20 Hacks That Will Seriously Up Your Social Media Game

Let's face it: We'll all be staring at our social media screens until the day we die.

Given that you're on social media every day, don't you owe it to yourself to learn some tricks of the trade?

We're going to get into the weeds a bit here, but these are some hacks that are definitely worth knowing.

1. Share Insta photos after the fact.

Sure, you can share to Facebook at the same time as you share to Instagram.

But if you want to take a past photo from Insta and put it on FB, it's super simple. Just click the options button next to your post, then click 'Share' and you can put it on Facebook or Twitter.

2. Curate your past, one day at a time.

Sure, Facebook's 'On This Day' feature is a fun way to see past posts. But it's also a great way to get rid of those cringey moments from your past.

Instead of doing a deep dive into old posts, just check 'On This Day,' every day. When you see something you don't like, delete it!

3. Pick the best time to Insta.

If you want to maximize your engagement on Instagram, you'll need to figure out what times of day are the best to post at.

You could do this by guesswork, but a better option is Iconosquare. This service for power users crunches the numbers and provides all kinds of useful data.

4. Download your entire chat history.

To preserve all of the useful info you've shared in Facebook Chat, just download the entire archive.

To do this, go to Settings. This takes you General Account Settings, where there's an option at the bottom to download all of your FB data, including chat transcripts.

No more lost phone numbers or directions!

5. Get rid of birthday notifications.

Sure, wishing someone a happy bday is nice and all, but sometimes Facebook's constant birthday notifications get pretty annoying.

By entering Notifications Settings, you have the option to switch the notifications for birthdays on or off.

...now you'll just have to commit your friends' birthdays to memory, or write them down somewhere.

6. Uncover those lost tweets.

Twitter moves a mile a minute, making it hard to catch up when you've missed something.

It isn't well advertised, but Twitter has an awesome Advanced Search feature, which allows you to find any tweet with precision.

You can search by keyword, by account, or even see what conversations different accounts have had.

7. Download FB pics for safekeeping.

So you've probably got years and years of photos stored on Facebook that you don't want to lose.

If you'd feel more secure with them on your hard drive and not on the cloud, apps likePick&Zip make the process automatic and painless. The app works for Instagram and Vine too!