It's a 'shrugging' emoticon, not a symbol.
I've never used it before.
I've just talked to the BV and got him up to speed on things. There's nothing wrong with questioning how we do things here.
BV doesn't take any stance on the 'Muh joos' stuff. His only aim is to keep the board comfy by trying to keep the threads chill by getting rid of the crazy spammers who do nothing but start dumpster fires in every thread. BV always checks post histories and looks for broken records to determine who is spamming.
BV will go easier on the bans.