Social Media

I provide information about my social media sites and attempt to popularize two emoticon usages that I (re)invented. Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Evid3nc3 Twitter (Video Updates): http://twitter.com/#!/Evid3nc3 WordPress (Private Message Responses): http://evid3nc3.wordpress.com/ Dumb face: :F Serious face: |:-| == About the Emoticons == Apparently, the :F has been used for "vampire" or a "snake sticking its tongue out" and |:-| has been used for "a serious guy with a unibrow". However, as Kabitu insightfully points out in the comments, I think usability and emotional recognizability come into play in emoticon creation. I.e. when are you really going to need emoticons for a snake sticking its tongue out, a vampire, or a serious guy with a unibrow unless you are flooding your conversation with needless emoticons? I think a good emoticon captures an emotion in a way that accentuates pure text and makes a statement more expressive. This concludes my official argument for why people should use these emoticons for the purposes portrayed in the video :) May the public decide their fate |:-| -- All excerpts used in this video are either copyright-free or covered under "fair use" in Title 17 § 107 of the USC -- Music: 1234 by Wizard of odD (no longer available for download) http://www.myspace.com/wizardofodd/ But check out his wicked band, The Unordinaries: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/reveries/id439668577 .