An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link By now, everyone on Facebook is pretty well-versed with emoticons. Some of them are as simple as :) while others like :putnam: are a bit more odd.

Experts' tips on when to use certain Facebook reactions and when to avoid them. When Facebook introduced the thumbs-up emoticon in 2009, it was pretty straightforward. If you liked something, you ...

This post originally appeared on the Buffer blog. Do you remember seeing your first emoticon? The first documented use of “:-)” dates back to 1982, when Scott Fahlman proposed that it be used as a ...

Great art can be created with any media: marble, clay, watercolor, even discarded trash. So how about emoticons, those tiny picture icons worth a thousand words in text messages on Facebook and ...

As texting continues to play a large role in our daily communication, we have found ways to emulate face-to-face or voice conversations through typing a message. Emoticons, more commonly known as ...

Andrea Ayres-Deets is the Lead Writer at ooomf, an invite-only network connecting short-term software projects with handpicked developers and designers. Andrea writes about psychology, creativity, and ...

HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With their skyrocketing popularity, it is inevitable that emoticons now find themselves spreading into the commercial domain, but are emoticons in commercial relationships ...

In many social situations, smiling can smooth interactions. People who smile are seen as more attractive, honest, and warm. 1 Smilers are also seen as more competent, suggesting that putting on a ...