# :D Testing Emoticon in Thread Title **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 24, 2013, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-testing-emoticon-in-thread-title/659273 "2013-05-24T23:07:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-testing-emoticon-in-thread-title/659273/1 "2013-05-24T23:07:02Z")
Just a test thread. ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-testing-emoticon-in-thread-title/659273/2 "2013-05-24T23:08:31Z")
And it didn’t work. I just saw [someone](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=16321612#post16321612) with an emoticon in their thread title. How did they do this? Is it because I am not a member or something like that? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-testing-emoticon-in-thread-title/659273/3 "2013-05-24T23:10:24Z")
Maybe not in the actual title, but in the quoted one you can put above your post? ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-testing-emoticon-in-thread-title/659273/4 "2013-05-25T01:14:37Z")
And apparently, that emoticon has been removed from that thread title. But how did he do it in the first place? ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-testing-emoticon-in-thread-title/659273/5 "2013-05-25T01:51:23Z")
> [@Anonymous User](#): > > And apparently, that emoticon has been removed from that thread title. But how did he do it in the first place? When you click to make a new topic in that forum, you have a few options below the reply box to what sort of icon you want to use with your topic title. [Here is a screenshot.](https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/580178_10201327177605166_1116526607_n.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-testing-emoticon-in-thread-title/659273/6 "2013-05-25T01:57:16Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > When you click to make a new topic in that forum, you have a few options below the reply box to what sort of icon you want to use with your topic title. > > [Here is a screenshot.](https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/580178_10201327177605166_1116526607_n.jpg) Actually, I think I don’t have that enabled. It doesn’t show that for me. Perhaps this is only a feature for members and up, I guess? ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-testing-emoticon-in-thread-title/659273/7 "2013-05-25T02:05:50Z")
Maybe, I’m not sure…but I do know it’s only enabled in that forum (as far as I know) and not in any other forum. So when the topic was moved to ATMB, the icon disappeared as it’s not turned on in this forum.