User blog comment:New Dalek Paradigm/Time to Get Rid of the Old Emotes?/@comment-4052371-20121114204214

Here's my idea : For now, the default emoticons will be the old ones. In other words, when you type ":P", it will show up as the old Tongue Smiley. However, you would be able to use the new ones by typing (:P 2) or something like that. Later on, when everyone gets used to the new emoticons, we can make those the default, and eventually, after a long time, we can retire the old emoticons.