from the list given below.

Chrome for PC : Alt + #
Firefox for PC : Shift + Alt + #
Internet Explorer for PC : Alt + #, then Enter
Chrome for Mac : Ctrl + Opt + #
Firefox for Mac : Ctrl + Opt + #
Safari for Mac : Ctrl + Opt + #

Time to replace ‘#’ with the suitable access keys

0 – Help
1 – Home
2 – Timeline
3 – Friends
4 – Inbox
5 – Notifications
6 – Settings
7 – Activity Log
8 – About
9 – Terms

Keyboard shortcuts for browsing through News Feed

j and k – Scroll between News Feed stories
enter/return – See more of the selected story
p – Post a new status
l – Like or unlike the selected story
c – Comment on the selected story
s – Share the selected story
o – Open an attachment from the selected story
/ – Search
q – Search chat contacts
? – Open a list of these keyboard shortcuts while in News Feed

If you didn’t know, Facebook also has a separate Web Messenger. There are keyboard shortcuts available for Web messenger too.

CTRL + g – Search conversations
CTRL + q – Show/hide keyboard shortcuts
CTRL + Delete – Archive/unarchive conversation
CTRL + j – Mark as spam
CTRL + m – Start a new message
CTRL + i – Go to Inbox
CTRL + u – Go to Other

Lets move on to Twitter

Here is the list of Keyboard Shortcuts for Twitter. Remember to Favorite, Reply or Retweet you need to select or highlight the tweet first using J or K key. In twitter you don’t need to use special keys like SHIFT, CTRL, ALT, OPT. Instead you can use combination of alphabets like G+H or GH to navigate to home.

Twitter Keyboard Shortcuts List

You can also find this list in your own account by clicking on your profile picture -> Keyboard Shortcuts

Twitter keyboard shortcuts option

So these were some keyboard shortcuts for Facebook and Twitter that can make your life easier on Social Network. Let us know if this article proved to be useful to you and which is your favourite shortcut, through the comment section below. If you think I missed any shortcut do mention it in the comments.

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Whatsapp is DOWN!!! [Breaking News] [Update-Restored after 3 hours]

February 23, 2014

by Karan Makharia with No Comment Technewz

Update- Whatsapp services are now restored after being down for more than 3 hours. The servers may be down for maintenance,

The great messaging app which Facebook bought for $19bn is now down after few days. Whatsapp is down for about past half an hour. No users are able to send or receive messages due to the connection failure. It just keep showing that whatsapp failed to connect, please try again, when i tried to change privacy settings.

Whatsapp failed to connect

According to BGR India, they have confirmed the news that whatsapp is facing some connection issues right now. We still have no news that how much time it would take to restore the service. Is this what we expect from Facebook, after recently purchasing the company for a whooping $19bn. Without whatsapp it just feel that we are disconnected from the outside world.

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Enable two step verification on Facebook in india

August 2, 2013

by Karan Makharia with One Comment Facebook Internet Security Social Tips/Tricks

Facebook has became an important part of everyone’s life. But due to Hackers around the globe, many of the Facebook accounts are constantly compromised. Some common attacks like phishing are practiced on layman, and their accounts are being hacked. So protecting our Facebook accounts is a major concern. To authenticate a account, the Username and password are not enough nowadays. There is a need of another layer or step of verification, and that’s were two step verification is introduced. So today we will see how to enable two step verification on Faceobook in India.

What is Two Step Verification??

The first step of verification of an account is Username and Password. To add more security, an additional layer of authentication is introduced. In this type of security, you will get a code on your mobile via text or a mobile app that can be used only one time. So even if a hacker knows your username and password, he/she can’t access your account without the code. In our case Facebook will text you the code. On Facebook this feature is called as LOGIN APPROVALS.

ALSO SEE: Trusted Contacts new feature to recover hacked Facebook account

Problem in India

Facebook has introduced two step verification, known as login approvals feature in other countries except India. I don’t know the exact reason behind it, but some say it is due to population or something. Whatever the reason is, people of India are unable to enjoy this service. So here i am with this tutorial.

How to enable two step verification on Facebook in India??

I will show you the tutorial using chrome. In other browsers you have to search for the option were you can set Proxy settings.

First select the browser which you frequently use to login into Facebook account. (I will show tutorial using chrome browser).
Next go to this link and copy paste few IP’s (Country- Indonesia) and corresponding ports in notepad. (Prefer the one’s with fast speed and connection time).
Next go to –> Settings –> Show advanced settings(at bottom) –>(In network) ‘change proxy settings’. In that click ‘Lan Settings‘.
chrome proxy setting
Now check on the option ‘Use a proxy server on your lan‘.
We will need the IP address and port which you noted previously. Enter one of the IP and corresponding Port no. in respective columns and click ok, apply, ok.
Example IP and port. Dont use same.
Now we are ready with a Indonesia’s IP, and we will sign into our Facebook account.
Note: If you face connection problems, keep trying different IP and port no’s till you get a connection)
After successfully signing in, go to this LINK. (Account settings-> Security)
login approvals
Click on ‘Login Approvals‘. Now check the option ‘Require a security code to access my account from unknown browser‘.
After that click “Get started“. Now it will show your mobile number, where you will get the code. Confirm it or change it. Next click continue.
Get started with login approvals
After a few seconds you will receive a code on your mobile, that you have to insert in the box to verify your mobile number.
verify mobile number
After verifying you are done. Now again go to chrome settings and uncheck the option ‘Use a proxy server on your lan‘.

