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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
LinkedIn = LI
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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  • Misslayed
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    That looks logical to me, even though I've never heard of the last two!
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  • gdmoney
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    AC55 said:
    I personally use IG for Instagram and have seen others use it too, that would be my only small amendment 😊
    I agree with using IG for Instagram.
  • Ms_Dee
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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
    LinkedIn = LI
    TikTok = TT
    YouTube = YT
    Pinterest = PI
    Twitch = T
    Discord = D


    what do you think and are there any I have missed?
    Looks good to me but happy to agree with IG for instagram. I tend to write them out other than FB, TW and RC.

    Misslayed said:
    That looks logical to me, even though I've never heard of the last two!
    Twitch is for basically watching people, sometimes it is to chat or to watch competition draws, but it is mainly used for gamers to watch people play games and join in.

    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.
  • Comping_Rich
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    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 = GL
    LinkedIn = LI
    TikTok = TT
    YouTube = YT
    Pinterest = PI
    Twitch = T
    Discord = D
    Viral Sweep - VS
    Sweep Widget - SW

    Posting 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 




  • Blulu
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    edited 7 July 2023 at 7:18PM
    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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