Thread:Hackey5/@comment-27805055-20170103224105/@comment-5645428-20170104050457

':O' Conforms to the general standard of emote inputs and is easy to memorise. Reverse inputs are an annoyance to produce when most would seek to type 'eyes' followed by a 'mouth'. These characters are not displayed and are shortcuts to the displayed emotes anyway.

In addition, new users should be referring to the Chat article that is linked twice before they are able to use the chat. It includes a list of all the emotes and their inputs, so there is no reason for people to be confused.