I wasn't aware anyone used that feature. If you need a smiley to clarify the intent of a topic title, then you need a new topic title. That's like putting a question mark at the end of something to indicate you're not really saying Super Mario Bros. is the worst videogame ever made, you're just asking.
As for Fox asking for a custom title, what I learned over at MystCommunity is to not ask for a title or else the moderators will give you a humiliating one. Some forums let you pick a custom title. Some don't. Some don't give you the option until you've reached a number of posts. Me, I got a title through the honorable way of shutting up and being patient. It was "wamakaskanskan" (it means "spirit" in Lakota, it was chosen because of the film "Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron" floating around at the time, but to everyone else it's just a nonsensical word that you can't say without laughing).
*looks at my profile* Um, for picture/text it says "Likes dolls". ...what?