| The Internet is continuously evolving. It has been | | | | that will appeal to you and your lifestyle. All you have |
| incorporating all current technology into its domain and | | | | to do to get these smileys is tosearch them online and |
| has thus stood the test of time and storm. From video | | | | follow the instructions to download them. |
| conferencing to class sessions delivered online, it has | | | | Ideologies: Since people of all faiths, creeds and |
| touched almost every aspect of life. But none has | | | | nationalities partake in the discussions at the forums |
| been as popular as Instant Messaging, which gave birth | | | | and chat rooms, some smart guys came up with |
| to smiley icons, a product of man's quest to make | | | | smiley icon that represented religious symbols, |
| cyberspace as social as possible. | | | | socio-political identities like national flags and others. If |
| Smiley icons are sequences of characters and | | | | you have been wondering how that guy that you |
| symbols which represent different facial expressions, | | | | always meet in the chat room, gets to display a |
| human feelings and sometimes, even social gestures. | | | | waving US flag, now you know. |
| They were first developed in an attempt to make the | | | | Celebrities: Celebrities are more like gods nowadays. |
| web as humanly social as possible. Later on, however, | | | | There are people who have made a fortune just |
| they were extended to represent all forms of humor, | | | | writing about them. So, it shouldn't surprise you that we |
| nationalism, celebrities and all kinds of things. And yes, it | | | | now have some emoticons that represent them. From |
| is still developing. | | | | politicians like former president Jimmy Carter :(=) to |
| So, what are the most popular classes of smiley | | | | celebrities and TV characters like Pamela Anderson |
| icons? | | | | &:-)3 , Alladin @:-) , a whole lot of classes of icons that |
| Emotions: Smileys are used to represent most human | | | | represent most things we care about are continuously |
| emotions. The most popular ones are smile, frown, | | | | evolving. |
| wink, laugh, mock, tongue sticking out, etc. These ones | | | | If you want to master the arts of the internet world, |
| are very frequently used in chat rooms and online | | | | you have to learns its ways and be a part of its cyber |
| forums. | | | | culture, which includes understanding and rightly using |
| Cartoons: From smiley icons of fat guys scratching | | | | smiley icons to deliver warmth to your online posts and |
| their pot bellies to other weird ones, there are a whole | | | | break the ice created by the screen. |
| bunch of cartoon smileys that may have quite a few | | | | |