April 8th, 2008

Easter Eggs in Facebook Chat

By now everyone and their (tech-savvy) uncle knows about Facebook chat. I was chatting with another friend when I noticed that the client supports emoticons and smilies. “Hmm, that’s interesting,” I thought. “I wonder what emoticons it supports?”

The List

Some people probably just want the complete list of emoticons and smilies, so here it is. If you want to see how I figured it out (some of them are less than guessable), keep on readin’.

smile frown tongue grin gasp wink glasses sunglasses grumpy unsure cry devil angel kiss heart kiki squint confused upset pacman colonthree robot putnam
:) :( :P :D :O ;) 8) 8| >:( :\ :'( 3:) O:) :-* <3 ^_^ -_- O.o >:o :v :3 :|] :putnam:

Probing the Packets

I learned to program by hacking on an IM client, so play around with Facebook’s chat brought back some fond memories. With Pidgin (or Gaim, as it was called at the time), I implemented the Yahoo! privacy controls by using Ethereal and analyzing the packets sent and received by the official Yahoo! IM client.

The closest we get to Ethereal for Javascript is Firebug, which lets you do all sorts of wonderful things. Looking at what was being sent back and forth I noticed the following image being bandied about:

Most of those emoticons are easy enough to figure out, but some, like the Pac-man and devil icons, aren’t easily guessable. That meant it was time to dig through the source and see if I could find the icons.

The first thing I did was look for the function that controlled the chat. This is right in the source and looks like

onloadRegister(function() { window.chatDisplay = new fbChatDisplay(…);})

So I started up Firebug and did a console.log(fbChatDisplay), which showed me that I could find it in common.js.pkg.php. Note: This JS file is versioned. You’ll have to view the Facebook source to get the latest URL.

From there it was pretty easy. I just searched for the emoticons which revealed the complete list, including the :putnam: icon which is an Easter Egg. I’m guessing it’s an icon of Chris Putnam, a Facebook engineer.

I showed this to some of my friends who work in customer support and engineering at Facebook and none of them knew about this stuff, so I thought getting it out in public might be worthwhile.

If you find anything else interesting about Facebook chat feel free to share it with me. I’m all ears.

Errata

Since writing this article Facebook changed one emoticon and added two new ones. Pac-man is now :v instead of :V: and there is now a robot emoticon, :|] and a moustache-man emoticon, :3. They’re included in the list above.

Also, one of the commenters informed me that the :putnam: icon is a shout-out to the SomethingAwful forums, where Chris Putnam used to be a regular.

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  • Luke
    I think that there should be a clown.

    :o)
    :o(
    :'o(
  • Name
    clown

    *<|:o]
  • The pacman one got removed... licensing issue? lol
  • lucy pennyfield
    it still works 4 me
  • pokeman
    same here

    but its not pacman. its a smily with his mouth open..

    facebook got enough lawyers to figure that one out
  • bob
    me 2
  • name123789
    and for me too
  • me
    the pacman one still works.........
  • KELS
    u have to do a lowercase v
  • Chase
    no it didn't
  • dharpe
    no it didnt
  • uh it's putnam
  • me1111
    no it didnt
  • me1111
    no it didnt
  • Satish,

    Yeah, I need to update the article. <tt>:v</tt> is now Pac-man, and there's also a robot emoticon: <tt>:|]</tt>
  • :v
  • Nick
    :3
  • GoonSquad
    Putnam lives!!
  • vanna
    what is putnam?
  • Joe Engel
    putnam is the guy who runs facebook or has something to do with the coding...
  • :]
    OMG WE HAVE THE SAME LAST NAME!!!!!!
  • the :putnam: and :v at least are from Something Awful, a forum Chris Putnam used to post on (before he got run out for being basically retarded).
  • evan,

    Good to know! I wondered why this thread was getting so much traffic from the SA forums.
  • the best
    all the icons
    :) :( :'( :D ;) :P :-/ :-( >:o O.o -_- 3:)
    :putnam: :v :|] :3
  • Christine
    you forgot :-*
  • liamcatton
    You could just do :* if you like id doesnt matter :)
  • the best,

    Yep. I added them to the blog post. Thanks!
  • iAn
    "The closest we get to Ethereal for Javascript is Firebug"

    You might want to take a look at Charles ( http://www.xk72.com/charles/ ) - it's an excellent debugging proxy that allows you to see exactly what's going on with ajax-y applications
  • Bryce
    just a thought. has anybody else made the connection with xmen?
  • Cazcade
    umm two of your symbols were wrong.

    it should be ;) not ;(
    and :'( not :')

    but other than that you guys are freaking awesome!
  • Cazcade,

    Good catch. I changed it.
  • Cazcade
    thx, but honestly this site is amazing! I wish eveything was just this straightforward.. if only physics were that easy.... everything in logical order on one site...
  • Jess
    is there an angry face emote for facebook?
  • Jess
    nvm lol ... >:( >:o
  • Amber
    ur name is hot.
  • Dule Bgd
    does somebody know more then this smiles? are they exist???
  • kayla
    there is a shark to (^^^), try it
  • joe
    THERES A NEW ONE
    o.O

