Smilies, A good or bad addition to communication?
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Do they irritate you, or are they ok when used in moderation?
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Yes, I love smilies and use them as I have nothing of interest to say 1 (6%)
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No, smilies are shite 2 (12%)
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Sometimes, they can add to the quality and humour/nastiness of my posts 13 (76%)
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Depends, 1 (6%)
17 votes · voting closed
Aye, they're 
, but only to reinforce what you say in words... 
Now, unnecessary overuse of punctuation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
SHEDi xxx
they help Internet posting communication. without a smiley a joke could sometimes be interpreted as nasty. :)
NOOLigan wrote: they help Internet posting communication. without a smiley a joke could sometimes be interpreted as nasty. :)
And frequently are, regardless of whether a smilie is used or not... 
SHEDi xxx
Gnome-some Tonight wrote: Aye, they're
SHEDi xxx
Apologies there, consider it changed. 
lucyjane wrote:
Gnome-some Tonight wrote: Aye, they're
SHEDi xxx
Apologies there, consider it changed.
Did you not see my 'wink' smilie?! I was jesting... This is a confusing business! Oh, and can't remember if I posted on the other thread, but welcome back LJ! 
SHEDi xxx
lucyjane wrote:
Gnome-some Tonight wrote: Aye, they're
SHEDi xxx
Apologies there, consider it changed.
Did you not see my 'wink' smilie?! I was jesting... This is a confusing business! Oh, and can't remember if I posted on the other thread, but welcome back LJ!
SHEDi xxx
I did see the wink smilie, but got to thinking how some things may irritate others, especially when grammar is concerned. I hayte bad speling
Nice (I think) to be back
Used in the right situation, i think they're brilliant. But i have often debated, when trying to get my point across, whether or not i should add one. As people have said previously, sometimes people use smilies when they shouldn't, ie. if they're having a dig at someone, and they can be construed as 'snidey'.
Occasionally i have thought people are being a bit serious with me just because they haven't used a smilie!!
(I struggled to decide wether to insert one here!)
[magenta]Missy Jem[/magenta] wrote: Used in the right situation, i think they're brilliant. But i have often debated, when trying to get my point across, whether or not i should add one. As people have said previously, sometimes people use smilies when they shouldn't, ie. if they're having a dig at someone, and they can be construed as 'snidey'.
Occasionally i have thought people are being a bit serious with me just because they haven't used a smilie!!
(I struggled to decide wether to insert one here!)
or 
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SHEDi xxx
Love 'em, but I think they should be used in moderation.
Like most people I just have a standard 3 or 4 I use, and don't deviate from that.
And there's a fair few of us here who I know even use them in e-mithers and texts.
This smiley really fcuks me off though. I'd genuinely chin someone if they pulled this face addressing me: :D
Gnome-some Tonight wrote: Good use of smilies, CM!
SHEDi xxx
See?
I don't think you HAVE to use winkies everytime you're kidding.
If one thinks someone is being serious s/he is probably reading too much into the internet.
ChrissMari wrote:
another shit stirring post
How is my post shit stirring? I got into a flame years ago and we both ended up using said smilie.
Must say,a well placed 
or :knight: and so on,can get a chuckle out of me
remains my fave....
Top 3 at the mo would be
1
2 :mad4:
3 
The skill is applying the right smillie at the right time...not always that easy,without coming across as a bit of a berk
That's the gamble:\peek:
bad bad bad...
I did half a one in Dublin and started hallucinating.
first and last time.
drugs are bad...
generally
hibster wrote: i was expecting a lot more people to vote for the first option given the way they post.
Not when the third option is far more flexible
hibster wrote: i was expecting a lot more people to vote for the first option given the way they post.
Hibster's used a smilie!!! 
You don't normally use them!
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