Facebook is, right now, the most popular website in the world, and that is shown by the number of people who are now using Facebook chat emoticons to talk with their friends. It’s really astounding that just five short years ago, Facebook was actually two words which didn’t really flow very well together, and now it is a noun and a verb!
Facebook chat emoticons
Facebook smileys have become a part of our everyday lives, and with good reason. For a start, when chat was first introduced on the biggest social network in the world, there was no list or help associated with the face icons that we could use with our conversations. So what happened? People did research – they tested and tried and experimented and finally we had a list of all of the potential combinations and permutations that we could use to make smilies and emotes for Facebook chat. It took a long time, and I admit that I couldn’t find them all (a lot of them seemed to be secret or hidden).
Anyway, after a little more time, more and more websites published full lists of the Facebook chat emoticons, and many people were very happy. I, for one, was ecstatic, because there were a lot of emotes that nobody had ever seen before. I don’t think I was alone in thinking that it was crazy to have a Pacman emoticon in Facebook chat! I mean, that guy had disappeared during the coin-op days of the 80’s, but it was clear that the team at Facebook were quite ‘retro’ in their designs. There was also a cool robot emoticon which seemed to be a throwback to times gone by.
There are, of course, a number of other Facebook chat emoticons for your to choose from, including some of the omre ‘traditional’ ones such as a smiley face, a big smiley face, a love heart (and a broken heart!). There is also an angel, a devil and someone who is crying.
Then Facebook pulled a big change – they inctroduced a new emoticon! Nobody was expecting it (since Facebook had been so low key about their chat emoticons), but there it was – in full technicolor – a shark! Suddenly, people all over the world were scared that Jaws may jump out of their screens and bite them in the mouse-finger. Luckily, I’m pretty sure no long-term injuries were suffered.
A couple of months ago, Facebook introduced their second ‘extra’ or hidden emoticon – the penguin! It’s a very cute and adorable creature – very different from its predecessor. Now it is a mainstay in the Facebook chat emoticons arsenal – but the question is, what’s your favourite?
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