Forum Emoticons/Smilies

[RumAndChupacabras]

Hello @ivar and all of you hard working, patient Mods. Thank you for ALL you do!

It's quite possible that what I ask for is not! That said..Is there any way, to change out this 'top' emoticon for this one, ♥ ???There's such a monumental difference between the two.

My 2 cents worth and, thanks in advance for your consideration.

EDIT: Example...when responding to a tragic or sorrowful post, the big toothy grin is not something I'm feeling.

 

[RumAndChupacabras]

@Derrybiketours...why do you laugh?

 

[Bala]

Hello @ivar and all of you hard working, patient Mods. Thank you for ALL you do!

It's quite possible that what I ask for is not! That said..Is there any way, to change out this 'top' emoticon for this one, ♥ ???There's such a monumental difference between the two.

My 2 cents worth and, thanks in advance for your consideration.

Excellent suggestion! I hope they can do it.

 

[Isca-camigo]

❤❣ if you start using them they should come out at the top.

 

[t2andreo]

I was thinking that a set of some Camino emojis or icons might be nice, if sourceable...

Thinking a...

• hiking man and a woman, and maybe kids...
• traditional bearded pilgrim in a tunic with a staff, gourd and upturned hat
• happy pilgrim, unhappy pilgrim, winking pilgrim, crying pilgrim...etc.
• rucksack, a BIG rucksack, and a smaller rucksack...
• Camino concha...
• Cruz de Santiago...
• Yellow directional arrows, and yellow X...
• a mojone...
• wine bottle...
• walking staff with gourd...
• facsimile of a credencial, partially unfolded..
• examples of generic sellos...
• facsimile of a Compostela (A4 vertical) and distance certificate (A3 horizontal)
• etc.

I don't have the requisite skill to know how to do this. But I know it can be done. Perhaps someone out there can put together a Camino icon set and contribute same to the forum... Just a thought...

Hope this helps.

 

[Derrybiketours]

@Derrybiketours...why do you laugh?

Laugh because I agree and thought it funny as your very complimentary with your eyes filled with love. I second your suggestion and would add a 'thumbs up' and 'Namaste' might be another, 'like' is too generic

 

[Derrybiketours]

❤❣ if you start using them they should come out at the top.

I don't know if this is accurate as I've been using alot and hasn't appeared in top line yet. I'm also working on my personal favourite maybe someone who designs imojis will produce one with a patchy beard

 

[Elle Bieling]

I chose emoticons from my own swipe keyboard. Patchy beard not found, however!

 

[t2andreo]

If I am not mistaken, the forum software now accepts most emojis from your device or computer. For example, if you type using a home computer, you should be able to insert your emojis, etc. I am not certain how well this works from smartphones, but I imagine this would be no different.

 

[Elle Bieling]

If I am not mistaken, the forum software now accepts most emojis from your device or computer. For example, if you type using a home computer, you should be able to insert your emojis, etc. I am not certain how well this works from smartphones, but I imagine this would be no different.

Smartphones work fine, adding emojis!

 

[Deleted member 3000]

Praise heaven for emoticons. Just as my emotional state was becoming a desert, I can feel again. The internet saves.

Eggplant

 

[Derrybiketours]

I chose emoticons from my own swipe keyboard. Patchy beard not found, however!

I'm sure this one will 'grow' on me or I could just find an imoji razor

 

[VAtoNC]

These are all so funny! More emoticons would be nice, and fun too. What about a snorer? Someone with a headlamp? A Ziplock?

 

[VAtoNC]

I chose emoticons from my own swipe keyboard. Patchy beard not found, however!

Elle, I'm sorry about your patchy beard. (woman falling over laughing emoticon)

 

[Bala]

If I am not mistaken, the forum software now accepts most emojis from your device or computer. For example, if you type using a home computer, you should be able to insert your emojis, etc. I am not certain how well this works from smartphones, but I imagine this would be no different.

Works very well with smartphones , but I think what we're talking about (at least what I'm talking about ) is to put a heart on the "like" button. ❤ @ivar? Mods?

 

[Bala]

I chose emoticons from my own swipe keyboard. Patchy beard not found, however!

