Sarcastic Smiley

claire0788

http://www.news.com.au/technology/us-company-invents-sells-sarcasm-emoticon-sarcmark/story-e6frfro0-1225819156911
Maybe the sarky people will just buy the "sarcmark"...

caseystar

It doesn't stop people bringing them in from elsewhere though? What happens then?

Snaggles

I don't really get what all the fuss is about...


(Sorry, couldn't resist! :rotfl:)

blind-as-a-bat_2

caseystar wrote: »

It doesn't stop people bringing them in from elsewhere though? What happens then?

See post's #15 to #17, it was sort of addresed there, but have to admit it is unclear if it is banned altogether, or if its just to try reduce the instances of abuse (it is abit more hasle posting them as a pic).

As dan said, they will be dealt whith when reported, nothing in this thread says you must report them every time you see them, just imply you report them if its in an abusive way.

Or in other words, i have not got a clue:p

markharding557

MSE_Dan wrote: »

Far from it, the negative posting causes a huge resource issue, which has led to this decision.

some volunteer moderators would solve your huge rsource issue;)

Welshwoofs

I don't mind this change at all as I use this one to scare off newbies:

grumbler

I am really missing both and

MSE towers demonstrate absolute lack of common sense and taste. It's like painting everything in pink.

MSE_Dan wrote: »

... the negative posting causes a huge resource issue, ...

Do you really think that removing some smileys can solve this? What used to be expressed in harmless smileys will be said in unpleasant words instead from now on.

If some idiots complain about smileys, the complaints have to go directly to the bin. If they complain about something more serious, banning some smileys doesn't change anything.

zebidee1

blind-as-a-bat wrote: »

I am with you on the :money: that is the most pathetic, annoying, unprofessional thing i have ever seen, and cringe, in a sort of nails on blackboard sort of way every time anyone uses it.

And that’s no reflection on the fact its Martin, in fact if I was Martin I would have insisted it was removed out of embarresmant

blind-as-a-bat wrote: »

And this smilie is ok how?

:grouphug:

What image does that give the site.

Crazy ill thought out action imo. The above two are disgraceful and I agree that I'd have been more concerned about what impression they give of the site more than the use of the confused and the sarcasm emoticon.

And why leave > :mad: ? That's just going to get used instead now. Silly, silly solution.

sodamnfunky

zebidee1 wrote: »

Crazy ill thought out action imo. The above two are disgraceful and I agree that I'd have been more concerned about what impression they give of the site more than the use of the confused and the sarcasm emoticon.

And why leave > :mad: ? That's just going to get used instead now. Silly, silly solution.

What you mean like this :mad:

Mse doesn't seem to be rational at all anymore...:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::D

fermi

grumbler wrote: »

It's like painting everything in pink.

MSE tried that with the forum theme a while back. :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I kid you not. Well............. nearly pink anyway.

Everyone hated it, and it was changed back. :cool: