Back in 2008, when I joined Twitter and Facebook, the social networks were quite straightforward to use. The features were limited, which was great for everyone.
Things have changed in seven years. All the major social platforms are now maturing into “fully-grown” companies that keep trying to impress their user bases with shiny new options. Unfortunately, unless you follow the news like me, those options can be easily missed.
For example, do you know that you can mute instead of unfollowing accounts on Twitter? On Facebook, you have the ability to save posts for later perusal. And LinkedIn lets you download a list of your connections…
Looking for more hidden features? Here are 16 in Salesforce’s infographic below:
Infographic courtesy of Salesforce
Those are not the only hidden features. More are covered in Buffer’s excellent post. Kevan Lee also talks about Pinterest and Instagram!
Last, but not least, here is something that will make Facebook page owners quite happy. There are three ways to ensure that subscribers will not miss your content anymore:
- Notifications
- Interest Lists
- Seeing posts at the top of their News Feed
It all starts from the “Liked” button on your page. Check out this short video for more information:
What are your favorite social networking features? Share with us in the comment section below.
