Ok everyone, I’m making up a new Twitter / Facebook game. You can use it in either place (or as I plan to do since I use TweetDeck, both).

This little game is called FabriTweet. And here is how it goes:

• You fabricate the most outrageous story that you possibly can fit into 140 characters or less.
• You Tweet it and use the hashtag #fabritweet

I’ve already set my search up in TweetDeck to keep an eye out for FabriTweets, so I hope that someone out there will play along! This could just prove to be a fun creative outlet to provide Christmas cheer all day long.
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	johnpoz @bethiskinner http://onemansblog.com/fabritweet
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	CaliLewis Having fun reading the #fabritweet stories http://onemansblog.com/fabritweet
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	jess_stanton RT @johnpoz: The New Twitter Game - FabriTweet! http://onemansblog.com/fabritweet
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	camsicle RT @johnpoz REMINDER: I invented a new Twitter #game called #FabriTweet. Here are the rules: http://onemansblog.com/fabritweet Play along!
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	Woopra RT @davemoyer: If you haven't yet, it's really time to be FabriTweetin'. http://onemansblog.com/fabritweet #fabritweet from our own @johnpoz
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	philmiller RT @johnpoz: Just invented a new Twitter #game. It's called #FabriTweet. Here are the rules: http://onemansblog.com/fabritweet Play along!
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	davemoyer If you haven't yet, it's really time to be FabriTweetin'. http://onemansblog.com/fabritweet #fabritweet
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	johnpoz REMINDER: I invented a new Twitter #game called #FabriTweet. Here are the rules: http://onemansblog.com/fabritweet Play along!
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	davemoyer @Veribatim http://onemansblog.com/fabritweet Has been keeping me going all day :P
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	johnpoz Oops! Sorry, the Twitter #game Fabritweet rules are working again! http://onemansblog.com/fabritweet
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	davemoyer #FabriTweet, the new Twitter game by @johnpoz... LOL! http://onemansblog.com/fabritweet
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	johnpoz Just invented a new Twitter #game. It's called #FabriTweet. Here are the rules: http://onemansblog.com/fabritweet Play along!
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So, for those of you who don’t know it, the world’s most popular micro-blogging platform, Twitter has been completely down for over two and a half hours so far today due to a Denial of Service attack.

Now, Twitter goes down pretty regularly. It’s difficult to scale up this rapidly for any business. But this is the first time that I can remember it being down for so long in a single block, especially in a critical part of the day. And it’s not just that they are serving up their standard “over capacity” message. The entire Web site has vanished!

I think the interesting thing about this is that it should emphasize how vulnerable we all are to relying on a single communication network with our contacts. It demonstrates why having multiple social systems is a good thing. If Twitter is down, one should be able to hop on FaceBook and stay in touch.

Look, there is no delicate way to put this. Bob Donovan, I hereby formally invite you to participate with me in a no-holds-barred MMA style cage match to be broadcast on live television. I’m 100% serious. Because I want to kick your ass, and I’m quite sure I can do it too.

Wait! What’s Going On Here?

My other dear readers may be asking themselves, who is this Bob Donovan, and what exactly has he done to John P.? Well, I’ve got no idea who Bob Donovan is, but what he did to me was send me an annoying Twitter spam with a link to nothing other than an affiliate site (belonging to 10 Best Hosting 2009).

Oh, and that link does nothing other than direct traffic to the Web site link http://www.10besthosting2009.com/#1492937361/. You see that number at the end? I’m sure that is an affiliate tracking link, and 10 Best Hosting is paying this spammer to fish people in to their Web site. That is assuming they are not directly behind it!
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• Strangely, I am in a good mood this morning for no reason whatsoever. I wonder why that sort of thing happens? Environment? Hormones? #
• Damn I’m getting old. I just stood up, and pulled a MAJOR muscle in my lower back. I need some sort of narcotic pain reliever. #
• I highly recommend listening to Geoff Smith LIVE on UStream NOW!!! http://www.ustream.tv/channel/geoffsmith #
• I’m taking Aaron (from ANOTHERMansBlog.com) to Rudy’s BBQ to bury the hatchet… In a pig! #
• Looking for suggestions of things to do in Austin, TX and places to eat. #
• Here lies Stephen F. Austin. Father of Texas, at the Texas State Cemetary. http://twitpic.com/lyoc #
• The Texas State Capital building is even bigger than the US Capital. Exactly as it should be… http://twitpic.com/lz0n #

Jason Falls posted an article over on his blog Social Media Explorer a few days ago posing the question, “What is the ROI for Social Media?”

Jason’s overriding theme was presented early on in the article:

The problem with trying to determine ROI for social media is you are trying to put numeric quantities around human interactions and conversations, which are not quantifiable.

He sat down with Katie Delahaye Paine and had a conversation regarding this topic.

Someone pointed me in the direction of TweetScan, which is a tool that searches the popular micro-blogging site Twitter.

Specifically they wanted me to see the incredible number of Twitter posts going on about Woopra.

I was blown away. Hard to believe that just about every hour of every day someone is talking about Woopra on Twitter. Fantastic!