Close... ?

 

[Camino Chrissy]

I was thinking that a set of some Camino emojis or icons might be nice, if sourceable...

Thinking a...

• hiking man and a woman, and maybe kids...
• traditional bearded pilgrim in a tunic with a staff, gourd and upturned hat
• happy pilgrim, unhappy pilgrim, winking pilgrim, crying pilgrim...etc.
• rucksack, a BIG rucksack, and a smaller rucksack...
• Camino concha...
• Cruz de Santiago...
• Yellow directional arrows, and yellow X...
• a mojone...
• wine bottle...
• walking staff with gourd...
• facsimile of a credencial, partially unfolded..
• examples of generic sellos...
• facsimile of a Compostela (A4 vertical) and distance certificate (A3 horizontal)
• etc.

I don't have the requisite skill to know how to do this. But I know it can be done. Perhaps someone out there can put together a Camino icon set and contribute same to the forum... Just a thought...

Hope this helps.

Rick, are you up to the task?

 

[Camino Chrissy]

Poor Ivar!...a "hundred people" (slight exageration) each coming at him with a different suggestion! I'm sure his head is starting to spin!

 

[t2andreo]

Uh-oh... WHAT have I done? ‘Er... maybe we could just use the English language?

Emojis are cute and might be useful. But I am concerned about an increased ability for misunderstandings. I have enough difficulty getting past the moderators as it is.

A picture (emoji) that says something to me, might be problematic or even insulting to another... like I said, uh-oh...

 

[RumAndChupacabras]

Let me attempt to wrangle this in...
@ivar, We 'luv' posts and replies for various reasons. Many of us use emoticons to help express sentiment, when words might be difficult. There is no doubt in my mind that you and your (well chosen) Mods, understand what I'm trying to say. If there is a reply to a death post (for example) that touches me deeply, a simple heart ♥ will convey sincere emotion. This > , does not.
Once again, just my 2cents worth and, it's really not all that important...is it?

 

[chinacat]

Poor Ivar!...a "hundred people" (slight exageration) each coming at him with a different suggestion! I'm sure his head is starting to spin!

A spinning head emoji!!

 

[Camino Chrissy]

A spinning head emoji!!

Now that would be awesome!...a "GIF emoji"!

 

[Former member 59618]

I wanna heart, too! ♥ I agree for serious posts needing a gentle touch or to convey a heartfelt emotion, a heart is more apropos.

 

[t2andreo]

This symbol - to the left - should be a red heart. I just copied it in from my Chrome /Edit/Emoji & Symbols menu.

If the red heart is above, this means you can copy an emoji in from your browser.

Just sayin...

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Rick, are you up to the task?

Nope. I should be doing other things but Google for create emoji or emoji app.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Are you still tucking in your pies? I'm finally getting dressed. You can watch if you like cuz it's the only time you'll get to see me like that with the lights on!

🕰

⁉

 

[Camino Chrissy]

🕰

⁉

Too funny!

 

[alhartman]

Learning what some emoji mean has been as difficult for me as learning kanji.

I am just now getting an understanding of denotation vs connotation in my native tongue of many years.

 

[chinacat]

If there is a reply to a death post (for example) that touches me deeply, a simple heart ♥ will convey sincere emotion. This > , does not.

Something tells me that there is still some confusion about what you are seeking with this thread!

It’s a simple (unsmiling) , in the ‘like’ toolbar, is it not?

 

[RumAndChupacabras]

These are the quick options available to me. Just saying that it would be nice to have the plain and simple ❤ as a quick opinion, instead of the smiling one.

 

[Sparrow in Texas]

Uh-oh... WHAT have I done? ‘Er... maybe we could just use the English language?

Emojis are cute and might be useful. But I am concerned about an increased ability for misunderstandings. I have enough difficulty getting past the moderators as it is.

A picture (emoji) that says something to me, might be problematic or even insulting to another... like I said, uh-oh...

I have not read every post on this thread but I agree with @t2andreo about the possibility of emoticons and misunderstandings. On a recent thread someone reacted with the angry face to a few completely benign posts. Was that person saying that they were driven to anger by the nice thing that was said, or was showing anger at the poster, or violently disagreeing when there was nothing said to disagree with, or just made a mistake and did not correct it ?

