The Influence Of Emoticons on Facebook

Since the advent of the Internet as a form of communication, emoticons have become an intrinsic part of all variety of electronic communities. They pop up everywhere from e-mail, to instant messages, and (of course) are scattered all across social networking sites like Facebook. In fact, there are even Facebook fan pages dedicated to the subject of emoticon usage. These range from the “I Love Emoticons” page to the “Using Emoticons When You Have Nothing Left to Say” page. There is even a musician who calls himself Emoticon, and who has created a Facebook fan-page where he broadcasts his musical endeavors.