# Happy Faces

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-faces/218855>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [December 13, 2003, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-faces/218855 "2003-12-13T23:59:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Mhernan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mhernan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mhernan)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-faces/218855/1 "2003-12-13T23:59:13Z")

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Why can’t I have a happy face for my threads? You are making me sad. If I tell a joke can I have one, a smilie face I mean, not ‘mean’ mean, but you know what I mean.

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**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-faces/218855/2 "2003-12-14T01:00:54Z")

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I think I need a “WTF” face.

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**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-faces/218855/3 "2003-12-14T01:41:13Z")

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Like this: 🙂 or this: 😃 ?

They reply box at the bottom of a thread is a “quick reply” feature, without all the smiley buttons and such.  
To see them, click on either the “post reply” button at the end of the last post, or the “preview reply” button below the quick reply box.

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**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-faces/218855/4 "2003-12-14T01:43:37Z")

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Some message boards have icons that you can assign to the thread. The icons appear in the forum list. That’s prolly what the OP is asking about.

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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-faces/218855/6 "2003-12-19T18:31:04Z")

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There ya go ya fuckin’ troll. I’ve left the URL to our software provider. Now go away, will ya?