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Comping_Rich
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With all the different social media platforms I just wanted to check the abbreviations we put in titles.
I know Facebook is FB, Twitter is TW, Instagram is Insta. However I’m just thinking could we not have an agreed upon abbreviation for all social platforms when posting competitions?
I was thinking:-
Facebook = FB
Twitter = TW
Instagram = IN
Threads = TH
Snapchat = SC
Rafflecopter = RC
Gleam = GL
I know Facebook is FB, Twitter is TW, Instagram is Insta. However I’m just thinking could we not have an agreed upon abbreviation for all social platforms when posting competitions?
I was thinking:-
Facebook = FB
Twitter = TW
Instagram = IN
Threads = TH
Snapchat = SC
Rafflecopter = RC
Gleam = GL
LinkedIn = LI
TikTok = TT
YouTube = YT
Pinterest = PI
Twitch = T
Discord = D
what do you think and are there any I have missed?
TikTok = TT
YouTube = YT
Pinterest = PI
Twitch = T
Discord = D
what do you think and are there any I have missed?
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Facebook = FB | Twitter/X = TW/X | Instagram = IG | Threads = THS | Snapchat = SC
Rafflecopter = RC | Gleam = GL | LinkedIn = LI | TikTok = TT | YouTube = YT
Pinterest = PIN | Twitch = TWH | Discord = DIS | Viral Sweep = VS | Sweep Widget = SW
Raffle site = RS
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That looks logical to me, even though I've never heard of the last two!I’m a Senior Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the Competition Time, Site Feedback and Marriage, Relationships and Families boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com All views are my own and not the official line of Money Saving Expert.2
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I personally use IG for Instagram and have seen others use it too, that would be my only small amendment 😊5
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Comping_Rich said:With all the different social media platforms I just wanted to check the abbreviations we put in titles.
I know Facebook is FB, Twitter is TW, Instagram is Insta. However I’m just thinking could we not have an agreed upon abbreviation for all social platforms when posting competitions?
I was thinking:-
Facebook = FB
Twitter = TW
Instagram = IN
Threads = TH
Snapchat = SC
Rafflecopter = RC
Gleam = GLLinkedIn = LI
TikTok = TT
YouTube = YT
Pinterest = PI
Twitch = T
Discord = D
what do you think and are there any I have missed?Misslayed said:That looks logical to me, even though I've never heard of the last two!
Discord is a place to connect and chat with people, you can do voice chat but also various channels to discuss things. I think you have to have a link to join a group though, basically a better version of Whatsapp 😆
@Comping_Rich Viral Sweep and Sweep Widget are often used too.Thank you to everyone who posts competitions and good luck to everyone who enters.1 -
Great feedback, I think IG for instagram would be best as like you all state others have used that. Viral Sweep can be VS and Sweep Widget can be SW. to that would be:Facebook = FB
Twitter = TW
Instagram = IG
Threads = TH
Snapchat = SC
Rafflecopter = RC
Gleam = GLLinkedIn = LI
TikTok = TT
YouTube = YT
Pinterest = PI
Twitch = T
Discord = DViral Sweep - VSSweep Widget - SWPosting is a privilege, not a right. This is a privately-owned site. Posting is a privilege, not a right. Any inappropriate posts or any issues that take up a disproportionate amount of resources or make it a worse place to be will be stopped at our discretion - with or without explanation. No one pays to use this site; when there are issues, we pay to resolve them. Sometimes we need to prioritise spending money on the site, other issues or better resources.Please be nice to all MoneySavers. That’s the forum motto. Remember, the prime aim is to help provide info and resources. If you don’t like someone, their situation, their question or feel they’re intruding on ‘your board’ then please bite the bullet and think of the bigger issue. A Guardian article once "doffed its cap" to this forum as being the one place where consumers can collect together and fight back. Our job is to help keep it that way.Facebook = FB | Twitter/X = TW/X | Instagram = IG | Threads = THS | Snapchat = SC
Rafflecopter = RC | Gleam = GL | LinkedIn = LI | TikTok = TT | YouTube = YT
Pinterest = PIN | Twitch = TWH | Discord = DIS | Viral Sweep = VS | Sweep Widget = SW
Raffle site = RS
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Good idea 🌞
I would use:
PIN for Pinterest
Dis for Discord
Tricky ones are Twitter, Twitch and Threads. The abbreviations would be easy to mix up. How about...
TW for Twitter
TWH for Twitch
And THS for Threads
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