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		cazum on Feb 15, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Too many people have peed in the pool I don't think MSN users grew out of emoticons, they just stopped using MSN. Facebook chat, Skype and SMS picked up where MSN left off, and all three of those have a strong emoticon game.

KaiserPro on Feb 15, 2016 [–]

interesting, first it appears people really love emojis here, my original post lost me some karma...

second there was a massive gap in my friend group between MSN emoticons dieing out and emojis seeping in.

Perhaps my experiences are abnormal....

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