Oh leave poor old BigTech alone will you - he didn't mean it, whatever he's done.
I'm tempted to say it serves you right you old fuddy-duddies - had you embraced the "MN improvements" your emoticons would not have changed - but instead I'll say,
Goodness me, we're not sure how this has occured but we'll look into it right away and rest assured all emoticons will be returned to their right and proper state asap.
A thousand apologies for the inconvenience.