What Are Smileys? Smileys, also known as “emoticons”, are glyphs used to convey emotions in your writing. They are a great way to brighten up posts. 🙂 Text smileys are created by typing two or more punctuation marks. Some examples are: ;-) is equivalent to 😉 :-) is equivalent to 🙂 :-( is equivalent to … Continue reading What are smilies?