Facebook Emoticons - All you Need to Know

Facebook Emoticons: Are you a Facebook user and you are tired of typing; you can use the Facebook emoticon to reply chats because each emoticon represents a word. It appears for users on the Facebook website, Facebook Messenger for Android and many more. Facebook is a social networking platform that helps you maintain a friend list, post and share your photos and videos on the platform for free. You can also watch short videos on the Facebook platform posted by other Facebook users. You can post comments and links on the Facebook platform. Facebook permits you to set and control who can see your profile, post comments, posts you are tagged in and also who can send you a friend request. 

About Facebook Emoticons

Facebook emoticons are figures most persons use interchangeably to refer to each tiny graphics that are on the internet. The emoticons or tiny faces show your state of mind or your emotions or your activity in a message or a comment. First, they were used in only Facebook chats and messaging apps but now, the emoticons can be used in posts, comments and Facebook likes (which have a limited set of emoticons?).  It can also be seen as typed down characters that appear to convey a sentiment.

• Smile
• Frown
• Sunglasses
• Kiki
• Robot
• Shark
• Poop
• Pacman
• Curly lips
• Heart
• Kiss
• Angell
• Devil
• Glasses
• Wink
• Gasp
• Grin
• Upset
• Cry
• Confused
• Unsure
• Tongue
• Like
• Penguin and many more on the Facebook emoticon pack.

How to Use Facebook Emoticon

This wonderful feature can be used in comments, posts, and chats. To use the emoticons on Facebook, sign up or sign in to the Facebook platform on your device and follow the steps below; how to use Facebook emoticons in a comment;

• Click on the Text box provided for the comments and compose the comment you want before the emoticon.
• Hit on the “Smiley face” option close to the comments box.
• Locate and choose the one you ’d like to use.
• Hit on the smiley face again to hide the emoticon pop up box.
• Click on “Enter” to drop your comment.

For Mobile Device:

• Click on “Comment”.
• Hit on the smiley icon and tap on the Facebook emoticon to send instantly.

To add a Facebook emoticon on a status, follow below;

• Compose the Facebook status that you want and tap on the smiley face icon on the update status area.
• Click on the emoticon you want to use in your Facebook status.
• Then click on Post.