The first symbol you would probably remember using on the internet was the vertical smile. It looked strange but soon you became used to it and now you cannot go a day without using your smiley face symbols somewhere in a chat room or in your email or on a social network site. After all, it shows that you are happy, that you were not offended, or that you did not mean harm.

Today there are programs that transform the old colon and bracket into a round face that can show human emotion. It is said that a picture can tell a story and this is true in the virtual world. If we as humans cannot express our emotions, then what we write becomes just useless words on a screen. That is why it is important to use a symbol where possible.

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