    ^--that
  • Wombot
    Just setting the record straight, :v and :3 are aped from the Something Awful forums (because, as was stated, Putnam is/was a Goon). :v isn't really Pac-Man, it's more of a retard smiley. Imagine it saying O HAI GUYZ and you'll get the point. :3 is the "cute smiley", I think taken from some anime or something. Either that or a cat's face. Use appropriately.
  • dana
    get moreee...like the last 2
  • Tom Putnam
    I freaked when I found out my surname was an easter egg. The little emoticon looks like me as well, so naturally I thought my friend had designed it. But no apparently not. Aw well, fun fun fun.
  • sian
    wowee!! thanks for all these whatsits, theyre so cool!! :D
  • Marc
    :-)' ':)' ':]' '=)' ':-(' ':(' ':[' '=(' ':-P' ':P' ':-p' ':p' '=P' ':-D' ':D' '=D' ':-O' ':O' ':-o' ':o' ';-)' ';)' '8-)' '8)' 'B-)' 'B)' '8-|' '8|' 'B-|' 'B|' '>:(' '>:-(' ':/' ':-/' ':\\' ':-\\' ":'(" '3:)' '3:-)' 'O:)' 'O:-)' ':-*' ':*' ':O' '>:-O' '>:o' '>:-o' ':v' ':|]' ':3' ':putnam:'

    the new list as of 10/17/08
  • riley
    isn't there a pirate too?
  • Ewalt Blizow Ewalt
    there is also O.o
  • riles
    your missing the crying one
    made by typing :'(
  • nicole
    some faces are hard to work out :'(
  • Congratulations to your successful blogging carreer!
  • corson
    :) :( :P :D :O ;) 8) 8| >:( :\ :'( 3:) O:) :-* <3 ^_^ -_- O.o >:o :v :3 :|] :putnam:
  • Amanda
    This stuff is great!
  • Lisa
    When my friends used smileys that I didn't know. I copied and pasted them onto Google and the symbols came up immediately. Just thought I'd share that. :)
  • toyota
    i've tried the devil and it wont work,, HELP!!
  • t4tr5
    :) :( :P :D :O ;) 8) 8| >:( :\ :'( 3:) O:) :-* <3 ^_^ -_- O.o >:o :v :3 :|] :putnam:
    groovy
  • the mysterious toast genie
    there shud be a bird one : M
  • Insert Coin.
    your name is freakin awesome!
  • the mysterious toast genie
    thankyou
  • the mysterious toast genie
    :)
  • maddie
    It doesn't work anymore!! :(
  • nobody
    thanks a lot!
  • yt
    :putnam:
  • Insert Coin.
    what is the vertical line in robot dude?
  • emil;y
    ya what is it??
  • kati
    hold shift and push the \ above "enter"
  • Alex
    :3 isn't a moustache man...it's this face:
    http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/8265/1164687...
  • LOOOL!
  • kitschcocktail
    HAHAhahahHAh, yes, it is,
    I never really thought it looked like a moustache anyways..
  • ash
    i like pie
  • Cool - can you get the flags like you can in Skype
  • I like these going to freak out some facebook friends with them now
  • Cool - thanks very much for the post - do you think they will have some new ones soon?
  • cool are they going to update these at anytime soon
  • these are really funny and remind me off my first home computer
  • matt b
    :|]
  • Busby SEO Test!!!
    what does it mean? lol :D
  • billie
    its the robot face
  • Any pacman faces out there? I am looking for pacman or the ghost.
  • k pacman is this....

    :v eyes and lower case V
  • Alex
    oh my god, you HAAAVE to make a vampire one, everyone would use it. like :K or something
  • Jessica
    I really want to know how to do the eating popcorn smiley!
  • confused
    how do u do the 0.o one?
  • ITS O.o not o.o okay? do the rite one O.o
  • Lukela
    Nice man =D
  • brian
    The Interweb is sublime: Thank goodness for legends like you
  • These where just the job. I was looking for something fun to show my Dad about Skype and these fit the bill. Thanks for the post
  • I love this post, its going to be so much fun to play with these.
  • i have tried this.. it's work nice :)
  • Stefano
    Thank you for this :D needed a good list of it.
    Thanks for the work.
  • SEO
    Easter Eggs always have provided us an ease in expressing our selves more efficiently without saying anything directly from our mouths and its good that face book too offers us this opportunity to get them avail and share our emotions very easily by using these easter eggs..
  • Thanks for sharing, good to know all the smilies to put a smile on your friends faces.

