Below is Kame's original post about smileys:
Quote from Fire_Kame
You know, I was thinking about the emoticon thing that kinda is repeatedly brought up, and maybe what we need to do is actually prune them. I'm not going to list all of them (because many of them are just fine) but here are some examples:
who uses this? Not to mention if it is used it stretches text like crazy and takes up a lot of space. Remove it, and hey we could even keep instead. (although I don't really see that one used as much, it isn't as intrusive. And of course, there is also and do I need to mention (side note, is very similar to
this emote never made sense to me, I feel like it's bait for people to get unnecessary severity. If there is such an issue that someone needs banned they should be reporting the post - making posts with an emote (heaven forbid just that and nothing more) is straight up spam. Also, it stretches text. same with
same as above. And redundant for which takes less space.
: a little redundant, isn't it? I think we should keep :
and again, redundant. I like better, personally.
I'd use this one if it had a more palatable name, like :huh: A little redundant for but I do like the way it looks.
when has this been used last? And again...it stretches. Same with and
has this ever been used?
is a little redundant of its more popular counterpart (and although it stretches I really like keeping for crude instances that really raise the bar)
is a nice idea but is very dirty looking.
and are very close to the same.
maybe should be changes to ; or something more representative.
who uses this? Not to mention if it is used it stretches text like crazy and takes up a lot of space. Remove it, and hey we could even keep instead. (although I don't really see that one used as much, it isn't as intrusive. And of course, there is also and do I need to mention (side note, is very similar to
this emote never made sense to me, I feel like it's bait for people to get unnecessary severity. If there is such an issue that someone needs banned they should be reporting the post - making posts with an emote (heaven forbid just that and nothing more) is straight up spam. Also, it stretches text. same with
same as above. And redundant for which takes less space.
: a little redundant, isn't it? I think we should keep :
and again, redundant. I like better, personally.
I'd use this one if it had a more palatable name, like :huh: A little redundant for but I do like the way it looks.
when has this been used last? And again...it stretches. Same with and
has this ever been used?
is a little redundant of its more popular counterpart (and although it stretches I really like keeping for crude instances that really raise the bar)
is a nice idea but is very dirty looking.
and are very close to the same.
maybe should be changes to ; or something more representative.
Given that this isn't Null and a topic like this could get out of hand, keep your posts on topic.
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