# or :this: ?

[tbis]

What is the point of :bellyrolls: or :whatever: is it similar to # on Twitter? my first thought was it was like hashtaggging something. Does it show up as something else on the computer? I only use the app on my phone for the site have maybe used the site on my computer once. Just thought it looks corny on my phone wondered why people post like that

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[SPARTAN sui]

They're animated emitcons. If you don't see an animated emoticon, but you see text instead, it means it's not rendering probably in your phone's browser.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoticon

[DGthe3]

Originally Posted by tbis

What is the point of :bellyrolls: or :whatever: is it similar to # on Twitter? my first thought was it was like hashtaggging something. Does it show up as something else on the computer? I only use the app on my phone for the site have maybe used the site on my computer once. Just thought it looks corny on my phone wondered why people post like that

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They're supposted to be images, usually some sort of animated gif. They help convey feelings of amusement, anger, frustration, or other emotion that a user might have upon reading a post.

The two you posted by name should show up like this:
(a smiley on his back with a huge grin rolling back and forth) and this:
(a kinda mohawked guy wearing sunglasses and shaking his head, giving the metal/headbanger/devil salute -clenched fist with pinky & index finger up)

[mikeyg36]

You can't see it on tapatalk I believe.

[tbis]

Thanks for the clarification

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