Emoticon- developed from the phrase ‘emotional icon.’ These symbols are typically used on computers. They help convey the author's emotion and preserve the context behind the written message. The first emoticons are not the elaborate emojis we think about today. Back in the day emoticons only used text based symbols like the colon, semicolon, dash, and parenthesis. The results looked like a sideways smiley face or frowning face, including eyes a nose and a mouth. There is some debate about when the first emoticon was actually used. The first proven emoticon was used on September 19, 1982, by an American computer scientist named Scott E. Fahlman. Scott thought that a smiley face on a message board would mean the post was funny, and a frowning face on a message board meant the post was serious. Despite the massive upgrade emoticons went through to get to where they are today, there were still even critics that disliked them even back in 1982.
Non-supporters said that emoticons undermined people's ability to effectively communicate using language and writing. It gave them the opportunity to be less creative with their writing. Some say it’s also a way to slack off, while others claim that they can decrease the integrity of the author that sent it. Supporters refute that by claiming that emoticons improve online communication far more than they hindered it. Due to the fact that online communication lacks the personal touch that face to face contact has, emoticons offer a way for the author to clearly demonstrate how they feel about what they’re writing about. Emoticons help get your message out with clarity and in much less words then with a long explanation.
Today, even only using text based symbols, people are able to create emoticons that are more inventive than you could even imagine. Full pictures are created with extreme detail and care. Personally, I love emoji‘s and without even trying I probably easily send over 100 every single day. To me emojis send out positive vibes and make whatever message I’m sending a little less serious. Every day new emojis get released which allows us to communicate in even more specific and quicker ways.
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