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Second Life Residents can add emotional nuances to their text chat by using "emotes". This can liven up conversation and reduce miscommunication.
 
You may be familiar with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoticons emoticons] such as the popular smiley face "<code>:)</code>" which can be typed in the chat bar alongside any other text. There are a tremendous variety with variations. For example, happiness is also expressed via <code>^^</code> , <code>:o)</code> , and <code>=^_^=</code> . [[Unicode]] symbols from other languages that appear to be emoting faces are also used, such as the popular <code>㋡</code> [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E3%83%83 from Japanese], which appears to be a diagonally-tilted happy face.
 
Emoticons are often used in {{xref|gesture|gestures}}. For example, there's a gesture which uses "<code>:)</code>" as a trigger and automatically transforms it into the aforementioned "<code>㋡</code>".
 
There are several special prefixes for emotes:
 
== /me ==
 
Beginning a line of chat with <code>/me</code> phrases it from your perspective. For example, if your name is [[Torley Linden]] and you enter:
 
: /me looks delighted to emote
 
It appears to everyone as:
 
: Torley Linden feels delighted to emote
 
: [[File:Emote-example.png]]
 
== Others ==
 
These are a couple "hidden" emotes that aren't visibly documented in the Viewer's user interface but have worked in some capacity for years: <code>/shout</code> and <code>/whisper</code>. Like <code>/me</code>, begin a line of chat with the trigger.
 
{{KBcaution|<code>/shout</code> and <code>/whisper</code> both autocomplete. This can conflict if you have other gestures or scripted gadgets that have triggers that begin similarly. A workaround is to backspace or paste in the command.}}
 
=== /shout ===
 
* Can be heard by avatars within a 100m radius.
* You can also shout by completing your line of chat with {{k|Ctrl|Enter}}.
* Shout is accompanied by an animation of your avatar cupping hands-to-mouth, similar to how you might shout in an exaggerated way in real life.
 
=== /whisper ===
 
* Can be heard by avatars within a 10m radius.
 
== See also ==
 
* '''[https://blogs.secondlife.com/community/community/tnt/blog/2010/01/06/fun-awesomize-your-profile-with-unicode-and-ascii-art Awesomize your profile with Unicode and ASCII art]'''
* '''[[Limits]]''' - Comprehensive numerical limits of the Second Life virtual world.
* '''[[How far does my voice carry?]]''' - Earlier documentation from the Viewer 1.23 era.

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