Prepare to drive your friends nuts on Facebook ... with emoticons.
Previously limited to Facebook messages and chat, a large number of emoticons will now appear in Facebook comments. This means that "(^^^)" will turn into a little shark icon, "
You can find a full list of the emoticons and how to make them at a website called FBSmileys, points out the Next Web's Matt Brian.
These emoticons suddenly started working in comments at the end of last week or so, but Facebook made no formal announcement. They still do not work in actual Facebook posts or in the mobile Facebook apps, mind you. :(
More about Facebook:
- Mark Zuckerberg confirms: 'I wear the same thing every day'
- Facebook's new Help Center easier to navigate than Timeline
- Facebook stops asking you to snitch on your friends
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