OK - Seriously what's with the smiley hate?

[AliceLover]

I dont know what id do without them.

Really if someone asks me my true emotion on a subject just ask, so until someone does they are gunna get the

[WelshWitchPMD]

You know what? NO SMILIE FOR YOU!!!!

[StevieNicksEO17]

Originally Posted by wondergirl9847

[FONT=Microsoft Sans Serif]Well, tone is very difficult to dicipher on message boards, hence....the smilie. Sometimes, when we are all joking around and stuff, the smilie and the smilie go hand in hand. It helps with the tone of the message.
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That's how I always understood they were for, too.

I can't believe we're all arguing about smilies...

[Dreammms]

Originally Posted by WelshWitchPMD

You know what? NO SMILIE FOR YOU!!!!

How about a kiss?

[AliceLover]

Originally Posted by StevieNicksEO17

That's how I always understood they were for, too.

I can't believe we're all arguing about smilies...

I agree its pretty sad lol

[KarmaContestant]

I think the smilies are great, however, I think I undestand what Nancy was trying to say. The smilies used on this board don't convey much emotion visually....some of them are sort of cartoony... I think a good example of this is the winky-eye smily....it works, but it doesn't convey that 'just between you and me' that a winking smily should be able to convey... There's really no smily here that says 'hmmmm?' or 'WTF?!?!?!?!' I'm not at all meaning to be critical, just merely making an observation. I really like the shrugging smily, and the nodding one is gushing with the 'uh huh, I totally think so!'

Some new, additional ones would be nice, though...I'm sure we'd find a way to use them.

[amber]

Originally Posted by KarmaContestant

I think the smilies are great, however, I think I undestand what Nancy was trying to say. The smilies used on this board don't convey much emotion visually....some of them are sort of cartoony... I think a good example of this is the winky-eye smily....it works, but it doesn't convey that 'just between you and me' that a winking smily should be able to convey... There's really no smily here that says 'hmmmm?' or 'WTF?!?!?!?!' I'm not at all meaning to be critical, just merely making an observation. I really like the shrugging smily, and the nodding one is gushing with the 'uh huh, I totally think so!'

Some new, additional ones would be nice, though...I'm sure we'd find a way to use them.

I want one that conveys looking side to side, sneaky like, then laughing. Like "I swear, really! then laugh" Also I think there should be one of someone getting sick to their stomach, but not barfing. Maybe sticking their tongue out? And then there should just be a funny "sticking your tongue out" one, the good ol' rasberry. You know, something between the mad one and the rolls your eyes one? Also I think there should be one that's giggling, with their hand over their mouth, like "teehee, naughty" with the eyes all squinchy, like "I shouldn't be laughing, but I am!"
I like the cartoony aspect, they mostly remind me of how I would look if I made that expression. The big green grin guy I especially identify with. There should be an alternate form of the Angel, too, a snarky one, with the guy switching his eyes from side to side. Like "who, me? hehehehe".
Okay, I'm a little overboard, but I love the emoticons. Wish I could design them.

[David]

Originally Posted by KarmaContestant

I think the smilies are great, however, I think I undestand what Nancy was trying to say. The smilies used on this board don't convey much emotion visually....some of them are sort of cartoony... I think a good example of this is the winky-eye smily....it works, but it doesn't convey that 'just between you and me' that a winking smily should be able to convey.

Whenever I see the "cool" smilie ( ), it looks as if that person were actually thinking, "No ****, you brainless moron." It makes me very defensive & argumentative. It doesn't register "cool" to me -- it registers extreme disdain & superiority.

So even the damn smilies aren't foolproof ways of conveying emotions. I still say LOCK & LOAD when I see those damn things.

[catinthedark]

I personally love the smilies; I've often written in "where's the "so-and-so" smiley when you need it most?" when there hasn't been one to reflect my tone. And that is exactly what I use them for - tone. As we ALL know, undoubtably, email and posting can be dangerous. It is SO easy to misread the tone of a post. I find the little smilies help a lot. I'm not necessarily having a good old guffaw when I use the yellow laughing smiley, but it reflects the tone of my post. I've seen a few smilies on here that aren't part of the Ledge selection that I love. Someone added one one time that I laughed out loud at: it was a little smiley going "blah blah blah blah blah" It was hilarious. I also love the one on the BN.net board of the smiley banging his head into the brick wall. I wish we had that one over here. I think it would be a very popular smiley...



By the way, this one is my favourite. I use it sparingly; only when the mood is perfect.

[Mari]

Have to say this: I don't think it's the smiley that makes a post hypocritical or shades something mean said. You do that with the words you use. A smiley may only emphasise it a little, but if it's the poster's intent to hurt someone without saying it in the open, you don't need a smiley for it at all.

I've nothing against them. Actually, with some posts without them I'm in doubt whether it's meant seriously or not, and I just wish there'd be that winky or grinning smiley with it. Because on the internet you miss all non-verbal communication that usually shows the intent of what you're saying.

[dudden22]

I love the smileys

[trackaghost]

Originally Posted by Mari

Have to say this: I don't think it's the smiley that makes a post hypocritical or shades something mean said. You do that with the words you use. A smiley may only emphasise it a little, but if it's the poster's intent to hurt someone without saying it in the open, you don't need a smiley for it at all.

I've nothing against them. Actually, with some posts without them I'm in doubt whether it's meant seriously or not, and I just wish there'd be that winky or grinning smiley with it. Because on the internet you miss all non-verbal communication that usually shows the intent of what you're saying.

I agree totally Mari.
I do think some people overuse them, but really what's the harm?
As Christy said sometimes its so hard to gauge the tone of what people are saying on a messageboard and they can help in that respect.
I also can't understand the superior attitude some people have just because they don't use them.

[Mari]

yeah, that superiority complex, I don't get that either.

I just noticed the last couple of smilies in dudden's post!

[SuzeQuze]

Originally Posted by macfanken

Yeah, it's a pretty famous film clip. When I was a kid we would sometimes have to drive across the replacement bridge... my brother and I would always end up freaked out on the floor of our parents' car! Driving across it still freaks me out.

I thought that was a special effect! <-- This means I am scared thinking about that.

The smilie that annoys me is the shrug and the way strand uses it. He'll write something that will make someone angry and then try to diffuse that anger with the shrug. At least that is how I interpret it, and I hate it. However, I love strand.

Otherwise, I am a smilie lover which won't surprise anyone I suspect.

[Carolina Girl]

Originally Posted by dudden22

I love the smileys

LOVE the boobie shaking girl!