We have deleted two smilies

ThinkingOfLinking

If people are going to act like children, they can expect to be treated as such. It is a shame that a minority spoil it for the majority but there are more important things to worry about. How about we get some of those cool smilies with guitars and drums and suchlike as replacements, eh?

tigtag02

I got a new avatar out of it

Mozette

Numpty_Monkey wrote: »

Not sacarstic :think::whistle::T

the rest
in simple words please

Try dictionary.com - you may expand your vocabulary!

Sue-UU

grannybiker wrote: »

P.S. Did we have an answer about what would happen if we used smileys imorted from "Outside?" I must have missed it (cue roll eyes, silly old me icon!)

I believe it's between posts 15 & 17 on the other thread http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=29124671#post29124671

Sue

marleyboy

:mad:Its such a shame that two rather insignificant smilies are removed, this will have NIL effect with abuse, and to be fair, any of the other smilies can be used for abuse purposes, you may as well have said "due to the misuse of these smilies, we are removing ALL smilies from the forums", however you have selected completely the wrong one when it comes to "confused", it simply means "I dont know", maybe you can insert new smilies to replace them with, maybe even a scratches head in confusion smilie.

However it is quite simple to re-post the smilies, they are readily available on the likes of flikr or photobucket, it just seems like the MSE team are making mountains out of molehills with this issue, selecting two of the less "abusive" smilies there is whilst leaving the rest of them WIDE OPEN to be abused, if the MSE team feel so (incorrectly) adamant that the only way to stop abuse is to remove the smilies, ALL of them should be removed.

This has got to be one of the most bizarre interventions I have ever seen done by the MSE team, it makes absolutely no sense at all and will have even LESS of an effect to the threat of new members getting abused.

It makes me worry what crackpot idea the team will think of removing next in order to keep this forum the happy forum it always has been, maybe the "thanks" button or even the "quote" button, just in case they too get abused.

There is only so much you can do to make the forums the popular and friendly place it should be, your really at the danger point of overdoing it now, its as if they have completely ran out of ideas, so are plucking any old random idea to better it.

WELL DONE, I see this idea will make a bucket load of difference to any newbies.
:T:T:T{- sarcastic smilies.

KimYeovil

Smileys we want to forget #3:

TurkishDelight

marleyboy wrote: »

This has got to be one of the most bizarre interventions I have ever seen done by the MSE team

It really is.
I was reading about it on another thread and I really thought that they were joking when they said that :rolleyes: and had been removed becasue of abuse reports.

Kind of surreal. :huh:
(^ not the same )

marleyboy

I think the only realistic way MSE can completely get rid of abuse on the forums, is to remove the "reply" button and text box at the bottom of every thread

Oblivion

"We have deleted two smilies "

You have deleted more than two smilies ... you have deleted your credibility!

Dave.

FATBALLZ

I don't think this measure goes far enough, I think we should have a drop down box with permitted sentences of what we are allowed to say instead of a text input box for replying to threads. Free-format text input lends itself to potential abuse as a medium for free-speech.

Thanks.