Facebook hacks, tips, and tricks
EDIT: userscript.org seems to be having lots of server trouble of late. Therefore the following links may not work.
Greasemonkey is a firefox extension that allows you to run scripts on the webpages that you are viewing. For example, one famous script was adding a delete button to gmail (gmail has since added a delete button).
One of the cool things we can do with greasemonkey is hack facebook.
If you have 1.5.0.1 like I do follow these directions offered up by Lifehacker.
1. Go here and install Greasemonkey
2. Make sure the lower right part of your browser looks like this:
3. Click on one of the links below.
4. When you go to install a script you will see this popup in your browser
5.click install.
Below are some scripts I have gathered that alter facebook. One warning though is that greasemonkey only works with firefox 1.5 or below (My 1.5.0.1 apparently is too much.)
The hacks:
Facebook Autologin - automatically logs you in to Facebook (ever notice that no matter what you do facebook prompts you?)
Facebook age displayer - displays the age of the profile you’re veiwing thus negating any need for math!
FacebookSpyGlass - this is supposed to automatically enlarge profile pics when you mouse over them, however facebook has updated the way they code their pages so as of now this does not work. However the developer promises an update on the script homepage.
Random image generator - I did not test this one, but in theory it should work. It automatically changes the picture ID number in URL to generate a random picture.
Make Facebook Green - this script make facebook green. If you know HTML change the hexadecimal number in the js file to make other colors.
Cool facebook related site:
TheBillyGoatCurse.com - did you know the first person to sign up to facebook at your school is referred to as the Creator? This show shows how to find that person and other facts.
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March 2nd, 2006 at 3:12 am
i’m hoping to bring spyglass back pretty soon. it will probably be a little different from the original version. migrating the original userscript to work with the newer version of greasemonkey turned out be a non-trivial task. i actually work at Facebook now so making sure that spyglass doesn’t get broken should be a lot easier :) -charlie (FacebookSpyglass author)
March 2nd, 2006 at 1:53 pm
a good friend of mine wrote a greasemonkey script that adds in a few usability tweaks you might find useful
http://home.meastman.org:9000/software/greasemonkey/facebookfixes.user.js
it has the following functionalities:
1) blocks some advertisements
2) adds “My Friends (ALL) ” and “My Friends (Updated) ” to the navigation bar
3) adds a HOME link to the navigation bar
4) Add “hide old friends” or “collapse friends” links to some pages
March 2nd, 2006 at 5:55 pm
The link for the facebook age displayer is the same as the link for the Facebook auto-login
March 2nd, 2006 at 6:42 pm
The age displayer link is fixed. Thanks to Eddie and Jason for catching it.
March 2nd, 2006 at 7:29 pm
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March 6th, 2006 at 4:38 pm
Do you know how to hack a facebook passoword?
March 6th, 2006 at 6:04 pm
Aqua Blue Facebook
March 8th, 2006 at 1:32 am
Looking to view a profile of someone I am not a friend of?
MELISSA from LANSING
I do not want to poke or be friend but I want to view her pictures.
Can you help?
March 8th, 2006 at 12:29 pm
As far as hacking passwords, I dont know how. And really, neither should anybody else.
Bad kids…
If you want to view someones pictures you are not a friend of all I think you can do is hope she changes her privacy settings.
March 8th, 2006 at 10:18 pm
I wrote a greasemonkey script that does some cool stuff with facebook photos (as well as images on other sites like flickr and google image search). It’s called Greaed Lightbox.
March 12th, 2006 at 11:34 pm
Why cant i Install the Greaed lightbox and the others above the comments part
March 14th, 2006 at 4:46 am
ok say i install this greasmonkey and the script that makes facebook green for example. does this make my page green to other users who view my page or just me?
March 14th, 2006 at 1:15 pm
only for you as the code only executes on your computer
Cantu the code is at this site
http://shiftingpixel.com/downloads/greasedlightbox.user.js
if it doesnt prompt an install I think you can just make your own script.
March 19th, 2006 at 4:50 pm
Is there a script for poking? Because it would be cool to have one where upon logging in people are automatically poked back, but I dont know enough to actually write a script.
March 19th, 2006 at 7:30 pm
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March 20th, 2006 at 7:22 am
i’ve seen people leaving msgs on someone’s wall in green. do you know they do that? thanks!
March 20th, 2006 at 6:17 pm
I’ve made my own page green etc but how do i write in green on other profiles?
(other colors would be cool too)
March 20th, 2006 at 9:27 pm
can someone tell me how to get on facebook without having a college email adress?
March 20th, 2006 at 10:41 pm
can someone send me an email on how to change the color of my profile? it would be greatly appreciated. I do know some HTML to let you know. Thanks
razordf@hotmail.com
March 22nd, 2006 at 10:27 am
our highschool blocked facebook. is there a way to get past the blocks and still view facebook?