    Cheers,
    Bobby :D
  • nice info, just visit and comment here
  • hu
    hi
  • eli
    thgx!!!!
  • poop
    =]
  • Ladeback
    Is there a Simpson Face??
  • psdhf;dsohfg;isgdf
    :)
  • hahaha i love the pacman one!
  • SweetestCherries
    how do you do music note?
  • coro
    alt 14 works with PC, but not with mac, couldn't figure this out, if somebody knew, you would make me happy ^_^
  • NJB
    u need to get FireFox on your MAC and then it will work
  • Peace_Love_CP
    I don't know! I wanna know hecka bad. :(
  • pker
    :putnam: now is a face
  • sda
    3=)
  • unknown
    The music note ♪ is Alt 13 and ♫ is alt 14
  • blah
    dosnt work i dont know what you mean by alt
  • dan
    'alt' beening the key on your keyboard (lol theres two of them.. you cant miss them :D)
  • hmmmm
    I have no idea how to workthe alt thing
    is it just holding down "alt" and pressing "1" and "4"???

    this makes no sense..
    sorry i suck at technology
  • jimmy
    you gotta do it on the number pad side and the " alt " ones dont work on laptops sine there is no numpad
  • Al
    I have to hold down Alt and the Fn key on my laptop, but it does work. ;) ♫♪☺☻♥♦♣♠•◘○
  • Yadnivek
    ☺☻♥♦♣♠•◘○◙♂♀♪♫☼►◄↕‼¶§▬↨↑↓→←∟↔▲▼ !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~⌂Çüéâäàåçêëèïî Alt 1-140, then i got sick of doing it
  • Cheer.
    How do you do a Peace Sign???
  • heyy
    :3 gives it a moustache
  • 4233
    ya hahahaa
  • jjo
    :putnam:
  • jimmy
    hold down alt and push "0254" it will make a cool smiley thing it makes his tounge stick out
  • jimmy
    this only works on reg computers (ones that have a detached keyboard or in other words not a laptop, and only if you do it on the num pad, separate little keypad that only has numbers and tht kind of stuff)
  • buzz
    works on laptops too, use the function key. Most laptops have a keypad when you use the FN key.
  • jayden
    how do you do that long stick thing on the robot head?
  • juanito
    its the buton with the \ just hold shift its right on top of enter
  • Nikhil Gaikwad
    this cool O.o
  • Awesome detective work dude. Did you either have a lot of time on your hands or just a real need to find these codes out? Must have taken a fair bit of time.

    P.s. firebug is invaluable!!
  • Guest
    they need to add something for :|
  • leesie xxx
    smiley wit mouth open works 4 me!!!!
  • anonymous
    the "mustache man" you're talking about is a cat face.
  • anon
    the cat face you're talking about is a moustache man
  • Neheughk
    the moustache man you talking about is a cat face
  • Anonymousse
    .. The cat face that you're talking about is a moustache man.
  • FryDy
    Hahax the moustache man you're talking about is a cate face
  • Anon.
    The cat face you're talking about is a moustache man.
  • Rob
    The Moustache Man you're talking about is a cat face..
  • gjvhmgfjgd
    THE CAT FACE YOUR TALKING ABOUT IS A MOUSTACHE MAN!!!! jeez guys ur so sad
  • WINDERMAXX
    can you all shut up?

    btw i think its a cat face :3
  • Lydia x
    the cat face your'e talking about is a moustache man
  • Cali dude
    The moustache man that you talking about is a cat face.
  • D. Ninny
    teh cat face ur talkin about is a moustaache
  • CorruptedFile
    The "mustache face" you are talking about is a "cat man".
  • it is a cat face from manga or one of those asian things u need to learn ur asian (or maybe i do?)
  • guest1
    I think the mustache man that you guys are speaking of is a cat man.
  • Cat Moustache
    I think that it's a cat with a mustache!
  • an0n
    the moustache cat your talking about is a man face
  • Vanessa
    The mustach man/ cat face you are talking about is just a face with a funny mouth!
  • This is really cool...^_^ there is icon of Putnam too ^_^
  • God
    There's also :*, which is : *
  • Lafawnduh Dynamite
    Does anyone know how to do a peace sign?
  • STARZ
    H0ow do u do a Star... i know most thingz but that and i <3 star!!!
  • a
    :putnam:
  • Thanks man
  • If you're getting more hits than usual, there is a bit of a phenomenon going on the last couple of days at:

    http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chris-Putnam/6446...
  • Amber
    u put the :putnam: dude as ur profile pic?!?!?!?!?!? cool.
  • why are they called easter eggs? am i missing something?
    or has the fact it's easter now just thrown me?
    haha good work on working it all out, likee
  • "Easter egg" is the name people use for a hidden feature in software. In this case, there were several hidden smileys embedded in the Javascript.
  • Facebook User
    i need more emoticons ..
    this not enough for me !
  • Smart
    they migth add more emoticos....like rolleyes or the ¬¬ , the xD and other classics of the chating :P

