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Humans are just wired that way. A smiley face evokes friendship and positive emotion, and it's just two dots and an arc.

• squarefoot 3y ago
  When I see two dots and an arc, but the other subtle but necessary body language signs are missing, it rather raises big warning flags than friendship or trust.
  • ben_w 3y ago
    :) and other emoticons?
  • danaris 3y ago
    Then you are unusual among humans.
    • squarefoot 3y ago
      No kidding btw. There are ways to recognize an authentic smile from a fake one, usually paying attention to eye movement and if and how muscles around the orbits and cheeks are used. There's plenty of documentation out there, here's an example: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236579543_Attentional_Mechanisms_in_Judging_Genuine_and_Fake_Smiles_Eye-Movement_Patterns https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236579543_Attention...