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81. Harvesting
When you harvest your crops in Farmville they
sell automatically – the same can be said for
animals or trees. Farm town stores all of
your harvests in a box and you can go to
market and sell them.
82. Vehicles and storage
As soon as you can, get a harvester, seeder and
tractor – they will allow you to manage much
larger farms, but require fuel. You can save up
coins to buy them instead of paying real money
for Farmville cash. The same thing can be said
for buildings – some are limited edition though,
so can only be bought with cash.
83. Fuel
Fuel is used to run vehicles – but it’s finite and
rechargeable. You can also buy fuel using
cash, but larger farms use up fuel before you’ve
finished your harvesting, plowing and planting,
so remember that whatever you choose to do,
you’ll have to still do some ‘manual’ work.
84. Is Farmville cash worth it?
Depending on many factors, including how
competitive you are, and whether you want
exclusive items, any app that allows you to buy
special credits can be worth it. Don’t buy them if
you’re a casual player though.
85. Collectables, and projects
Farmville has a mechanism to build things like
stables – your friends list has to send you
component parts, and then you can build a
stable, or expand your storage. This can be
frustrating however if they need a lot of pieces.
Patience will get you there, and until then keep
posting about it every few days by clicking on
the building and sharing via that box.
86. iPhone app
Bejeweled’s iPhone app links with the game on
Facebook (via connect) and allows you to post
your score to Facebook. It is well worth the
money, giving you four mini games in one – and
another way to play while you’re waiting
somewhere without computer access.
87. Sign up for the competition
Bejeweled offers a free competition and includes
the scores from your iPhone app in the updates
on site – which allows you to simply join in on
the draw, even when you’re not on Facebook.
88. Two different styles of game
Bejeweled onsite recently introduced special
bonus crystals and more, giving another
variation to the one minute blitz style game.
Using the ones that fit with your play style can
maximize your score. Bejeweled on the iPhone
hasn’t had these introduced yet.
89. Bejeweled posts
Bejeweled will post to your profile whenever you
reach a points target – sometimes you’ll post a
lot in a row, which can be annoying. If you’re
planning on playing for a while, you can cancel
posting (as you can with any other app) and
post the last one. Your friends will appreciate
this.
90. Mafia Wars/Vampire Wars
Both Mafia Wars and Vampire wars are
basically the same game, with some minor
variations – again, like Farmville, you can buy
cash or credits to use in special parts of the
game, but unlike Farmville, you don’t ‘grow’
crops or care for animals.
91. Finish jobs even if you’re leveled up
Mafia wars and vampire wars allow you to move
onto another level (set) of quests, but you
should stay on the lower level ones and
complete them if you can – it’s a long process in
most cases, but it does mean that you get extra
skill points, and sometimes, in game cash.
Maxing out the completion also gives you cool
titles and other stuff that you can’t otherwise
earn.
92. Adding friends
It’s important to remember that not everyone
wants to play these games, so if you invite
people, don’t do it constantly. If you’re new to
Facebook, and your friends are inviting you, look
out for those that play, and ask them to add you,
or sign up and invite them.
93. Gifts
Sending gifts or elements from a game will also
invite people to the game – so be careful who
you send gifts to – they may have either blocked
the game, or will remove you as a connection.
Similarly, you can only send one a day, so
choose wisely – if a friend is completing a
collection go for that.
94. Posting your achievements
Most games allow you to post your
achievements, levels, or important milestones –
if that’s all that makes up your feed, you may
find that your friends complain – or don’t read
anything you post at all.
95. Removing games
Like every other app, you can remove any apps
that are interfering with your profile, or posting
too often – you may find that your friends
complain if it posts too often – if that happens,
you can simply change the app’s posting
privileges, or if you’re not playing at all, remove
it by going to Account, application settings and
hitting the X beside the game name.
96. Networked blogs lets you share your
blog
Did you know that Networked Blogs also allows
you to post to your own page (we talk about
pages in Section 3)? Be careful though – those
that have you as a friend and have fanned you
will get more double updates from your blogs.
97. Network blogs also allows you to follow
other blogs
Including your friends and some of the biggest
blogs on the web. If you have a list of friends
that you like to read, consider following them on
Facebook – if they’re there, their blogs will be
inserted into your feeds easily.
98. Networked Blogs or importing notes?
(See 2nd section for more information on notes)
Notes are a great way of simply posting a lot of
content to your feed, while Networked Blogs has
features that blend importing RSS with a group
– you can have people fan and rate your blog,
have a discussions area and more. It all
depends on your community needs.
99. Integrating other networks
Facebook has a lot of ‘bridge’ applications,
which allow you to integrate external social
networking sites, such as Flikr and twitter into
your feeds. These powerful tools can take a
while to set up, but are well worth it if you
regularly use the sites you’re linking up.
100. Horoscopes and more
Like everywhere else on the web, Facebook has
facilities to post horoscopes and more – if you’re
interested in that sort of thing, find one that your
friends use and post it.
101. Developing your own
Facebook has a powerful API that allows you to
develop just about anything based on a
framework – so developing something that you
think other people might like to play is easy. It’s
also good advertising for the ‘cause’ or company
of choice.
Have fun
While all these tips cover the mechanics of
networking and beyond, it’s important to
remember that you should always try to enjoy
yourself. Facebook is a social site – be social
and enjoy everything it has to offer!