10 Cool Facebook Status Tips and Tricks (Part 3/5)

5. HOW TO: Add Symbols to Your Facebook Status

It is common when we type “:)” in any of chatting applications (i.e. Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, etc.), the text will transform into a smiley yellow face. However, Facebook does not work that way! In fact, the only symbol you can create in a Facebook status update through the shortcut keys is a ♥, by typing “<3.”

How to add a symbol then? Back to basic, just copy and paste some universal symbols (click this link) into the box, as you can see in the example above.

PC users (strictly PC, unless you have a numerical keypad for your laptop) can also access some symbols by hitting “Alt” + various number combinations (on a numerical keypad).

6. HOW TO: Turn Your Status Updates Into a Word Cloud

There is a really fun way to visualize anyone’s status updates (even an entire country’s) as a word cloud. The Status Analyzer 3D application will look at what it is you have been chatting about lately and generate a list, and then a pretty, colorful, animated cloud as pictured above.

You can share the results with others on the social networking site by posting it to your friend’s wall or by adding it to your profile.

P/s: Please forgive me if you see any “improper” words or languages  in the image above. This image is taken randomly.

Thanks again to Amy-Mae Elliott.