In this way we can enable two step verification on Facebook in India. So now whenever you login using a different pc, you have to insert the one time code.

In the same way you can do in Mozilla Firefox too.

Video TUTORIAL

Proxy settings in Mozilla Firefox:

Click on Mozilla–> Options –>Options.
Firefox proxy settings
Next go to advanced Tab, in that network tab –> Settings.
Mozilla firefox proxy
Next select “Manual Proxy configuration“. Enter the IP and corresponding port and then click OK.
Example IP and port. Don’t use the same.
After this you can refer the same steps which we have done above using Chrome.

Also you can use Google Authenticator mobile app available for Android, Iphones, and Windows phone. It will generate the code for you that changes every 30 seconds.

To configure it on Facebook. Go to -> Account settings–> Security–> Code Generator–> configure it accordingly.

IF you have any DOUBTS or questions regarding this tutorial, feel FREE to post them in the comment section below.

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Trusted Contacts new feature to recover hacked Facebook account

May 2, 2013

by Karan Makharia with One Comment Facebook Security Social Technewz

Facebook has been trying hard to give optimum security to its users. Currently we had security features like secure browsing, login notification etc. But what about recovering hacked Facebook account? Answering security question or texting reset code to mobile are some solutions. Now along with this, Facebook launches trusted contacts feature. In this feature trusted contacts can help you to recover your hacked Facebook Account. When Facebook first tested this feature, it was called trusted friends, but now they launched it with the name Trusted contacts.

How Trusted contacts feature works??

Most of us keep spare keys of our home at neighbors house in case we get locked out, or forget the original ones in the home. So its a security measure taken by us. Trusted contacts features works quite similar to it. First we pick three to five most trusted contacts from our account. Facebook sends them some sort of recovery codes. Now whenever your account gets hacked or compromised, you can call your friends and get the codes, to recover your account.

How to enable trusted contacts feature???

Click the gear at the top right corner -> Account Settings -> Security-> Trusted contacts. Now pick 3-5 most trusted contacts.

Trusted contacts

Note: The update of this feature may take some time, so you may not see the feature at this moment.

Refer to the video below, how to enable Trusted contacts feature.

What measures you should take????

Select the Trusted contacts very carefully, who will not play prank and gain access to your account. When asking for the recovery code, try asking over the phone, as the hacker may have access to your emails.

Is this method Exploitable???

According to sources, if you add unknown friends, and suppose if someone makes three fake accounts with you as a friend, and somehow he hacks your account, then he may be able to gain access over your account. So don’t add unknown friends if you have this feature enabled. Hope Facebook has some measures to patch this vulnerability.

So henceforth your trusted friends can help you to recover your account. Now this can turn reverse also sometimes. So tell us if you will enable this feature or not by commenting below.

If you have any doubts or questions, you can post it in the comment section below.

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Use Facebook without internet on mobile

April 10, 2013

by Karan Makharia with No Comment Facebook Tips/Tricks

Most of us use Facebook everyday as a social networking. So basically you need to have a internet connection to login to your Facebook account. So what about those people who don’t have a internet connection?? or those who have stone age phones like Nokia 1100 which even don’t have gprs connection?? So there is a solution for such people also. So lets see how to use Facebook without internet on mobile.

Just follow the steps given below. And let me clarify that this is a Officially legal method. There is nothing like hacking trick or something.

Use Facebook without Internet on Mobile?

Note: This service is currently available on Airtel, Aircel, Uninor, Idea, Videocon, Loop mobile and Tata Docomo (India)

Just dial *325# from your mobile. Then you will receive a message something like this:
Welcome to Facebook by Fonetwish.
Your request has been accepted.
We will shortly send you a menu,
please exit this message.
So your message may be similar to the above one or may be not, that doesn’t matter. So now just wait for the login screen.
Now after few seconds it will ask you your email id and password. Just enter the correct credentials and login.
And so in this menu driven program, you can do may things on Facebook like write status, see message etc.
Along with this, you will get message of birthday reminders that too for FREE.
If you want to access all the features, then you can subscribe to one day pack for Re.1

You can check more info about this service on FONETWISH.

If you have any doubt regarding this method, then do post it in the comment section below. Or you can also drop a mail using contact me form.

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