Facebook Fan Pages are all the rage these days. Every company is doing their best to make a presence in the social web, and many are doing very well. This post is NOT about the big shots. We're focusing on smaller fan pages that are highly underrated.

It's impossible to see every fan page, but we feel comfortable without list. And if we missed a page that deserves to be in this list, we're sure you'll let us know about it in the comments.

Fan Count: 420,145
About: Nothing in "About" box

Why you'll like it: TFLN is such an amazing website, and they've done their best to port it to Facebook. This is the weakest of the pages, but it does bring the humor that TFLN is known for, but for some reason, it just doesn't have the same kick as their regular site.

Fan Count: 127
About: For Those Who Like to Watch.....We Salute You!

Why you'll like it: It's updated almost daily, and they allow fans to post. Most of the content is videos....Taser videos! It's a great page for a quick laugh.

Fan Count: 87
About: Tiny little Facebook tips - One bite at a time.

Why you'll like it: We know you already like Facebook, or you wouldn't be reading this. Even if you're a FB expert, this page might teach you something you didn't know. The posts are all very short, yet very informative.

Fan Count: 49
About: Selling a home is tough these days, and most of the time, the pictures used on the MLS bring people to the listing. Problem is, a lot of people don't care what the pictures look like. This page is for sharing the best (worst) pics on the MLS.

Why you'll like it: You might not like this one, but I do. It's updated almost daily, and shows pictures of homes Realtors use to list their clients' properties. When you consider these photos are what's being presented to help sell a home, it sort of puts things in perspective. It's a niche page, but it's still pretty damn funny (and a little sad).

Fan Count: 3,671
About: Write your best FmyLife stories on our wall and get ready to laugh hahahaha

Why you'll like it: Misery loves company. The page is full of people telling their "Fuck My Life" stories. For some reason, I always feel a little better after visiting the page.

Fan Count: 373
About: Weekly Pool Cleaning, Service, and Repair. Servicing the Lake Nona area, and almost everywhere else in Central Florida.

Why you'll like it: Another niche site, but this company is very interactive with their clients. They allow wall posts by fans, and provide a good mix of humor and instructional material on the wall in the form of videos, pictures, and links. They also have a "Discussions" section, which is great if you have pool questions, but it doesn't appear there is much discussion going on there. If you own a small business, this is a good model to follow.

Fan Count: 142
About: Like Lists? Of course you do! Listropolis.com is all about the lists. We have originals and also feature some of the all-time best lists found on the internetz. All Your List are Belong to Us (not a typo...google it).

Why you'll like it: Like you thought we wouldn't add our own page here. We update our Listropolis FB page daily, and it's not just posts from here. We assume you're already a fan of Listropolis, so we hope you'll join us on Facebook too. We try to keep the updates interesting, and allow for fans to post on our wall too.

Fan Count: 9,074
About: Fail is not fail blog. Many of the pictures, and videos come from fail blog, and other sites. Please see the info tab for links to these sites. All pictures and Videos are property of there respected owners, and we thank them for putting them online!

Why you'll like it: Who doesn't like Fails? Looks like most of the content comes from FailBlog, but it's still funny, and a no-brainer to become a fan of if you're into that sort of thing.

Fan Count: 64
About: There are just some things that can't be posted on a regular Facebook Profile. This is the dirty, raunchier, side of things - but it's what every man thinks about. Women, Sports, Videos, Music - it's all here. If you are easily offended....Leave!

Why you'll like it: Yowza!!! This page is a cross between Maxix, Playboy, and FHM, with a little MTV, Men's Health, and GQ thrown in for fun. How this page only has 64 fans is a mystery to me, but if you're a guy, or you like guy stuff, do yourself a favor and become a fan of this page. The site seems to be updated almost daily, and it looks like fans can add content, but keep in mind, it can sometimes get NSFW.

Fan Count: 144
About: We all love WTFs! Become a fan, visit daily, and share your own WTF links.

Why you'll like it: Now why didn't they offer this in college. WTF (What the Fuck) 101 will blow your mind. It's updated multiple times daily, and has some of the craziest links I've ever seen. I've shared a ton of the links from this page on my own, and they're always a hit. Fans of bizarre stories, videos, and pictures will absolutely love this site. Fans can add content to the wall on this page too, so you never know what you'll find, and if this page gets as large as I think it will, this could become one of the best places for your daily WTF fun.

So who did we miss?

We know there are thousands of great Facebook fan pages, so if you have one, or know of one, that you think should have made this list, let us know in the comments.

From SpeckyBoy:

This article is a list of the best and most creative Social Bookmark Icon Sets for your web sites or blogs. If I have missed any, leave send me the link via the comments.

Listropolis' Take:

Not much to say. It's a great list of beautiful social icons from some of the best designers.

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I really don't have to explain what a Facebook staus update is, do I? Didn't think so. One of my Facebook friends' status today read, "Dropping the kids off at the pool." If you've read this blog for any length of time, you probably know where my mind went, but it made me wonder if there was a place to find funny status updates that people could "borrow," and it turns out, there is. The status updates in this post are all from a site called The Collection of Funny Facebook Status Updates. What follows are what I consider the 20 best status updates from that site...and they welcome you to use them.

From ReadWriteWeb:

Are you the only person at work who likes to read blogs? Is it your job to sell things to people who would probably throw you out of their offices if you said the word "twitter?" Are you trying to reach audiences who've never visited a social networking website because they've heard those sites are used by no one but virus peddlers, sex fiends and 14 year old losers?

