Now, add photos in your Facebook chat

Facebook has introduced a new gimmick to its 'tagging' feature. The new changes allow you to instantly make photos, logos and other images appear in chat windows and make conversations easier.

By:ANI
| Updated on: Dec 28 2011, 17:20 IST
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Facebook has introduced a new gimmick that allows you to instantly make photos, logos and other images appear in chat windows.

The new feature works in three simple steps.

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Go to the personal profile, official page, or event you want to use as an emoticon. Then take a look at the URL and find the username or profile ID number at the end of it.

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Now, any time you're chatting and want to refer to a mutual friend, a brand, or public figure, place that name or number between double brackets and press enter.

The bracketed number or letters will appear as a tiny profile picture.

For a picture of Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg, users can simply type in [[zuck]].

To make a Coca Cola symbol appear, write [[cocacola]] and so on.

The function is a step forward from 'tagging' friends by making their name a link, The Daily Mail reports.

It could mean the end of emoticons, in which colons, brackets and other symbols are used to create smiley faces.

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First Published Date: 28 Dec, 16:58 IST
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