In the end I took it as an undeserved insult by someone who does not read carefully, and then moved on to other things.

 

[t2andreo]

There is less chance of a misunderstanding if you just SAY what you mean.

Just sayin...

 

[Derrybiketours]

Close... ?

But no cigar or hat and beard much too landscaped, I'm going for the untamed wilderness look such as a fusion of these two

 

[chinacat]

I'm going for the untamed wilderness look such as a fusion of these two

That’s the tamest looking lion I’ve seen

 

[Derrybiketours]

That’s the tamest looking lion I’ve seen

Haha, you ought to have seen him before discovering the Camino tamer, he'd have bitten your head off

 

[ivar]

Emoji land is a place I do not spend too much time... but when I do, I often get lost...

I have added two new "Reactions" (as the forum software called it).


...a "Buen Camino" reaction and a "Love - Red Heart" one... I am happy to receive more suggestions for new ones, if you also could send me a link to an emoji image that we can use (I am not a very good designer).

 

[trecile]

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These are the quick options available to me. Just saying that it would be nice to have the plain and simple ❤ as a quick opinion, instead of the smiling one.

I understood right away that you were talking about the "buttons" for indicating "like", "love" , "sad", "angry", etc. for each post, not the emoji that can be inserted in the body of a post.

 

[Former member 49149]

Emoji land is a place I do not spend too much time... but when I do, I often get lost...

I have added two new "Reactions" (as the forum software called it).
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...a "Buen Camino" reaction and a "Love - Red Heart" one... I am happy to receive more suggestions for new ones, if you also could send me a link to an emoji image that we can use (I am not a very good designer).

Well done , Ivar. a happy constituency will no doubt give many more suggestions for the 'like' button bar! It was a fair request, so well done OP. I love the pilgrim too. I actually love to look at the red angry face but haven't used it yet, I don't think! maybe once, but can't remember when...

 

[RumAndChupacabras]

I understood right away that you were talking about the "buttons" for indicating "like", "love" , "sad", "angry", etc. for each post, not the emoji that can be inserted in the body of a post.

LOOK!!! Thank you, @ivar

 

[Bala]

Thank you,, @ivar!

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

I am happy to receive more suggestions for new ones,

I hope that we don't get too carried away with adding to those easy to get at emojis but one more I think would be useful and nice to have would be a thank you emoji. I suppose emoji already there might be good to use if there isn't anything better.

So, Ivar.

 

[ivar]

I hope that we don't get too carried away with adding to those easy to get at emojis but one more I think would be useful and nice to have would be a thank you emoji. I suppose emoji already there might be good to use if there isn't anything better.

So, Ivar.

Is this the thank you emoji?

 

[lizlane]

Love the new emojis!! Already enjoying them! At least now the single can flirt with each other with the love-bug-eyes and keep the hearts for the people we wish to let know how much their words affect us or the love we hope to extend to each other!!

 

[Derrybiketours]

Is this the thank you emoji?

@ivar This is my favourite emoji and expect it can mean many different things but I associate it with Namaste usually spoken with a slight bow and hands pressed together, palms touching and fingers pointing upwards, thumbs close to the chest. This gesture is called Añjali Mudrā or Pranamasana. In Hinduism, it means "I bow to the divine in you".

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Is this the thank you emoji?

Doesn't look like one to me. It seems to be labelled as [colon]pray[colon]. But when I start typing in [colon]thanks[colon] that emoji shows up as the only thing that could be picked from a menu though. Maybe we need to find someone fluent in emoji.

 

[RumAndChupacabras]

Look! Emojipedia!

🧑 People Emoji List

Emojis from your emoji keyboard based on people, which include different appearances, hand gestures, activities, professions, and family combinations. See ...

emojipedia.org

 

[Derrybiketours]

But when I start typing in [colon]thanks[colon] that emoji shows up as the only thing that could be picked from a menu though.

