One of the unique things about twitter is that you only get 140 characters to do so. Even with that limitation, there is still much redundant twittering.
I know there are already some standard internet shortcuts; LOL, ROFLMA, OMG, WTH, etc.
I think there’s room for a whole new suite of Twitter shortcuts that could save time and bandwidth. I’d like to suggest a few that will cover about 80% of the tweets out there:
| Shortcut |
Meaning |
Usage |
| IJA |
I Just Ate |
IJA McDonalds or IJA Wendy’s and it was good. |
| IJ1 or IJ2 |
I Just went number 1, or
I Just went number 2 |
IJ1 and it burned is that normal? |
| IAM |
In A Meeting |
IAM and it’s boring. |
| GTM |
Going To Meeting |
GTM, again. |
| GTE |
Going To Eat |
GTE McDonalds |
| JWU |
Just Woke Up. |
JWO, what time is it? |
| GTB |
Going To Bed |
GTB it’s late. |
| AUPC |
Another Unsolicited Phone Call |
AUPC from Amway. |
| CTL |
Click This Link |
CTL www.somelink.com |
| SFATL |
Something Funny at this Link |
SFATL www.somelink.com |
| SSATL |
Something Stupid at this Link |
SSATL www.somelink.com |
| AIWF |
And It Was Fun/Funny |
IJA McDonalds AIWF |
| OS |
Obama Sucks |
OS! |
| MS |
McCain Sucks |
MS but not as much as OS |
| TMU |
The market is up |
TMU -400 |
| TMD |
The market is down |
TMD 400 |
| SIAIS |
Saw it and it sucked |
<insert movie, or something visual> SIAIS |
| SIAIR |
Saw it and it rocked |
<insert movie, or something visual> SIAIR |
| GI |
Google it |
@someperson who asked a stupid question GI |
| IWTL |
I was too lazy |
I would have Googled it but IWTL |
This is just a start but if we all try real hard, I’m sure we can save some serious internet bandwidth by implementing these.
I’m sure there is probably a list somewhere already. Maybe even
something official somewhere but I didn’t Google it. IWTL
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Twitter: Let’s save some bandwidth.
One of the unique things about twitter is that you only get 140 characters to do so. Even with that limitation, there is still much redundant twittering.
I know there are already some standard internet shortcuts; LOL, ROFLMA, OMG, WTH, etc.
I think there’s room for a whole new suite of Twitter shortcuts that could save time and bandwidth. I’d like to suggest a few that will cover about 80% of the tweets out there:
I Just went number 2
This is just a start but if we all try real hard, I’m sure we can save some serious internet bandwidth by implementing these.
I’m sure there is probably a list somewhere already. Maybe even
something official somewhere but I didn’t Google it. IWTL