    greets !!
  • Amber
    i no rite, i already new all of these i thought there was much more
  • Um which one is the straight line?
  • hfgjhfjgfjfg
    crying 1 doesn't work for me...
  • jckm819
    you have to replace the ’ with ' (uncurled apostrophe)
  • This is awesome!
  • Pernille
    :v :v :v :-D :-p :-O love this smileng cheese - its very cute
  • airielle
    thanx
  • mohamed atia
    me 2
  • yazzy
    how do u do the kissing face i cant read it on the thing up there
  • why don't they make a thumbs up sign..
  • Amber
    I NO RITE!!!!
  • Nick Lopez
    pumba stank!
  • yazzy
    :-| Ambivalent
    o:-) Angelic (Halo)
    >:-( or >:( Angry
    |-I Asleep
    (::()::) Band-aid
    :-{} Blowing a Kiss
    \-o Bored
    :-c Bummed Out, Sad
    :( ) Can't Stop Talking
    :*) Clowning
    :(... Crying
    T__T or TT_TT Crying (usually meant in a humorous way)
    :'-) Crying with Joy
    :'-( Crying Sadly
    x__x Dead, unconscious
    :-9 Delicious
    :-> Devilish Grin
    ;-> Devilish Wink
    :P Disgusted
    :*) Drunk
    >_< or >< Embarrassment or frustration
    :( Frown, sad
    ^ ^ or ^__^ or ^^ Happiness
    ^5 High Five
    (((((name)))) Hug
    (( )):** Hugs and Kisses
    :-)*(-: Kissing Couple
    :-# Kiss
    <3 Love
    :~/ Mixed Up
    $_$ Money-hungry
    :-O Mouth Open (Surprised)
    @--/--- Rose
    u_u Sad
    :O Shocked
    :) or :-) Smile
    ^ Thumbs Up
    @_@ Tired, trying to stay awake, ditzy
    :-\ Undecided
    ;) or ;-) Wink
    ^__~ Wink, reluctant
    :-@ Yelling
  • Joey
    thats it?
  • Alice ♥
    Alice says:

    Hey everyone that owns a computer! I agree with Joey saying "that's it?" there should be way more!! I all ready knew all of those! My personal favorite is :putnam: it's pretty cool. He's a pretty cool dude.

    :)
    :(
    :P
    :D
    :O
    ;)
    8)
    8|
    >:(
    :\
    :’(
    3:) <--- This one is Kathleen.
    O:) <--- This one is me and my friends.
    :-*
    <3
    ^_^
    -_-
    O.o
    >:o
    :v <---- Me and my friend named this one Joe.
    :3
    :|]
    :putnam: <--- This one is named Luke.
  • tom radford
    this is a new one (^^^)
  • Amber
    Yo! This is so cool I'm so going to use this on facebook!!! So like yea.

    I'm happy to share these with you:

    ♥

    ♫

    ♪

    ☺

    ☻

    ☼

    Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ

    Hold ‘alt’ then press 1 - ☺

    Hold ‘alt’ then press 2 - ☻

    Hold ‘alt’ then press 3 - ♥

    Hold ‘alt’ then press 4 - ♦

    Hold ‘alt’ then press 5 - ♣

    Hold ‘alt’ then press 6 - ♠

    Hold ‘alt’ then press 7 - •

    Hold ‘alt’ then press 8 - ◘

    Hold ‘alt’ then press 9 - ○

    Hold ‘alt’ then press 10 - ◙

    Hold ‘alt’ then press 11 - ♂

    Hold ‘alt’ then press 12 - ♀

    Hold ‘alt’ then press 13 - ♪

    Hold ‘alt’ then press 14 - ♫

    Hold ‘alt’ then press 15 - ☼

    Hold ‘alt’ then press 16 - ►

    Hold ‘alt’ then press 17 - ◄

    Hold ‘alt’ then press 18 - ↕

    Hold ‘alt’ then press 19 - ‼

    Hold ‘alt’ then press 20 - ¶
  • Thanks for sharing,, it really helps..
  • kool
  • love em'!1 i never knew that there was more!! im glad i found this!! thx
  • princess emotiocn =]
    ☺☻♥♦♣♠•◘○◙♂♀♪♫☼►◄↕‼☻0§▬↨↑↓→←∟↔▲
  • joe
    :) :( :P :D :O ;) 8) 8| >:( :\ :’( 3:) O:) :-* <3 ^_^ -_- O.o >:o :v :3 :|] :putnam:

    the one that no work is the cryin 1
  • sd
    lol
  • JD
    wow thats amazing well done :)
  • Hey, I just blogged about these smilies and some other facebook easter eggs/tweaks that I discovered, check it out here: http://www.puremango.co.uk/2009/05/hacking-face...
  • britt
    :) :( :P :D :O ;) 8) 8| >:( :\ :’( 3:) O:) :-* <3 ^_^ -_- O.o >:o :v :3 :|] :putnam:
  • flower
    cooool
  • Alastair
    No here's one in chat:
    Up Arrow / Up Arrow / Down Arrow / Down Arrow / Left Arrow / Right Arrow / Left Arrow / Right Arrow / b / a / ENTER KEY
    When you type anything in the FB browser after that it shows sort of sun beams. Honestly. Only way to turn it off is to close the browser and re-enter though
  • Laurel
    No need to close the browser. Just refresh the page and it will take them away for you.
  • Halley
    There's another code for facebook too.

