For years now, people have been using emoticons and smileys in their MSN chats. There is good reason for this phenomenon – as the internet has evolved over time, more and more features and options have become available to its users, and the cornerstone of online communication is chat.

Starting on the 14.4baud modems of the Commodore 64, moving from bulletin boards to IRC, chat has blossomed into a multi-million dollar industry, filled with entrepreneurs who are constantly attempting to work upon the basic concept of passing text messages to each other and make it glossier, sexier and add their own special twist. Some have been more successful than others.

I have always wondered what they’re expectations are. I mean do they believe I’ll be so excited they thought about me enough to offer this wonder opportunity. Do they think I’ll automatically follow the link to check it out? In fact, I will spend and entire day to open all 112 messages, and follow the link to each of there incredible biz-ops. Yeah right.

The truth is, it’s annoying and you know that’s true. But I have a confession to make, at one time I did the exact same thing. I was so convinced that I had the greatest opportunity available, and if only they would take a look at it they would see it and enroll instantly…NOT!

2. It is not merely for people search. It can also be for leisure purposes.

Some social networking websites on the Internet are not for connection purposes only. Facebook, which is my example, also hosts several computer games like Mafia Wars Farmville. In this way, you can unwind in these websites, especially if you feel too pressed with your responsibilities.

In the last few years, the world of online instant messaging has again exploded, as companies realised that they must allow their users to communicate with other software users easily and seamlessly, or they will be left behind by the fickle public. This has led to a number of new issues which faced the companies who operate chat software (such as Microsoft) – inter-compatibility.

By opening up their API, Microsoft had given companies such as Meebo (an online aggregator of chat services which allows you to stay in touch with all of your friends at the same time) the opportunity to use its data and connect with its severs – however, there was one feature which it was impossible for other companies to harness – the personal emotions that people had saved in their clients.

Users had a new demand – they wanted to be able to use special characters and symbols to represent their emotions, and they wanted to use them across a wide variety of platforms and software. It was at this time that the public realised that what they in fact wanted had been there all along, in the form of MSN symbols.

These special characters were already installed in the character maps of windows users, and had been ever since they first installed Windows. Special images which could be copied and pasted just like normal letters into word documents, Facebook statuses, onto MySpace pages and most importantly, they could be used in MSN chat, usernames and statuses. The MSN heart symbol, music notes and stars found that their simplicity had once again made them in hot demand – and people began using symbols for MSN more and more due to the fact that they could be used anywhere and were not tied to one product, like custom emoticons.

What will the next step be in the history of the emote? We will wait and see, but for now the uncrowned king of the graphical emotional representation is surely – the MSN symbol!

Resource Author Francisco Rodriguez Higueras
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