March 22nd, 2006 at 11:49 pm
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March 22nd, 2006 at 11:49 pm
Jana you have inspired my latest post:
LINK
March 27th, 2006 at 3:05 pm
Is there a way to see who has viewed your facebook profile and how often they have viewed it?
March 29th, 2006 at 8:36 pm
I’m getting an error while trying to install Auto Login… Anyone else?
April 2nd, 2006 at 9:52 pm
someone got on my facebook and changed my pass word. how can i figure out what they changed the password to. if thats not possible, is there anyway i could look at their personal messages either that they sent or that they have received so i can figure out who did it?
April 7th, 2006 at 7:36 pm
can someone tell me how to get on facebook without having a college email adress?
April 7th, 2006 at 11:24 pm
You cant, at least to my knowledge.
April 9th, 2006 at 11:33 pm
being able to tell who looked at your profile woulde be sweet
Someone should make that script
April 10th, 2006 at 1:19 pm
yeah, someone should definately write a script that allows you to see who is visiting your facebook profile and how much
April 10th, 2006 at 4:20 pm
I think you meant “hexadecimal”, not “hexagonal”. Thanks though, it gave me a good laugh.
April 11th, 2006 at 5:38 pm
right you are sir
April 17th, 2006 at 11:52 am
does someone know how the Random image generator work ??
April 17th, 2006 at 10:25 pm
I think it randomly generates images.
April 17th, 2006 at 10:50 pm
I didn’t test it but it pulls a random image number and displays it. Rather simple.
April 18th, 2006 at 9:57 pm
i think it wont work because I always get on my facebook page !
April 23rd, 2006 at 12:34 am
I just made facebookpedia, which pops up a little info box with the first part of a wikipedia article for whichever of a user’s interests, or other sections, your mouse is over on their profile. So check it out if you want!
http://www.sawdustbunny.com/facebookpedia.user.js
April 24th, 2006 at 6:05 pm
The facebook autologin grease monkey link doesn’t work. FIX IT! lol
April 26th, 2006 at 2:49 pm
can someone tell me how to make the Make Facebook green work? I can’t open the file..
May 4th, 2006 at 8:09 pm
Hey folks. Couple questions.
1.How do I make my personal picture bigger? I tried enlarging it with photoshop and MS Paint, but nothing.
2. Is there a way I can allow people from other networks on facebook to join a group that I created?
Thanks- Ken
May 7th, 2006 at 12:23 am
1. I have no idea how to go about that
2. no
May 12th, 2006 at 8:41 pm
I have a girlfriend who goes to ucla but she wont let me see her profile. I only have a profile with nyu. Does anyone know how I can see her pictures.
May 14th, 2006 at 7:40 pm
I was wondering if anybody wrote (or can code) a script that auto-friends many people automatically in your network (presumably randomly). That would be amusing, and less tiresome than adding everyone by hand ;-)
May 21st, 2006 at 6:17 pm
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May 23rd, 2006 at 4:38 pm
I’m having a major problem. I am having my doubts about my girlfriend who I’ve dated for 3 years. We go to different schools and she has cheated on me in the past and I think she may be doing it now. I knew her facebook pw and checked her messages and found some disturbing things, but I think she started to catch on and she changed her pw. Now I dont know whats going on and I’m freaking out. I really need to see whats going on so I can make a decision on what Im do about her. So I guess i need to know if there is a way to get someone’s facebook pw.
Also, i know her student email as well. I know I can reset her pw and go to her email and make a new one, but that would be a dead give-a-way that something is up. Please guys, I could really use some help
May 26th, 2006 at 5:44 pm
Hey Tyler, if you break up with your girlfriend you think i could get her email and her password? But if you really wanna find out sign on as another man and try and start an affiar under another account.
May 26th, 2006 at 8:02 pm
…
May 26th, 2006 at 11:38 pm
If you don’t have a college email than you have to get a highschool kid to “invite” you to facebook. Than you can join under that highschool’s name. When you attempt to register for a highschool facebook account they send you a message with a list of people you should contact at that school to get an “invite.” Of course they don’t offer the email address, but if you go to highschool with them then you should be able to get it from a school directory or atleast a friend. If not (ahem) then I guess a little google searching might turn up a result. AHEM. Please respect the sanctity of facebook. AHEM.
May 27th, 2006 at 7:15 pm
Jason, why you want her email and pw? What you gunna do?
June 4th, 2006 at 7:54 am
Pablo: “I have a girlfriend who goes to ucla but she wont let me see her profile. I only have a profile with nyu. Does anyone know how I can see her pictures.”
