Eric7100 Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Can everyone see this little symbol, if I copy and paste it here? ? I keep seeing this at the end of a lot of posts, especially from Cmart. His often appear as more than one, like this: ????? What is this symbol? What does it mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpmaul69 Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Its a smily sticking his tongue out. Its possibly an apple iphone ipad etc. only icon. Im assuming you dont use an apple device Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 (edited) Emoji from a phone. Your phone/browser might not recognize it. It's not one of the ones available through Atariage. Does it look funny? It's a pic of cmart's face sticking his tongue out at you. I have Android and it shows up on my phone. Edited November 16, 2015 by JasonlikesINTV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 I've never used that specific emoji Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric7100 Posted November 16, 2015 Author Share Posted November 16, 2015 I copied-and-pasted it from your post, Cmart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freewheel Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Can everyone see this little symbol, if I copy and paste it here? I keep seeing this at the end of a lot of posts, especially from Cmart. His often appear as more than one, like this: What is this symbol? What does it mean? I see cmart's nonsense but it shows up bizarrely. Both my desktop browsers and my phone show them as emoticons of some sort, but really shitty black & white ones. I just figured that it's because he uses some 1990s Motorola flip phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric7100 Posted November 16, 2015 Author Share Posted November 16, 2015 OK... clearly, you are all NOT seeing what I see on my screen. What I see is a tiny square, with two rows of characters inside. The top row says: 0 1 F The bottom row says: 5 1 B (or 6 1 B) It's hard to read the characters exactly, because they are so tiny! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric7100 Posted November 16, 2015 Author Share Posted November 16, 2015 Actually, I think it's: 0 1 F 6 1 B inside a tiny square. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiLic0ne t0aD Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 (edited) 0IF 6IB (I or 1) with a box around it, black and white. That's what it shows up as for me. I always wondered about this.. I use PC and Android Edited November 16, 2015 by SiLic0ne t0aD85 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 I wonder if it depends on phone OS version. I have Android 5.0.2 and I see it properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric7100 Posted November 16, 2015 Author Share Posted November 16, 2015 Thanks, Silicone! It's nice to know that I'm not the only one who sees this! Maybe it is a I, not a 1. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 I think you are stalking cmart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHW Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 I can't see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric7100 Posted November 16, 2015 Author Share Posted November 16, 2015 I think you are stalking cmart. I think you are stalking celery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 I think you are stalking celery. We both use peanut butter when we eat our prey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 ??????????????????????????☺️????????????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric7100 Posted November 16, 2015 Author Share Posted November 16, 2015 After doing some extensive online research, here are some people's ideas of what the tiny box with the 2 rows of 3 characters (each) is: "I get them on my phone when somebody sends me a smilie or whatever from their smartphone. Bascially my phone doesn't recognize the langauge." "Its just a smile dont over think it." "Sometimes it's spammers trying to sneak in foreign code." "Your computer doesnt have that particular symbol or font installed. Thats all." "To some people who might have the necessary font installed, then it might still look like whatever emoji thing it's supposed to look like." "It's a portal to another dimension. Don't click on it." "It means the battery needs charging, because it is empty/discharged." "This must have seemed like a very dumb question to anyone that has the necessary font installed." "I get a string of those whenever my computer tries to show chinese or japanese characters." "It's a check list, check off box, or maybe something found on a ballot sheet." "In all probability, it's just an empty space." "Its the symbol for the CBS Sunday Morning program." "It's a wingding with no ding." "And to think, we used to just smile, in person, especially when it had been a long time since we last saw each other." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric7100 Posted November 16, 2015 Author Share Posted November 16, 2015 (edited) Cmart, from your post, I just got a string of tiny boxes with OIF as the top row of characters (always), and random, various, 3-character strings as the bottom rows. Edited November 16, 2015 by Eric7100 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric7100 Posted November 16, 2015 Author Share Posted November 16, 2015 I captured a screen shot containing Cmart's post above. It shows the series of boxes that I see on my screen. Only ONE of them actually displays a tiny smiley face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric7100 Posted November 16, 2015 Author Share Posted November 16, 2015 Now everyone can see what I'm seeing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 AIM? Windows mail? ? What year is this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric7100 Posted November 16, 2015 Author Share Posted November 16, 2015 Jason, yours is OIF, 604. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric7100 Posted November 16, 2015 Author Share Posted November 16, 2015 Jason, didn't I say that I am poor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freewheel Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Wait - "extensive research"? They're undisplayed Unicode characters. This has been a problem on the Internets for a long time now. It's gotten worse with all this Emoji crap. I do like some of the possible answers listed above, though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinks Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 ? That was ur mom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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