Mashable: 10 Awesome Pranks to Play On Your Facebook Friends
1. Delete Your Comment After Your Victim Has Answered
Facebook lets you delete comments after you've posted them.
So, make an utterly random comment on one of your victim's posts, wait for his off-topic response and then delete your original remark. This way, your victim will look like he's talking nonsense.
To delete a comment after the fact, simply hover over it until the pencil icon appears, then select "Delete."
Screengrab courtesy of Facebook
2. Make Small, Strange Changes to Your Victim's Photos
Take a tip from Oli Beale's sheer genius. If you have photo editing skills, you can really wind your friends up.
Copy one of your victim's photos, alter it in a slightly odd way -- so that she is recognizable, but doesn't look quite right -- then re-post it. Be sure to tag her.
Repeating this action every time she posts a fresh pic is guaranteed to drive her crazy.
Photo courtesy of Matt Silverman/Nina Frazier/Mashable
3. Create a Fan Page for Your Victim
You could truly baffle someone by creating him a fan page.
Head to your Facebook homepage. Hover over "Pages" on the left-hand side and click "More." Select "Create a Page" at the top-left of the next screen. "Artist, Band or Public Figure" is the best option to select next.
Once your page is complete, be sure to invite all your mutual friends to "Like" it -- but not your victim.
Then, every time he makes a Facebook update, post something to the page in response. For example, if your victim posts a link to something, do the same from the fan page with the comment "Hey guys, [your victim's name] has just linked to this, let's check it out!"
Screengrab courtesy of Facebook
4. Make Your Victim's Posts Invisible
This one requires access to your victim's Facebook account, so if you get five minutes with her computer while she's signed in to Facebook, memorize this for future use.
Click on the padlock icon on the top-right of any of her Facebook screens. Select "See more settings." Click the "Edit" option next to "Who can see your future posts?" Hit the dropdown menu that appears in the pop-up window and go for the "Only me" option.
It will take her ages to work out why she's getting zero "Likes" and comments on her Facebook content.
Screengrab courtesy of Facebook
5. Fool Your Victim Into Thinking You Just Met Their Idol
Find a street style/fan shot of your friend's idol and post it to your wall with a comment about how you just bumped into this famous person. You can embellish it with further commentary about where it was, how nice/nasty that person was, whether you got his or her autograph, etc.
Sit back and wait for your victim to notice. Enjoy the agonized response.
Screengrab courtesy of Facebook, Joan Rivers image courtesy of Tais Melillo
6. Copy Your Victim's Photos
Inspired by this this awesome guy, replicate your victim's photos and post them to your Facebook page.
For maximum effect, start slowly. If your victim posts a pic of herself on a woodland walk, post one of you in the same kind of scenery.
If your victim posts a photo of herself in a white shirt in a bar, post a picture of yourself in a white shirt in a bar.
Gradually build this up until you can replicate as many details of her image (background, dress, pose) as possible to make the images as near copies as you can.
Image courtesy of iStockphoto/Fenne
7. Hack Your Victim's Mobile Access
This is another one that requires a few moments with a signed-in account, but its potential is well worth the risk of getting caught.
Click on the padlock icon on the top-right of any of his Facebook screens. Select "See more settings." From the left-hand menu select "Mobile." Now look toward the bottom of the options and you will see "Post-By-Email Address."
Copy the "randomcharacters@m.facebook.com" address and get the heck out of dodge. You can now update your victim's Facebook profile randomly with bizarre status updates and weird imagery.
Rather than go down the totally obvious frat boy "Frape" route, why not have some fun with some off-the-wall updates?
Obscure poetry quotes work well, as do "vaguebook"-style cries for help.
Screengrab courtesy of Facebook
8. Fool Your Victim With a Bizarre News Event
Got a gullible friend? Got some basic photo editing skillz? Post a screengrab of a kerazy news event that you know your friend will freak out about.
It's been done before with an alien invasion and a zombie attack, but your imagination is the limit.
Carry it out at a time you know your victim will have patchy Internet access (e.g. on his commute, etc.) so he struggles to verifiy the facts.
Even better: Get some friends in on the fun to post similar stories and/or make genuine sounding comments on your post.
BBC screengrab courtesy of BBCscreengrab courtesy of Facebook
9. Randomly Tag Yourself In Irrelevant Photos
This is the simplest prank, but possibly the most annoying.
Randomly -- and repeatedly -- tag yourself in your victim's photos that have no relevance to you.
This will be most effective if you're crashing an "in joke" between your victim and another Facebook user, or if the posted image is solely of your victim at an event you did not attend.
Screengrab courtesy of Facebook
10. Freak Your Victim Out With a Random Link to His or Her Profile Page
Known as the old "Omegle" trick, it's a Facebook quirk that a certain URL, followed by a series of random numbers, will direct your victim to her own Facebook profile (if she's already signed into the service).
It's up to you how you employ this one, but we like the idea of turning it into a "magic trick" for your friends.
Why not get your victim to pick a string of nine random numbers, add it to the end of this URL: "http://facebook.com/profile.php?=" (so for example, "http://facebook.com/profile.php?=119277941"), then watch her sheer amazement as her own profile page loads.
Screengrab courtesy of Facebook
Whether you're after sweet revenge, a fresh online battle or just a little harmless mischief, Facebook is a fertile ground for pranking.
We have gathered 10 devious tricks you can play on your Facebook friends, from freaking them out with photos to fooling them with alternate realities.
Take a look through our suggestions in the gallery above. Please remember, only play such pranks on sturdy souls you're sure can take it — and never use your powers for evil.
(Thumbnail image courtesy of Franco Bouly)
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