Oh wow, I just looked at the rest of the thread and all the photos are way cute! OMG!
I struggled with the whole ovation thing at first too. Did you ever learn how?
Okay, NOT a stupid question! Hee hee! I don't blame you for wondering!
To tell you the truth, I'm not exactly sure myself, but it seems to be just a of celebration of emoji, or emoticons, and the sort of life of their own they seem to be taking on, with all their growing diversity, etc...