tired of over-using exclamation points in digital conversation, merely to avoid coming off sarcastically through this intonation-less medium? enter the friendly period:

“The friendly period is here to solve all our communication problems.
Picture this: a larger, slightly squished period that’s big enough to see that there’s a half-moon of a smile three quarters of the way down its jolly round body. It’s simple, it’s not nearly as annoying as those bright, yellow happy faces, and it’s stylish. Because what’s more stylish than black and white?”
Such. A. Good. Idea.