Communication "VKontakte": how to put a smiley status?

Communication in social networks every year plays an increasing role in the lives of people of all ages. Over time, such relationships have overgrown a vast array of unwritten traditions, slang words, special methods of expressing one's own opinion. Smiley became one of such manifestations of "virtual" conversation. It is not surprising that the question of "how to put a smiley face" of newcomers is concerned not less than the very possibility of correspondence or participation in virtual groups.

Smiley: what is this?

Emoticons have been invented in order to facilitate users' online communication by allowing them to express their moods, emotions or point of view not only with words, but also with the help of special icons, avoiding long phrases. The very term "smile" comes from the English word "smile". Indeed, speaking of emoticons, we first of all imagine a funny stylized mug with a big smile. However, in fact, such symbols are currently capable of expressing a much larger range of emotions. Smileys in the status of "VKontakte", for example, speak not only about the mood, but also about the life position of the owner of the page.

Each smile is composed of numbers, symbols and punctuation marks, which when placed in a message or comment turns into a small, 64 × 64 pixel image.

What are smilies for?

Initially, smiles were designed only to reflect the simplest moods, such as "angry," "sad," "smile," and the like. However, with the development of the Internet, and "VKontakte" in particular, the popularity of these icons has grown, and their collection has become increasingly diverse. Today, when you go to the "VKontakte" commentary, you can see emoticons, relationships between a man and a woman, food, a variety of hobbies and professions. Accordingly, the speed of correspondence, in comparison with the "childhood" of social networks, has increased significantly. Now, in order to express your admiration to the girl you love, it is enough to put in the picture an image pierced by an arrow of the heart. Moreover, adding it to the comment is as simple as status. You can put a smiley in any situation, the main thing is that it should be relevant.

Smiley "VKontakte"

The ability to add personal messages or correspondence to smilies "VKontakte" appeared not so long ago. Only on August 8, 2012 the creator of this resource Pavel Durov said that the site is now able to support the standard code Emoji, which was previously used, as a rule, only in the mobile version of the site. Even later, it became possible to add emoticons in the status. "VKontakte" is constantly emerging new expressive mood symbols, and now the collection of them is more than 800 similar icons.

To the chagrin of some users, the maximum number of smileys in one message is limited to one hundred; All such symbols, starting with 101, will be displayed as empty squares. On the other hand, this number is enough to express most of the possible emotions and states of the soul.

Do you need smilies in status?

Most people who discover the Internet sooner or later wonder whether it is possible to use "VKontakte" with the "Emoji" sign system and how to put a smiley into the status. Initially, the VKontakte network was one of the few sites that did not support the display of smiles. This defect was eliminated rather quickly, making it easier and making communication more intense. Nevertheless, until recently, these symbols could be inserted into private messages, in comments, even in the entries themselves - but not in the status of their profile. Meanwhile, there is little where they are needed as they are here.

In the comments, any of your phrases can be explained by clarifying for the interlocutor incomprehensible moments. The status should be as capacious and unambiguous as possible in order to prevent the possibility of multiple interpretations. This function is played by emoticons in the status of "VKontakte".

The exposure of the "talking" badge is tantamount to hanging next to the phrase of your own photo expressing our position - sad, distrustful, smiling, winking or angry. Of course, you can do with the text part, but in this case too much risk that your words will not be understood the way you wanted.

How to insert a smiley into the status

Unlike personal messages and comments, in the status field "VKontakte" there is no button to add emoticons.
Therefore, the method of inserting is somewhat different from the usual for many users. Before you put the smiley into status, you need to find its numeric expression and copy it to the clipboard. It is necessary to copy the code completely, together with symbols and punctuation marks, otherwise the smile will not be displayed. After that, you just have to open the field for changing the status and insert the selected code into it. Do not forget that after saving the status, the page needs to be reloaded (it can be done with the F5 key or manually).

Everyone who communicates in social networks, it is worth remembering that each smile carries its own meaning, emphasizing the opinion expressed by the author of the page. For example, the code shown in the picture above, depending on the meaning of the text, may mean a wink, slyness, a hint of a general secret or just a playful mood. For this reason, the use of emoticons outside any context is considered bad form and can alienate the interlocutors from the person using "semantic" signs thoughtlessly.