10 useful features "VKontakte", which you might not know
Technologies / / December 19, 2019
1. Sending a message to yourself
Send a message to yourself - this is the most simple way to make a quick note or reminder to come back to it later. In the social network "VKontakte" for this you need only to type your name in the conversation list in the section "Messages" and select the proposed contact.
Similarly, by the way, with a message to yourself, you can conveniently upload into the network the various files and documents in order to access them from any device, where there is "VKontakte".
2. Reading records communities without subscription
If you want to hide information that are subscribed to some community, it is not necessary to change your privacy settings. You can read the records you require community even after unsubscribing from it.
For this purpose, as long as you are subscribed to the desired page, click the "News" section. Top right under your avatar, click on the icon "+" and select "Add a tab". Before you will open a list of all your contacts and groups, and where you need to select the desired page. Will only have to name tab and save it.
After that, even if the unsubscribe new entries in this community will always be at hand in the "News" section on the tab you created.
3. Search for e-books and essays
Few people know that the social network "VKontakte" can well be used to search for e-books. Simply go to the section "Documents" and type in the search box the name of the product you're interested in. Suitable embodiments appear below.
To narrow your search and avoid extradition pictures and gifok, after the name separated by a space, and you can specify your preferred format: DOC, PDF, EPUB, and so on. Search so you can not just e-books, but also essays, reports, term papers, examples of documents and everything that can be stored in text format.
4. Fast sending audio
To share with someone liked the track does not necessarily move in the "Messages", look for the desired contact and attach to the message of an audio recording. This can be done directly from the player at the top bar. It is only necessary to reveal the playlist and move the cursor to the right ellipsis at the desired track by clicking the "Share". Will only choose who you want to send audio.
If you want to quickly send multiple songs, you must first go to the message and select entries there while holding the Ctrl key on Windows or Command on a Mac. This will highlight just a group of songs, and all at once to attach them.
5. Sending gifts to yourself
Increase the number of gifts received quite possible without any help. You will need a mobile version of the site "VKontakte". Go for it, you can directly in the browser on a PC, simply by adding m. before vk addressed to the desktop version. In the next tab, open the regular version of your page and its settings from the column address, copy your original numeric page number - id.
In the mobile version, go to gifts and then select any user as a recipient. In the choice of a gift in your browser replace the recipient's phone number on your copied earlier. After pressing Enter, you should stay on the gift selection page, but for another destination - for themselves.
6. Getting free vote
Gifts and stickers in the social network bought for votes, and those, in turn, can be purchased for real money. However, there is a way to get them, and with no real investment. To do this, you set up your page you need to go to the "Payments and Transfers" and press the "Add Sheet". In the window that opens, select the "Special Offers".
The page offers are always displayed a variety of tasks from advertisers by doing that you will get a certain number of votes. Basically this application installation, entry into the group, and small tests.
7. Interesting links on pages and groups
In the messages, comments, and any records of links to communities and users can be nice to "hide" in the words. Used for this simple icon @. In the case of the link to the page after that you need to specify the id and then with no space in the floor brackets, which will be clickable. Example and results - in the screenshot above.
Similarly, you can provide links to the group, but if, instead of a short identifier used by the original numerical number, before it is necessary to add the word club. In the case of the original user id is also important to add the id. For example: @club **** (text links), @id **** (text links). Instead, the text can be smiley even put links.
8. Subscribe to comments
Even if you do not participate in the discussion of any of the entries in a group or on someone else's page, you can follow the comments of other users. Simply select the publication, at the bottom, move the cursor to the "More» → «Subscribe to comments." View them will be in the news section.
9. Crossed words and empty posts
"VKontakte" makes it impossible to format text by changing its font or size, but Crossed characters can be used. To do this in front of each letter in the word you want to insert the following set of characters: ̶.
Using another set can and does send a blank email to:. The same code will approach in filling data about themselves, if some of the rows you want to leave blank.
10. Deleting and editing of messages sent
Maybe someone missed the recent emergence delete, or edit functions already sent messages. Correct the text of the message, you can use the pencil icon that appears to the right of the text when you hover over a message. After changing the mark "(ed.)," Signaling to other members of correspondence on making edits.
Delete the sent message, you can by pressing the icon in the rubbish bin that appears at the top of the chat in the allocation of some posts.
Important: you can edit and delete within 24 hours after dispatch. If you do it later, the changes will only be displayed on your computer, but not in the interlocutors.
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