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If you're like us, you probably discovered emoticons in instant messenger. Most people do. But not everyone. Emoticons are used in lots of different programs including email, blogs and internet forums. In our humble opinion, instant messenger emoticons and email emoticons are definitely the most popular.
The brain fart!
We wanted to make it simple for you to understand where to use emoticons. Below is a list of the main applications that use that let you use emoticons and smileys. Some let you customize your emoticon experience more than others - we think MSN Messenger is the most user friendly. Click the logo or text link below to read our brain fart about how emoticons work with each application and more importantly how they look!
Dare to try something new?
The point of this 'Where to use' guide is to show you all the places where you can use emoticons so you get the most out of them. Maybe you'll learn something, maybe you won't...it will depend on how much of an emoticon addict you are.
We've always found that using emoticons adds another dimension to a chat. In fact we loved emoticons so much that we made a business creating them. Read more about our story here if you're interested. Why do we use smileys and emoticons? We make our friends laugh, sometimes we get some kudos if we use really cool emoticons and finally we make sure that our friends get the message - loud and clear. Without being face to face, it can be tough to get the message across. So we highly recommend using emoticons whenever you're chatting to someone online and you can't see their face.
PS. We should point out that when we talk about 'emoticons', we're referring to 'smileys' at the same time. To us they're almost the same thing - an image to express emotion. We give our opinion on the debate here.
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