Over the weekend, a Facebook chat feature was revealed--one that allows you to use a
profile picture to represent someone instead of simply typing their name.
To place a picture into your chat, all you need to know is the Facebook user ID for either the friend or the page
you want to use. You can find either one by visiting the user's profile and looking at the URL.
User ID's can also be a string of numbers. Using the URL
Once you have the user ID, to place the profile picture of that user into a chat, surround the user ID with double
brackets. So, as an example, to place the CNET profile picture in a chat, you would enter [[cnet]] . Once you send
the message, Facebook will automatically place the profile picture into the chat, instead of the text.
Here's an example of what it looks like:
Going one step further, a generator was made, which allows you to type in what you want to say and get the
corresponding picture codes for each letter. Simply copy and paste the code into your chat to see the fruits of
your labor. See below for an example.
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A list of troll faces can be found on the Reddit page linked to at the bottom of the post. Yes, trolling via Facebook
chat just got a whole lot easier. This trick will only work when using chatting on Facebook.com, it will not work on
any of the mobile Facebook apps.
While inserting a profile picture can be fun, and will probably be used a few times and then forgotten, the
generator is sure to catch on with your 13-year-old cousin. So please, for the betterment of the Internet, try to limit
the use of the generator to pranks and annoying your friends and not letting your cousin in on it. Please?
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