Social media is full of numerous posts and sometimes, it is difficult to reach the first post of a user in one or more of them, from Instagram to Facebook or Twitter.
This exercise in social archaeology can be useful for that a user remembers what he or she first posted on each of his or her networks, In addition to knowing what the first post was from someone you follow or aspire to follow.
The way to access a user's first post on social networks varies and, Sometimes there are different ways to proceed depending on whether you are using the platform from its version desktop or mobile, and the user's willingness to use a third-party program.
Here's how you can see your first one. publication on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and even on WhatsApp and Telegram.
There are two options: the desktop version or the smartphone version. If you have the social network open in your computer's browser, simply scroll down. down until you find the first post and, once done, open it and save it by clicking on the icon that appears to the right of the Like, the option to post a comment and the option to share the post.
The user will then be able to access the publication in question from the Saved section within their profile.If you're not using the scroll bar, there's a Google Chrome extension called SocialScroll available. which activates an automatic scroll that progressively advances until reaching the end of a user's feed.
For those who are using Instagram on their phone, the alternative of the scrolling because it takes longer on a mobile device. In that case, there is the option of installing a program like FindFirstPost, the tool that allows you to find the first, second, and third posts on a profile, as well as those posts with the most likes.
The act of searching for a user's first tweet can be an even more tedious and complicated by the potentially higher number of posts compared to Instagram.
To find the first tweet of an account, simply use the advanced Twitter search on the desktop version, which can be accessed by pressing on the three horizontal dots located to the right of the search bar (once the search results are displayed).
Once there, enter the profile in question in the Accounts section, preceded by the @ symbol. Then, narrow down your search by time in the Dates section. It's a good idea to know this beforehand. when the account joined Twitter, information available on the main page of each profile next to the location just below their biography.
Once done, press the search button and then click on the section Most recent to scroll down and locate the account's first tweet since registration on the social network.
To locate the first post of a Facebook user, click on the section Settings and Privacy appears when you click on the down arrow at the top right of the screen.
Subsequently, you must enter Activity log, then Your posts, and finally, set the date filter to browse through the different months and years until you find the first post on the social network.
Although it isn't a typical social network, the instant messaging network WhatsApp is one of the most widely used applications on a daily basis by its millions of users around the world. Some of them wonder how to access the first message of a conversation. without having to scroll. There are three ways.
On the one hand, use an automatic scrolling app like Easy Scroll, available on both the Play Store and the App Store. Its operation It is similar to the one described above and the only thing the user has to do is sit and wait.
Another way is to type part of the first message or messages posted in a conversation into the WhatsApp search bar. However, not all of its users remember these first words.
The last way is more of a preventative measure, as it involves marking as Highlight the first message in a conversation by clicking on it and clicking on the option which appears next to a star. From that moment on, the user can access starred messages from the Settings section.
In the case of Telegram, another of the most popular instant messaging apps in the world, The process of searching for a message is even simpler than on WhatsApp.
To do so, the user simply has to enter the profile of the person in whose chat they want to search and select the option Search that appears under the magnifying glass icon.
You are then given the option to search by specific words (if you remember the words from the first message sent) or by days, for which you must press the calendar icon that appears at the bottom left. Additionally, the photos sent in the conversation associated with each day will be displayed here.
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