    Click on Facebook's background (the white bit) and press: Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right (as in the arrows on your keyboard), b, a, enter, then click on the screen or start typing.

    It gives a cool little lens flare thing when you start typing/click things. :)
  • Sebastian
    Hi, I've tried doing this, but nothing happens?
    I am using Mozilla Firefox
  • snarky2230586
    it doesn't work:(
  • Stephen
    How to format? Like bold? And italics?
  • For bold in Facebook chat: *your writing here*
    For underline in Facebook chat: _your writing here_
    For italics in Facebook chat: I have tried EVERYTHING and not figured this one out...does anyone know it???
  • Steven
    I still can't find it. 0_o It's driving me INSANE!!!
  • Mary
    it used to be _your writing_ but now thats underline. augh./
  • Joshua
    I've been doing the kissy wink with :*
  • ACRUZ
    It didn't get removed. i just did it a second ago
  • Alex M
    for the robot how do you do it besides copying and pasting it? it looks like a divider or something. At first I thought it was an l but idk. :|]
  • anon
    the pipe is shift \
    i.e. its above the backslash
  • jacky
    also if you type a sentence like this

    *Hi, my name is ____*
    then it appears bold
    as long as the beginning and end of a sentence ends with a star ( * )
  • tess
    thats awesome!!!
  • Less Than Sane
    if you enter the Konami Code (up up down down left right left right B A enter) you get a lensflare every time you click or type.
  • frustrated with konami codes
    how do you make this stop?
  • T.L.
    open a new facebook tab or page.
  • T.L.
    to underline your word type _word_
    to bold your word, type *word*
    to do both type *_word_*
  • maa
    oh, you can make text in bold as well! by using the * symbol.
    you place 2 * symbols and the text in between - e.g. *amazing*

    And you can underline by using 2 _ symbols (underscore).
    e.g. _amazing_

    you have to type it without a space though.
    I was wondering, has anyone figured out the italics format yet?
  • pıʞ ʍouɹǝʞ
    llǝʍ sɐ uʍop ǝpısdn ǝʇıɹʍ oʇ ʎɐʍ ɐ s,ǝɹǝɥʇ
  • An egg. A nice brown egg.
    Mind telling us how?
  • buzz
  • it still work ?
  • Some of these aren't even emoticons... lol. Wonder why FB staff coded 'em! Haha
  • The Doctor
    * and this * makes the sentance or word in bold.
  • rory
    there is also a Shark emoticon...

    (^^^)

    try it!
  • Laura
    How do you make writting underlined?
  • Please add the shark emoticon. (^^^)
  • Rachael
    You forgot about.. (^^^) <--- it's a shark..
  • Guest
    that's awesome
  • MartyH
    I noticed once when simply adding an asterisk on either side of any word or sentence for stress, that it actually makes it Bold.
    e.g. *Awesome* or *What do you mean?*
    have fun. ;)
  • jasilyn
    how do you do italics in the chat? i know bold is *put bolded word here* and underline is _put underlined word here_ but what is italics
  • johnny boy
    there is one that is a shark now! its lioke this

    (^^^)

    it becomes JAWS
  • acona
    wants to chat
  • sex
    (^^^) is shark
  • hillarynoelle
    there is also a shark now. (^^^)
  • Facebook Chat Support
    Umm there a Shark to (^^^) thats how you do it
  • rwgherehre
    there is one more a you can make a shark by doing (^^^)
  • Tom
    (^^^) is a shark
  • Emily Aya
    There is a new one !!!!!

    (^^^) makes a shark !
  • Hannah
    how about the shark.. (^^^)
  • asdfghjkl;
    (^^^) --shark
  • Sed
    hey everyone I'm sure none of u read the above comments, so (^^^) is a shark.
    and don't read the comments below either, coz they're gonna say the same.
  • fgt
    O HAI GUIZE! (^^^) DOES SHARX :v
  • Anonymous
    there's a shark too!
    its this
    (^^^)
  • this is great article amazing
  • adsfikdu
    they forgot one.....

    (^^^)
    try it out.. its pretty cool
  • ana
    : (^^^) shark
  • chaz
    (^^^) makes a jaws style shark head coming up out of the water
  • rdfe
    ma anke no
  • kya
    ma anke no
  • Angela
    there is a new one...
    (^^^)
    it's a shark ;)
  • Cojack
    Missed shark is (^^^)
  • hanna
    ive just been looking at your artical for facebook smileys... i just thought you would like to know that you can type in bold if you add a * at the start and end of the word you want to make bold ie *hello*
    would make the word hello become bold
  • suz
    hey you wanna know a really cool one??? (^^^) makes a shark its the coolest thing out of all of them!!!!
  • suz
    *_then type something_*
    if you do that is both underlines and bolds whatever you typee :)))
  • Juan
    what about the shark?
  • nikki :putnam:
    hehe
    i think :putnam: looks like Spock =3
  • eric
    There is also >:O which makes a laughing face
  • Josh
    (^^^) is a shark
  • Bryndis
    (^^^) is a shark. I think it's new.
  • Dan
    (^^^) is a shark
  • Rachel
    NEW emote! (^^^) = shark.
  • Misterious
    you forgot about the shark its ( ^ ^ ^ ) without the spaces
  • bard
    thanks alot................................
  • Naomi
    oh theres a new emoticon. (^^^) is a shark! :D
  • fgf
    theres a little shark one also (^^^)
  • blah
    now theres a shark (^^^) :DDD
  • james
    Shut the fuck up, we get there is a shark, jesus christ.
  • SixFeetUnder
    theres also a shark one my frend taught me it goes (^^^)
  • maddie
    (^^^) is a shark.
  • Smilie Finder
    You can also do a shark by doing (^^^)
  • amber
    shark= (^^^)
  • yoda
    also a shark :

