O/T Is it time to ban smileys from this board?

[Pattylallacks2]

Posters use smiley faces at the end of their posts for two main purposes:

1. In a thinly disguised attempt to pretend that they are not being grossly insulting. As in "Moderator you are an absolute prick for threatening to ban me just because I keep calling you a prick"

2. To make clear that a comment is meant to be witty, especially when it's not

So can we have a month's trial to allow posts to stand or fall by their content rather than with the use of some fuc king daft icon?

[fc_miller]

🤐

[great_fire]

It's hard to tell if someone is being ironic sometimes on a message board, that's why you have smileys.

[Brin]

🤣😄🤣😄💋

You sound like you have humour problems 🤣🤣🤣

[millertop]

Ffs I’ll get a ban if I don’t use them

There’s a limit to 4 well there is for me anyway ****

I must admit that I do cringe sometimes but then I think I’ll get into an argument if I don’t use them

[howdydoo]

Posters use smiley faces at the end of their posts for two main purposes:

1. In a thinly disguised attempt to pretend that they are not being grossly insulting. As in "Moderator you are an absolute prick for threatening to ban me just because I keep calling you a prick"

2. To make clear that a comment is meant to be witty, especially when it's not

So can we have a month's trial to allow posts to stand or fall by their content rather than with the use of some fuc king daft icon?

[Stovicmiller]

Let’s go further and ban anyone who dares to criticise the manager and chairman 😃😃😃😃.

[frogmiller]

[mellowmiller]

💩💩💩

[redhouse]

Let’s go further and ban anyone who dares to criticise the manager and chairman ��������.

I think we should keep Howdy's smiley especially for these people