Hanging around on Facebook and Twitter is more than talking to friends and posting pictures. Facebook has great games and applications to pass the time, promote your business, and just have fun. In this Cheat Sheet, find some recommended Facebook games and emoticons to add drama to your postings. Also, make the most of your Twitter time by searching Twitter user directories for folks with similar interests and using Twitter shorthand to deliver a succinct message in your tweets.
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FarmVille and Other Facebook Games
Perhaps you’re the sort who enjoys playing games? Whether you like action, making your own creation, or trying your hand at games of chance, you can find a place to play on Facebook. Follow the quick links in this table to popular interactive Facebook games.
| Application | URL | What It Does |
|---|---|---|
| Farmville | www.facebook.com/FarmVille | Build your own virtual farm and share with other online farmers. |
| www.facebook.com/frontierville | Indulge your inner cowboy in this Wild West social adventure game. | |
| Texas HoldEm Poker | www.facebook.com/TexasHoldEmPoker | If you fancy yourself to be the next Amarillo Slim, here’s where you get your chops. |
| Pet Society | www.facebook.com/petsociety | Create and raise a virtual pet. Win coins, shop, and more. |
| Mafia Wars | www.facebook.com/MafiaWars | Build your own organization and wreck virtual havoc. |
| Quiz Planet | www.facebook.com/makequizzes | Make fun quizzes to engage your friends. |
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Add Emoticons to Facebook Status Updates
Emoticons (or Smileys) have been used since the 19th century to punctuate the written word with graphics simulated by characters. On Facebook, users who put emoticons in their status updates add a little sparkle to the News Feed. Print out this table and keep it close at hand.
| Type This | What It Means |
|---|---|
| <3 | Heart |
| :) | Smile |
| :( | Frown |
| :/ | Skeptical |
| >:( | Angry, mad |
| :'( | Crying |
| :-* | Kiss |
| ;) | Wink |
| :D | Grin |
| :P | Sticking tongue out at you |
| :O | Gasp! |
| @~)~~~~ | Give someone a rose |
| :X | Lips are sealed |
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Use Tools with Twitter
You can use tools to expand your Twitter prowess and deliver more than pithy phrases in your tweets. As you become engrossed in the Twitterverse, you’ll no doubt need some tools to help you navigate, organize, and direct your communications. Try out the recommended tools in this table.
| Tool | URL | What It Does |
|---|---|---|
| Bit.ly | www.bit.ly | Shortens URLs to fit within 140-character tweets and provides statistics on how many people visit the link |
| Blip.fm | www.blip.fm | Helps you discover music and share it using short URLs on |
| OneForty | www.oneforty.com | Supplies a directory of all Twitter applications with reviews |
| Posterous | www.posterous.com | Offers a free blogging platform that will autopost to Twitter and Facebook |
| Seesmic | www.seesmic.com | Has a desktop or browser client to organize your Twitter and Facebook friends and posts |
| TweetDeck | www.tweetdeck.com | Helps you organize and track your posts in Twitter and Facebook, and manage your Twitter friends |
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Use Twitter Shorthand
Because of the 140-character limit for tweets, people often abbreviate common words and phrases on Twitter. The following table has abbreviations, or Twitter shorthand, that you see often. You will most likely want to use the shorthand, so the table illustrates its use in Twitter messaging.
| Abbreviation | What It Means | Usage |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | For | What do you want it 4? |
| 4U | For you | I have something 4U. |
| BFN | Bye for now | Off to work, BFN. |
| BTW | By the way | BTW, I stopped by your office. |
| DM | Direct Message | Sent you a DM. |
| FYI | For your information | FYI I’ll be there. |
| IC | I see | IC you’ve changed your avatar. |
| IMHO | In my humble opinion | I think that’s bad IMHO. |
| IRL | In real life | Can’t wait to meet you IRL. |
| LMAO | Laughing my *** off | That’s so funny! LMAO! |
| LOL | Laughing out loud | OK, I’m LOL! |
| OH | Overheard | OH (at the beauty salon): Love your haircut. |
| OMG | Oh my gosh | OMG I can’t believe I watched that video. |
| ROFL | Rolling on the floor laughing | And now I’m ROFL. |
| RT | Retweet | RT is what you see when someone repeats one of your tweets to their followers. |
| RU | Are you | RU going to the tweetup? |
| Tweet | Post a comment on Twitter | Have you posted a tweet today? |
| Tweeps | Twitter members | I got RTs from 6 tweeps today. |
| Tweetup | A real life meet up of Twitter members | Where’s the tweetup? |
| Twitterverse | The world of Twitter | Welcome to the Twitterverse! |
| TY | Thank You | TY for all the RTs. |
| W00t! | Yay! | W00t! I got a deal at the store today. |
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Search Twitter User Directories
Sometimes Twitter search isn’t enough. Visit the Twitter user directories in this table and search there to find and follow Tweeps — that’s people on Twitter — who have hobbies and activities similar to yours.
| Site Name | URL | What You Find There |
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| Listorious | www.listorious.com | Lists and user directory |
| Mr. Tweet | www.mrtweet.com | Recommendations of users by users |
| Twellow | www.twellow.com | Twitter Yellow Pages |
| WeFollow | www.wefollow.com | Twitter users by category |
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