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Jeff
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11-29-2007, 12:43 AM
The ubiquitous emoticon, or smiley, turned 25 this year. As you may recall, Yahoo! held a contest to comemorate this anniversary, inviting everyone to send in a photo of themselves composing a "new" emoticon with their own face. The winners would be immortalized as brand-new emoticons in Yahoo! Messenger.
Well, the winning entries have been announced! There are six new emoticons in Yahoo! Messenger, all submitted by users, and here they are:
Last edited by Dermot : 02-03-2008 at 06:14 PM. Reason: added bee 
says
11-29-2007, 12:47 AM Don't forget the bee!
 :bz
says
01-25-2008, 01:46 PM It seems to me you can add all the emoticons you want but have you ever been in a chat room and had to deal with all the bots? It has become real bad the last few days. The new sign in has done nothing to relieve this problem.
says
01-28-2008, 06:34 PM JR88, I agree, but you have to also realize that a LOT of people don't use Yahoo! Messenger for chat rooms. They only use if for instant messaging. For them, the bots really aren't a problem.
I'd be interested to find out what percentage of Yahoo! Messenger users visit Yahoo! chat rooms on a regular basis. I'll bet they are a small minority.
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01-28-2008, 06:42 PM Quote:
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01-29-2008, 12:22 PM I don't use the chat rooms either. I'll bet less than 10% of users do.
EDIT: I've created a poll to find out. Click here to participate. Last edited by Fanatic : 01-29-2008 at 12:44 PM. Reason: added link to my poll
says
01-29-2008, 01:23 PM I like the two thumbs up and I don't wanna see emoticons. And the bee!
Yeah, these little things may not be important, but they are fun. I doubt they take much time or effort to develop, so it really doesn't take away from the more important things. And if you don't want to use them, you don't have to.
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:-bd Two thumbs up!
^#(^ It wasn't me!
:!! Hurry up!
\m/ Rock on!
:-q Thumbs down!
X_X Don't want to see!
