Smiley abuse

Splash

New member
Nice to see we have a few new smilies. Although it makes me nervous, too!

I posted in the feedback forum asking if there was a way to complete disable them on my end so I don't have to see them. I went searching more and found out that there probably isn't. I don't mind them, really, it's just that there are a few members who commit some major smiley abuse. I don't mind seeing them, it's when there are a dozen in one message, or one right after the other, that just grates on my nerves. Maybe it's only me.

I'm talking posts like this...



blah blah blah :rolleyes: :shrug-shoulders: :cool: blah blah :question: blah blah :2thumbsup: blah blah blah :p :cool: :rolleyes: blah blah blah blah blah blah :crying: :doh: blah blah blah :soapbox: blah blah blah :eek: :mad: blah blah :question: blah blah blah :crying: :( blah blah blah :thanx!: blah blah :p :D :eek:

Seriously, there are posts here like that. It's really only a few people that do that, but it's a bit extreme. Can we please just use our smilies with discretion? Other wise, does ANYONE know how I can just make them not show up? As it is, when I see posts by these few people, I immediately hit ESC so at least their posts will stop dancing.
 
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Patriot201

Car-Seat.org Ambassador
Got it! :)

I think I am one who sometimes abuses the smilies. Some of my posts have very few, but others are overly "sprinkled" with smilies. I will be careful!
 

amy919

New member
I immediately hit ESC so at least their posts will stop dancing.

THANK YOU for that tip! I had no idea I could just hit ESC to prevent myself from seizuring.

I don't really mind them when there are 1 or 2 in a post, but looking at what you just posted made my head spin!

Amy
 

scatterbunny

New member
Got it! :)

I think I am one who sometimes abuses the smilies. Some of my posts have very few, but others are overly "sprinkled" with smilies. I will be careful!

Ditto. Sometimes I don't use any smilies, other times a few, and sometimes I use a bunch. :shrug-shoulders: Just depends on my mood. Smilies are supposed to convey body language or tone behind the words, and sometimes a few convey that feeling or tone better than one.
 

Patriot201

Car-Seat.org Ambassador
Ditto. Sometimes I don't use any smilies, other times a few, and sometimes I use a bunch. :shrug-shoulders: Just depends on my mood. Smilies are supposed to convey body language or tone behind the words, and sometimes a few convey that feeling or tone better than one.

I agree! But I do readily admit that some of my posts are probably way too "dancy." (How's that for a made-up word?:p )
 

momof2kiddos

New member
Ditto. Sometimes I don't use any smilies, other times a few, and sometimes I use a bunch. :shrug-shoulders: Just depends on my mood. Smilies are supposed to convey body language or tone behind the words, and sometimes a few convey that feeling or tone better than one.

Same here, I am one that probably uses a few too many smiles sometimes...I will try to hold back on those.;)
 

rlsadc

Senior Community Member
i love how smileys can really change the way a whole sentence sounds..lol..i am known to use a few...but i wouldnt say i abuse them...but then again i dont see any posts with more than mine (but i dont really pay attention either) ha...lol...i will use them with a little more constraint from now on though...
 

Victorious4

Senior Community Member
Ditto. Sometimes I don't use any smilies, other times a few, and sometimes I use a bunch. :shrug-shoulders: Just depends on my mood. Smilies are supposed to convey body language or tone behind the words, and sometimes a few convey that feeling or tone better than one.

Ditto.... I saw the "Disable smilies in text" option & thought it allowed other users to ignore mine, too, but I guess not? I'll try to tone it down *wink*
 

Yoshi

New member
Splash, I am so tired today, and the title of your thread made me think you meant that the smileys look like they are being abused!!!! Especially this guy: :dizzy:

You made me laugh!
 

Starlight

Senior Community Member
I'm sorry Estelle!

I'll be sure to make sure I take it easy!

I wouldn't want to see any :fencing: here.
 

joolsplus3

Admin - CPS Technician
:sorry!: :doh: They are just so FUN! :happy-wavehello: :evil grin: :blah blah blah: KWIM? :p But if we are going to fight about it... :fencing: and it makes you sick :dizzy: then I guess I'll knock it off. :scratcheshead: :whistle:
You know I love ya! :love: , wouldn't wanna make you mad or anything :crying: :hitselfonhead:

:duck:


:ROTFLMAO:
 

LuvBug

New member
eek they really do make you nauseous lol!
Im a bit of a smilie enthusiest, I hope I dont abuse them though! I try to use only ones when I want to make sure the tone of my post is taken the way I mean it. I say a lot of things in a joking manner and I have gotten so use to just saying "lol" every sentence that it is becoming dangerous lol!(<-see) Im so glad to have the different smilies now... Ill try to keep them down to the necessary ;)
 

Splash

New member
Oh I like smilies! It is just when they are one after another after another... it's annoying and really takes away from the message. It's more like when it's like this :eek: :confused: :mad: :( all in a row. Not even when it's peppered with them, but all in a row!
I don't mean to sound poopy, and I am a smiley fan. I am glad there are a lot of them now, and I definitely add a :) at the end of some posts. I just don't add 6 different smiling variants at the same time ;) (ha ha ha)

I just saw all these new smilies and got scared that every post was going to be dancing sparkling fairy dust.

And, I must ask, WHO is scratching this guy's head? Because it would be physically impossible for him to have his own arm at that angle. :scratcheshead:
 

JaRylan

New member
Yikes, I wonder if I'm a smiley abuser??? Now that I think about it, I'm probably a smiley row abuser :rolleyes: :eek: :p Like that, lol. I'll try to restrain myself.

Thanks for the escape tip (cool it works to freeze the smilies that are to the right of me right now as I type this).

What would be nice is if we could change the constipated winky smiley in chat, lol.
 

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