Emoticonitis

An emotional icon is a statement of emotions, feelings and instincts. #emojisapp enables an app which installs an #emoji keyboard. This keyboard helps us to explore the #emoticons universe which would help us to spice up the text conversations. This graphical icon helps us to show the world our emotional as well as creative self. We know people love to explore emotions. Without emotions a man is merely a robot and nothing more than that. In the digital era, smileys have evolved a lot and are still growing. Animated icons are also very popular as it is livelier. These icons made people think that their text messages are rather face to face conversations. While emotional icons can be constructed with one to three keystrokes, many people have turned to animated emoticons. Text emoticons are still used in cell phone texting; however, due to the popularity of their use, many cell phone companies have developed animated icons. In addition, many programs allow us to download animated icons. With a click of a button, we can have a happy face icon that delivers a smile with thumbs up or rolls its eyes with the classic "whatever" look. Graphical icons are meant to be silly and fun. It is a simply way to express emotion in cyberspace. It seems as if we are headed back to the use of symbols instead of eloquently written words. While emoticons may enhance casual online chatting, they do not have any real world application. #Emoticons are perfectly acceptable in online chats and social media sites. The way people communicate has changed significantly since Scott Fahlman typed his first smiley on the computer. He more than likely had no idea that little symbol would take a generation by storm and become an important communication tool. For the teenagers, #emoticons are an important tool for self-expression.