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Burlesque_Babe

mumslave wrote: »

Ooh whilst we are on a smiley subject....

you really need to add these:










How cool are they? How has MSE survived without them?!

we definitely need the bottom 3 - they are brilliant I doubt they'd allow them in light of the need to be PC and happy clappy

beanielou

mumslave~Just love love love that gah one.
I often say gah

MSE_Martin

Hi folks, please see this post

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=29125547#post29125547

PS if you want to comment (though we're fixed on this) please do it there not here - i won't be following this thread.

Burlesque_Babe

lots of similar alternatives though Martin that can quite easily be used by anyone wanting to use them in the fashion you are looking to stop - the lack of 2 specific smileys won't "try to keep friction down - and hope for open debate without friction", that's a cultural aspect of any large forum and whilst it isn't a nice aspect of a forum, it's a way of life when you have thousands of people with differing views.

You'll always have people who in real life won't say boo to a goose and then become the most objectionable person you can imagine when hiding behind a screen.

It's the way of the internet and the barring of 2 images (which can be easily sourced elsewhere as an identical or similar looking image) just won't change anything I'm afraid.

Perhaps more board guides and moderators will help - the boards need more regular policing rather than abuse being heaped upon and then just panicking under pressure. There must be a better way to check the postings than the current system, perhaps some kind of analysis of the current board guide set up would identify a more comprehensive way to help with the situation, rather than just jumping on a very odd idea of a 'solution' that really isn't going to help.

Removing every instance of a post of anyone who copies and pastes and is a job in itself!

Can I apply?!

jinky67

Like i said elsewhere Martin, its the people not the smilies.

Are you going to police people who source the smilies from elsewhere?

Because if you are not, it seems a pointless exercise to remove them from the list.

grumbler

MSE_Martin wrote: »

....when we weigh up the disbenefit of losing smilies that some people like against the benefit of getting rid of what has rather bizarrely, but accurately been a minor destructive force - we're getting rid of the smilies.

The only problem here is that the 'benefit' is illusive.
I am pretty sure that the abuse team will be able to confirm this soon.
However, they will never do this if they were the authors of this 'innovation' .

MSE_Martin

Just to echo what I said above

PS if you want to comment (though we're fixed on this) please do it there not here - i won't be following this thread.

jinky67

MSE_Martin wrote: »

Just to echo what I said above

PS if you want to comment (though we're fixed on this) please do it there not here - i won't be following this thread.

:rotfl:you edited your post as I was typing:mad:

sizzler

I spent fourty bloody minutes reading that thread and about to reply and then it got locked:eek:

Anyawy i agree with fermi and bat.

That answer by martin at the end of the thread is KAK.

A couple of harmless smileys removed for no reason. my god there will be less fights on the forum Now. The people who look after the forum who are salaried will probably get a bonus.

Load of B******s

Sizzler

God while I was typing this outweve moved again

delain

MSE Dan can you sort out all the blimmin AE's that are making the Arms give me a headache just lately?

I'm just getting lost now, can't keep up!