The same applies if type 'folded' so open to various interpretations

 

[chinacat]

Doesn't look like one to me. It seems to be labelled as [colon]pray[colon]. But when I start typing in [colon]thanks[colon] that emoji shows up as the only thing that could be picked from a menu though. Maybe we need to find someone fluent in emoji.

I think this is the thank you emoji ...

It often comes up when I type ‘thank you’ ....

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

I think this is the thank you emoji ...

It often comes up when I type ‘thank you’ ....

I think that works for a thank you.

 

[ivar]

I decided on the "Hand pressed together" as Thank you

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emojipedia.org

 

[t2andreo]

Is this the thank you emoji?

Actually, that is the Hindu / Buddhist "Wai" emoji. This sign is used for greeting in place of handshakes in many Eastern cultures. For example, this is the default greeting in Thailand, and IRC in Myanmar (Burma).

 

[Camino Chrissy]

Actually, that is the Hindu / Buddhist "Wai" emoji. This sign is used for greeting in place of handshakes in many Eastern cultures. For example, this is the default greeting in Thailand, and IRC in Myanmar (Burma).

Tom, is there anything you "don't" know? I say that a little "tongue in cheek".

 

[t2andreo]

I am a sponge. For more than 40 years, I travelled the globe... I learned and retained. I am just happy that I do not have any memory problems...LOL

 

[t2andreo]

Plus, it is how one appropriately greets VNWalking... Wai first, then maybe a hug or two...

 

[Former member 59618]

Is this the thank you emoji?

Somewhere I heard that this was a “high-five” emoji. But it’s more understood as “namaste” “thank you”.

 

[ivar]

According to EmojiPedia:

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Also known to hikers as:
That mosquito won't bother anyone anymore.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

Also known to hikers as:
That mosquito won't bother anyone anymore.

Ahhh, Rick...what would the forum do without you; you are so entertaining!

 

[t2andreo]

According to EmojiPedia:

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I do not dispute Ivar’s contribution. But, the pointed hands with palms pressed together is a gesture that is several thousand years old. “Namaste” (Hindi) is closest to correct in the list above, as that is what one says while making the hands-together gesture to others.

This ancient gesture definitely pre-dates “invention” of the “high-five.” The other listed uses (please, prayer, thank you) are modern derivatives of the ancient, original use to say hello and goodbye in far eastern Hindu and Buddhist cultures.

Hope this helps.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Ahhh, Rick...what would the forum do without you; you are so entertaining!

Thanks. I'll like to do more informative posts but I'm hampered by slow fat fingers.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

Thanks. I'll like to do more informative posts but I'm hampered by slow fat fingers.

You do both kinds...I love your fat fingers! If you only did the helpful, informative posts, I'd end up like this with my eyes glazed over...just saying.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

@chinacat, that emoji for me means "confused, bored" in this context...not wow!

 

[chinacat]

Camino Chrissy said:
Are you still tucking in your pies? I'm finally getting dressed. You can watch if you like cuz it's the only time you'll get to see me like that with the lights on!

You do both kinds...I love your fat fingers!

 

[chinacat]

@chinacat, that emoji for me means "confused, bored" in this context...not wow!

Eh???

It says it’s a ‘wow’ ...

 

[Camino Chrissy]

Camino Chrissy said:
Are you still tucking in your pies? I'm finally getting dressed. You can watch if you like cuz it's the only time you'll get to see me like that with the lights on!

I am LMBO! It's "been going on for 24 hours"...don't you know I am one of the biggest joksters on the forum? That's why I can't leave the Not serious thread!...and I love that song!

 

[RumAndChupacabras]

:' }
Wish I knew how to make these but, I don't SO...It's a tear in the eye, quivering bottom lip smilie

 

[LesBrass]

I have not read every post on this thread but I agree with @t2andreo about the possibility of emoticons and misunderstandings. On a recent thread someone reacted with the angry face to a few completely benign posts. Was that person saying that they were driven to anger by the nice thing that was said, or was showing anger at the poster, or violently disagreeing when there was nothing said to disagree with, or just made a mistake and did not correct it ?

In the end I took it as an undeserved insult by someone who does not read carefully, and then moved on to other things.

Sorry... I couldn't resist