Enable Small Social Buttons in SharePoint 2010

To convert the large social buttons to smaller ones you simply have to modify the following:
Within your custom Master Page search for: “GlobalSiteLink3”
Simply Add “-mini” to the control ID

Original Large Control:
<SharePoint:DelegateControl ControlId="GlobalSiteLink3" Scope="Farm" runat="server"/>


New Small Control ID:
<SharePoint:DelegateControl ControlId="GlobalSiteLink3-mini" Scope="Farm" runat="server"/>


If you want to make the small buttons horizontal versus vertical simply add the following to your custom CSS:

.ms-mini-socialNotif-Container{
white-space: nowrap;
}