Sometimes it feels like social media is just not relevant to the people you're trying to reach. That's a common dilemma, but we believe it doesn't have to be that way. In this post we discuss five strategies for using social media to reach people who don't use social media, and we've listed specific tools you can use to do it.

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social, social media

From ChrisBrogan.com:

You are not special. You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake. You are the same decaying organic matter as everything else. - Tyler Durden, Fight Club.

Branding one’s self in an online environment built on entropy and go-baby-go is difficult at best, and impossible if you forget to take your happy pills. To that end, I’ve come up with a quick list of 100 things you might do to help with these efforts. Feel free to add your ideas to the comments section.

If you like this one, please don’t hesitate to stumble, blog, digg, bookmark, and otherwise promote the hell out of this. That’s another tactic, by the way. : )

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From sustainablog:

If you’re reading this blog, then you’re on board with social media. There’s a good chance you belong to social networks like Facebook or MySpace. It’s likely that you Digg stories and even possible that you Twitter. These technologies and services, together with a growing number of others, make up the social web. It’s much like the regular web, but more interactive. More…social. It invites and even demands active participation from everyone. It has a global reach with viral capacity, and yet it’s bringing local communities closer together. It enables people to connect, organize, and make a difference as never before. Indeed, social media is a powerful force, one that the world’s CEOs are starting to acknowledge and take seriously.

Many entrepreneurs, activists, and marketers are leveraging the social web for positive change. In the process and by its very nature, they are giving each of us the tools to change the world and make it a better place. There are thousands of examples, which is precisely why Max Gladwell exists. Here are 10 worth exploring.

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If you use FriendFeed, your wait for a desktop client is finally over. If you also use Twitter, you're going to love Alert Thingy! Alert Thingy runs on the Adobe Air platform, and I just installed it, and already, it's become my favorite desktop client.

It's a piece of cake to install, and it's beautiful. You can "Comment" and "Like" right from the app, and as of today, you can also tweet. It doesn't get much better than this.

So, can a list really be only one item long? Probably not, but alert thingy is too cool not to share. Download and enjoy.

Feel free to join me on either:

My FriendFeed Profile

My Twitter Profile

From the Site:

What’s going to be the viral element that gets us to cut down on our collective carbon emissions? Who’s going to deliver us the iPod of cleantech? If we knew for sure, we’d be off building it, but these 10 web sites think they have the key ingredients to motivate their users to fight global warming and cut carbon. Do you think they have what it takes? Here’s our thoughts and our list of 10 green social networks you should know:

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They say, the first step to recovering from an addiction is admitting you have the addiction, so here goes....

I'm addicted to Friendfeed!

I've been using Friendfeed for just over a month now, and it's grown on me so much, that it's become my homepage (take that iGoogle). Friendfeed is definitely this year's Twitter in terms of buzz, but unlike the one-trick-pony that is twitter (don't get me wrong, I'm addicted to that too), Friendfeed seems to have some major legs.

To me, one of the best tools in Friendfeed is the "recommended" friends list. I'll admit, I had never heard of Robert Scoble until Friendfeed insisted we meet each other. Now, I find myself drowning in social info overload catching up on Scoble, and my other very active friends.

It seems like there is at least one article written daily about Friendfeed, and most of them are very interesting, so I wanted to bring all of the buzz, articles, tools, and everything else into one list - the Ultimate Friendfeed List. I'm positive I'll miss a few items, but I've spent two days scouring the web for things related to friendfeed, so I feel comfortable that this list is the best around - at least until tomorrow.

Here's a great explanation of FriendFeed from G4

Friendfeed Articles/Posts:

• FriendFeed, The Centralized Me, and Data Portability - TechCrunch
• Air, Water, Food, RSS, Twitter, FriendFeed. Maybe Sleep - LouisGray.com
• friendfeed simplified my lifestream - the MLxperience

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A Listropolis Original (yeah, we write lists too)

I'll admit, I'm addicted to Twitter. It wasn't love at first site (or second, or third for that matter), but after trying out a few different Twitter apps, I was hooked. I've listed 5 of the best Twitter apps I've used, but hope this post leads to other twitter apps being listed in the comments.

1. TwitterFox - I'm currently using this app, and think it's hands-down the best Twitter client available. It's a Firefox extension that sits in your status bar, and is perfect if you have multiple twitter accounts. So far, the only downside I've seen is that it feels a little slow at updating, with the fastest refresh option being every 3 minutes. For me, TwitterFox is as close to perfect as I've seen.

   

2. Twitterrific - This has been my go-to client in between all the other apps I've used. I always seem to come back to this app for its good looks, and simplicity. Sponsored links have been added recently, but they don't take away from the overall experience. Twitterrific is from Iconfactory, and is Mac only.
   
3. Tweetr - This is a nice little Adobe Air app that has a clean, simple interface, and it's fun to use. I would probably still be using Tweetr, but Adobe Air doesn't seem to play nicely with my Mac ATM. My favorite feature about Tweetr is the ability to transfer files using the built in urltea.
   
4. Twitbin - For Firefox and Flock users. It sits in your sidebar and allows you to read/post tweets. I'm running low on screen real estate, so having it in the sidebar was a deal breaker - forcing me to use the already mentioned twitterfox.
   
5. Pockettweets - This is a twitter app for the iPhone. You can view the latest tweets from your friends, update your status, or see what's happening in the public timeline. -- all via EDGE or WiFi. It has quick load times, and navigating the site is cake. To use pockettweets, just visit the above link with your iPhone.
   

This obviously isn't a complete list, but these are my favorite apps that I've tried so far. If you have a favorite Twitter app, post a link in the comments.