    ( ^ ^ ^ )
  • thanks for your info
  • Dani
    Shark : (^^^)
  • n/a
    you forgot shark
    (^^^)
  • anthony
    forgot the shark (^^^)
  • fffffffff
    Happy :)

    Really happy :D

    Wink ;)

    Happy eyes ^_^

    Laughing eyes >:o

    Cat smile :3

    Grumpy >:-(

    Sad :(

    Crying :'(

    Shocked :o

    Glasses 8)

    Cool shades 8-|

    Tongue :p

    Woot?! O.o

    Dork -_-

    Duhhh :/

    Devil 3:)

    Angel O:)

    Kiss :*

    Love < 3 (<'minus this space'3) ♥

    Pacman :v

    Robot :|]

    Man: :putnam:

    prettymuch everything gymdiva2 said.


    hope this helps!!! :D
  • kara
    to make a shark do (^^^) (the arrow is on the 6 at the top of you keyboard)
  • AH+JL=♥
    That helped a lot i always wanted 2 no how 2 do that!!!
  • maxyy
    u can do a shark with
    (^^^)
  • Yaki
    new facebook shark emoticon
    NEWShark emoticon: (^^^)
  • steve
    NO WAY LOLZ U CAN TOTALLY DO A SHARK!!

    (^^^)

    THATS HOW U DO A SHARK!
  • croller
    you forgot jaws

    (^^^)
  • Molly
    i know how to do the shark one its (^^^) try it!
  • :D
    There is also a rainbow! (^^^)
  • Jaimie
    when u type in :putnam: on facebook chat, it's not an easter egg. It's a man looking up. Just to let you know :).
  • Matt C
    It doesn't show an ACTUAL easter egg. An easter egg is just a general term for anything online (or in a video game or something) that is hidden. The fact that the face emoticon was hidden and could only be accessed by the ":putnum:" typing, makes it an "easter egg"...
  • Frat
    WHERE IS THE LENSFLARE?!?!?!?! I CANNOT GET IT AND IT DEPENDS ON ME GETTING LAID TONIGHT!!!!!
  • Shark
    check out (^^^)
  • name
    new shark (^^^)
  • coooooookie
    there is a shark
    (^^^)
  • alexia
    there is one more (^^^) that is a shark
  • chelsea
    you forgot one (^^^) its a shark!! :)
  • Monimonster
    (^^^)

    makes a shark
  • Chase
    (^^^)
    is a shark (NEW)
  • pee pee
    you know....this shark thing was hilarious for a bit...
    but now it makes me want to punch some of you in the fucking face :\
  • peter
    there is a new penis one
    8==D
  • pity
    and "coming" soon is this one:
    8==> ~
  • peter
    alt + f4 makes your writing go multicoloured

    ***ONLY WORKS IN FIREFOX AND IE7***
  • Sebastian
    No, actually, alt +f4 closes your window
  • dont u have a simple way to use the emoticon
  • ;) :) :) :(
  • Nikola <3
    does anyone know how to do the shark ?
    idk my friend did it last night .
  • Charlie_M
    you 4got the shark (^^^)
  • ed
    er underline is _text_ and bold *text*
  • hello
  • (^^^)
    There's a shark one now.
  • theguythattellsaboutsharksmily
    (^^^) = shark !!
  • you missed an emoticon
    (^^^)
  • David
    There's a new one try (^^^) it's a shark!
  • Emil
    Recently, I found out I could write in bold text by marking asterisks around the text. Is there any more of this? Like italics, or maybe even colors? :P
  • tl
    underline, which is underline where the asterisks were.
  • marcus
    isnt ther a bee emoticon too?
  • You can also make a shark