Erm, Pablo, why won’t your girlfriend let you see her FB profile?… Thats a little weird if you ask me… But I’m passing no judgement!!
The best way to do it would probably be to poke her (oreferably get a friend to, or someone with a fake profile). If she pokes back, you can see her profile for a week! But again, if she doesn’t want you seeing it, you should probably ditch the b*tch…
June 6th, 2006 at 9:57 am
The trouble with statistics, of course, is that they only tell half the story
June 6th, 2006 at 2:24 pm
Looks like you just got spammed there Blanda…good times…
-Grant
June 13th, 2006 at 6:41 pm
tip: if you don’t want facebook to complicate your relationship - don’t use facebook!
June 20th, 2006 at 7:28 pm
hey How do i can get into a facebook profile without the person knowlege? also i dont have a facebook account??
June 27th, 2006 at 12:56 pm
THIS IS HOW TO GET INTO FACEBOOK IF YOUR SCHOOL/WORK HAS BANNED THE SITE:
(this only works if the admins are retarded because most places can block this)
Ok, every website has a numerical address (IP address) that is associate with its actual
domain name such as http://www.yahoo.com, which is also http://209.73.186.238
so all you do is go Start -> Run -> and type “cmd” then type “ping http://www.facebook.com”
and you should get: Pinging facebook.com [204.15.20.25] with 32 bytes of data:
which means you can type “http://204.15.20.25″ into your browser and you can view
facebook.com
This is a very easy and effective way of getting around blocked sites, but I know some
web securtiy like Symantec also blocks it… good luck!
July 11th, 2006 at 12:43 am
SO…where are we with inaccessible profiles??
Is there a way to view profiles of people from other schools???
July 11th, 2006 at 2:03 am
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July 12th, 2006 at 9:54 pm
I know this girl who has a facebook, the problem is that she’s attending GA Tech(which is outstanding for her) and I’m going to a unsupported community college in central florida. My question is how do I get an account of my own so I can add her as friends? I tried convincing her to get a myspace but she isn’t willing.
July 16th, 2006 at 4:36 pm
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July 17th, 2006 at 3:33 am
Revenue share
August 8th, 2006 at 2:15 pm
Hey, HELP NEEDED PLEASE!!!
How comes i can not veiw or write on my friends facebook wall? we hace both accepted each other and the security settings are normal?
thanks guys
August 28th, 2006 at 12:16 am
hey can anyone help me get a facebook? I dont have an account and I just want one. its just that my school won’t offer it and I would love to have a facebook. I’ll pay no problem! get back at me huh
August 31st, 2006 at 10:04 am
My highschool does not provide us with e-mails as I go to an alternative highschool. Could someone help me get a facebook?
September 1st, 2006 at 9:44 pm
rob maybe i can help
September 5th, 2006 at 4:43 am
Oi~ I can’t get a facebook because my college doesn’t offer email addresses. Any clue how I can go about getting one? This seems to be a pretty exclusive website o_O Thanks :D
September 8th, 2006 at 2:24 pm
if your college doesn’t have an email chances are your college friends don’t have facebook either which kind of makes having a facebook pointless.
September 11th, 2006 at 12:21 am
send me your name, lastname, birthdate
and email and i will get you one.
lover921@gmail.com
September 12th, 2006 at 4:34 am
I dropped out and my email is shut down can u set me up?
September 13th, 2006 at 10:03 am
I have been going on facebook for over a year now and i tried to go on the other day and it says my “You are using an incompatible web browser” but i have been using this browser the whole time and i never changed anything can anyone help me fix this annoying problem?
September 15th, 2006 at 12:22 am
Pablo: “I have a girlfriend who goes to ucla but she wont let me see her profile. I only have a profile with nyu. Does anyone know how I can see her pictures.â€
Dude, me and your girlfriend are doing fine. She is one hot woman. She only likes guy who have a facebook account and I have one. See ya on facebook, oh right you do not have an account.
September 15th, 2006 at 12:26 am
Facebook is so awesome, if you do not have a account you must be a loser. There is so many hot single woman just waiting for guys. I have so many wild girlfriends. It is the greatest thing since sliced bread. See ya folks later, i got to go get so more women on facebook.
September 15th, 2006 at 12:28 am
I want a facebook account so bad.
September 16th, 2006 at 2:11 pm
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September 26th, 2006 at 3:20 am
Is there are facebook tracker yet? I want to see who is creepin’ on my facebook!
October 19th, 2006 at 11:31 pm
YOU GUYS ARE LOZERS!
October 23rd, 2006 at 10:53 am
I am on facebook and there are a couple people I think I know but I can’t see their profile unless I am their friend. But I don’t want to request to be their friend unless they are who I think they are.
My question is… is there any way that I can view their profile without being their friend?