Guide for Efficient Internet Mesenging

"hey man, i wonder if u..."
Still starting a conversation that way?
Nah, that's so "last millenium"!
Nowadays in internet mesenger like Yahoo Mesenger, we use more quick and convenient language.
Thus, the culture of shortform is getting more popular.

Usually we would ask "hello? are you there?",
that would be too formal and troublesome.
Come on, cut the crap; be more casual and direct!
Like: "hey, you there?".
Sounds better right?

Maybe the word "hey" is just not yourself... :-?
Here's a more general one which fits most people:"r u there?".
Notice the "are" being changed to "r" and "you" is just plain o' "u"
This is totally ok, normal and common in Internet mesenging!!
Your friends will understand~ No worries!

But, can it be shorten? Once more?
Let me try, change "there" into "thr"...
and VOILA!!!
Now u have "r u thr?"
This is what i call short form!!

Wait, you saying that it still can be shorten?
Yes, u're right!
By throw away the "r"
You can just say "u thr?"
And the meaning of the sentence is still the same!!
Man, you learning quick!!

And some people even go extra miles in mastering the art of short form.
They just say "thr?",
which originally means "hey, i wonder if you are there? i want to talk to you."
Yea, and don't worry that others don't understand that, it's their fault by not catching up.
So, it's alright to join in the band wagon of typing short form

Some people who practise more efficient time management would brilliantly use the Buzz function in Yahoo Mesenger.
The shortcut key is pressing Ctrl + G
Doing so, it will send out a buzz which sounds like a door bell to ur recipient.
Technical speaking, this is much more efficient than asking "thr?" which we had short formed so far.
Buzzing only requires u to press 2 button; while typing "thr?" needs to type 5 keys including enter to send.

Don't worry that u are not being polite that buzzing people out of no where and expecting people to respond to you.
Everyone does that! just join the band wagon and save time!