    Try this: (^^^)
  • Me
    (^^^)
    ITS A SHARK!
  • Sammie
    (^^^) is a shark. :-)
  • Sammie
    I can't do a musical note!
  • jhangel1
    Go to Start on your computer. All programs. Accessories. System tools. Character map. ♪
  • Brandon Field
    I didn't take the time to read the comments to see if anyone said this but, theres a shark. Just type (^^^)
  • k
    (^^^) is a shark
  • Syd
    I keep trying the robot but the straight line is messing me up. Im pretty sure it's a lowercase L but i'm not completley sure....
  • Apparently there is a new one (^^^) = shark
    ahhaha these above comments are hilarious...I love seeing people get pissed off about this
  • andrew burn
    its a pipe sign its the same key as the backslash except u use shift for the pipe sign. i know u probably dont care but the pipe sign was used for the old MS-DOS commands for directories if i remember correctly
  • jhangel1
    no its not. the line is on the same key that the " \ " is. it looks like a vertical dotted line :) :|]
  • jhangel1
    :)
  • some guy
    :v is from somethingawful as well
  • Kriztyna
    you forgot te shark. (^^^)
  • Jessica
    theres a new one its a shark (^^^)
  • Anonymous
    There's a shark, if you didn't see the 50000 other posts. It's (^^^)
    lol, but, really, SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU DOUCHEBAGS!
  • I like the music to "Jaws"
    You forgot the shark on facebook, ( ^ ^ ^ ) Minus spaces that is...
  • natty
    do not understand...you mean that if i type :) Automatically shoes a s ahappy face on the other end?
  • andrew burn
    yes it shows on both u'r side and the other person's side
  • stuart
    shark is (^^^)
  • Mudman55
    There is another one :)

    (^^^) shark
  • yo!
    forgot (^^^) the shark
  • j03l5k1
    to bold write just *text* wullah
  • courtkooz
    there's another facebook emoticon and it's a shark (^^^) hope it's fun for you
  • that's not a mustache! That's a supposed to be a cat face. >: (
  • :putnam: for teh win !!
  • angelasugandika
    thanks a lot............
  • jhangel1
    they also have a shark head (^^^)
  • deannna
    if one more person writes shark ....i dun even .....lol
  • anyonumus
    (^^^) = SHARK!!! IF U DO THAT IT COMES OUT AS A SHARK!!! :D THIS IS THE NEWEST EDITION! U ALSO FORGOT THE PACMAN = :v
  • fryum
    How do you do the Red Angry face that you get on your mobile smileys?
  • mola
    they forgot (^^^) its a skark!!
  • haleyyy
    Theres a shark one too type (^^^)
  • sorrymann
    you forgot one,
    (^^^)
    is a shark.
  • ajbarnes
    (^^^)
  • ajbarnes
    wen some one types a pic in chat if u put ur mouse over it it shows u how its made
  • Randi
    (^^^) makes a shark
  • There is also shark emoticon
    (^^^)
  • erik_k_e
    type this for a shark (^^^)
  • bluwatermelon
    ive seen one that said: RADIO STATIC. how do you do it?
  • Allis Love
    There's a much easier way to figure out the codes for the emoticons than the one that you cite. Simply copy the image out of the shat window and paste it anywhere where one can input text. That's the simpler method that we mere mortals utilize.
  • urmother
    theres a new one! its a shrak!! (^^^)
  • drewstrep
    you can put ( ^ ^ ^ ) (minus spaces)
    and get a shark
  • rachel247
    there is another one. its a shark, (^^^)
  • maxypoo
    i think theres one or two your missing.
    liek the shark...
    (^^^)
    :)
  • Pacman looks like canadian :D ...
  • superdan
    haha good call. Terence and Phillip
  • aznguy
    u forgot about the shark(^^^)
  • Monsterman
    wtf guys you forgot one. you guys are taards. the shark is (^^^) ... lol

    but really you did forget one, when you are typing put * before and after the text. e.g.= *hello*
    it will make the writing bold
  • edlerartieda
    very intersting site i like to read it
  • Weirdcubsfan
    if you put in (^^^) you get a shark!!!
  • Amanda
    theres a new one...the shark
    its like this (^^^)
    try it!
  • jo9
    u missed the shark (^^^)
  • bassclarinet27
    you can also do
    (^^^)
    for a shark!
  • Darcy Healy
    and the shark (^^^)
  • nifjbflj
    :3 new emote
  • gubo
    pacman works fine for me try :v...
    there also is the shark one (^^^) Go check it out...
  • terrorising_in_call_of_duty
    the number ones dont work for me :(
    is it because i have a laptop, or im doing somethin wrong?
    im holding alt and the fn button, but nothin comes up
    any help?
  • someone random
    why would you be holding the alt and fn button? just use the regular numbers and it works just the same.
  • gubo
    well tell me what kind of keyboard do you have? English, french,...? i guess its an english keyboard so the numbers are directly accessible (without using shift) now fn, or function key is to be used alone with any of the F keys at the top and usually only on a laptop... they arent quite relevent in typing emoticons...
  • terrorising_in_call_of_duty
    its an english keyboard, and holding the fn key doesnt work with the F keys, and usually some box or other comes up when i type FN and f1 f2 etc
    why doesnt it work??!!
  • someone random
    also, can I please ask how to do the shark? I forgot how to do it.. and i thought you had it on here, but apparently not...
  • terrorising_in_call_of_duty
    (^^^) is the shark
    what do you mean by using the regular numbers? do you have a laptop? if so, how do you do it? i have a hp one if that helps...
  • BeccaB
    (^^^)
  • terrorising_in_call_of_duty
    The moustache-man you are talking about is a cat face, by the way :D
  • Would love for thse to work in posts and comments. If anyone has the power to make this happen it would be great, and it would help alot to have expressions to match our words. Without facial expression or voice tones, sometimes words get taken the wrong way.
  • chessmaster
    There's a new one (^^^) is Jaws :-)
  • dani123
    you missed one (^^^) is a sharkk :)
  • fbfreak
    Here's something i recently found out:

    if u ever hav your friend send u a cool smiley and u dont know how to make it, just place your mouse over the emoticon and wait a few seconds... a cheat will show up showing exactly how to make it!

    Just thought you'd like to know :)
  • scott
    i found a shark and it ( ^ ^ ^ )
  • bry_bry
    boots
  • cabzzz
    thank you
  • Chrishelen
    (^^^)

    that makes a shark icon. you missed that one I think. just saying.
  • Rhyno1274
    you forgot the shark (^^^)
  • ana
  • trooper4567
    bun tingz
  • BeccaGivesHi5s
    there is (^^^) too it makes a SHARK!
  • doodmccool
    _..|'|.............._________
    _..| |...........//////////\\\
    .._| |___..../////////// \\\
    /|_|_|_|_|...\ <o> / / <o>/
    \_.------./.....\......oo....../
    .\_____/.......\--l_l-----/
  • (^^^) is a shark. Try it.
  • new shark emoticon:

    (^^^)
  • shannonjones
    also, (^^^) makes a shark :)
  • shannonjones
    oh haha i didnt even see that everyone else said that too :)
  • playb0y
    OH LOOK! Guess what... They forgote the (^^^) shark! x))) How is that posible... ccc :D
  • Jim
    (^^^) makes a shark!
  • jman2199
    theres a shark (^^^)
  • Name Required
    Forgot the shark (^^^)
  • Nice job thanks
  • aaaahhhhh cool!
  • You are missing a few like the Shark and the Penguin - there's a full list here: http://www.peternichol.com/blog/entry/facebook-...
  • Hilary!
    New facebook emoticons!!!

    <(") = Penguin

    In this site there are more secret emoticons!
    http://facebook-emoticons-symbols.blogspot.com/
  • Hilary!
    New facebook emoticons!!!

    <(") = Penguin

    In this site there are more secret emoticons!
    http://facebook-emoticons-symbols.blogspot.com/
  • Peace_Love_CP
    UH! How do you do a music note and a peace sign?
  • Autumn707
    (^^^) Makes a shark!!
  • charmed1x
    o:< ǝuo ƃuıɥƃnɐl ǝɥʇ *: ǝuo ƃuıssıʞ ǝɥʇ (^^^) ʞɹɐɥs ǝɥʇ ppɐ
  • name123789
    they no have the penguin too

    <(")
  • wesdrfrrtrgrgh
    shark! put ^^^ inside of parenthesis! :)
  • dragan135
    cfghgvh
  • walter
    you for got the shark (^^^)
  • (^^^) makes a shark so add that
  • Laura
    (^^^) = SHARK!
  • cneal
    k so u can make a penguin like this <(") but i cant find any other ones like that a friend sent it 2 me and he doesnt know how he figured it out lol
  • drewmiddleton
    (^^^) is Jaws
  • kapitsen
    (^^^) will make a shark
  • chenillech
    You forgot the PENGUIN!

    <(")

    cute.
  • rawr123
    this should be a clown :O)
    this should be santa *<[:{}
  • Name
    <(") = penguin
    (^^^) = shark
  • Amber
    there is a shark one (^^^)
  • nannaranna
    they need a monkey one :(|)

    and what about a shark one.
  • hallo
  • celtfire
    <(") is a penguin....try it cut and paste into chat window.

    <(")
  • bootswithdafur
    U could also do a penguin by doing <(")
  • E
    <(") = pinguin
    (^^^) =shark
    amazing :) ^_^
  • Joanna
    Theres also a penguin: <(") and a shark (^^^)
  • blj
  • Nikki Olson
    Another chat symbol is <(") and thats a penguin.
  • Twhip
    <(")
  • Tyler Waguespack
    you can also make a penguin <(") and a shark (^^^)
  • rigg_ie
    shark (^^^)

    penguin <(")
  • chickenlover000
    <(") ------- PENGUIN
  • I just found this, dunno if it still work or not...
    I'll give it a try.. :)
  • nadz1
    no one mentioned the penguin yet??? its <(") try it... so cool
  • Beatrice
    You forgot the shark! It's (^^^)
  • Kelsey Walasek
    There's also a PENGUIN :D <(")
  • very useful. thx
  • Facebook is well known for their hidden Easter eggs around the site. For those of you not aware of what I mean by Easter eggs, they are little things that developers leave behind in the process of building out a product.
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