Let's open this up for our lordly selves to discuss. Personally, I entirely support the removal of the bazooka shooting smiley.
I think we should soon get an actual honest-to-God vote on this, since it's a good idea and the HoC isn't technically an advisory body.
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I don't see it as that big of a deal. You don't want to use smileys, don't. Don't like seeing them in posts, scroll. Seems like a non-issue.
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But as far as board culture in general, I do think that young male overaggression is a contributing factor to the general atmosphere of hostility. It's not SOS and the Mess throwing hand grenades all over the forum- Red
But as far as board culture in general, I do think that young male overaggression is a contributing factor to the general atmosphere of hostility. It's not SOS and the Mess throwing hand grenades all over the forum- Red
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I actually don't see the cannon smiley used very much, and when I have seen it, it hasn't struck me as particularly inappropriate. Sure, it could be used obnoxiously, but I'm not seeing that happening, so I don't see much call to remove it.
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-- The King of Swamp Castle, Monty Python and the Holy Grail
"Nothing of consequence happened today. " -- Diary of King George III, July 4, 1776
"This is not bad; this is a conspiracy to remove happiness from existence. It seeks to wrap its hedgehog hand around the still beating heart of the personification of good and squeeze until it is stilled."
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If there are problems with the smilies, we should be going after those who abuse them, rather than the smilies thesmelves.
Edit: And more harshly, if existing rules about excessive/annoying smileys ain't bad enough.
Edit: And more harshly, if existing rules about excessive/annoying smileys ain't bad enough.
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I see no problem with the cannon smiley. We shouldn't enforce every personal opinion we have on others. What next, I don't like his typing style, lets ban that too? If people get obnoxious, we deal with them. Don't punish everyone for the actions of a few.
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I wonder if it would be feasible to disable smiley rendering in user preferences...
"This is supposed to be a happy occasion... Let's not bicker and argue about who killed who."
-- The King of Swamp Castle, Monty Python and the Holy Grail
"Nothing of consequence happened today. " -- Diary of King George III, July 4, 1776
"This is not bad; this is a conspiracy to remove happiness from existence. It seeks to wrap its hedgehog hand around the still beating heart of the personification of good and squeeze until it is stilled."
-- Chuck Sonnenburg on Voyager's "Elogium"
-- The King of Swamp Castle, Monty Python and the Holy Grail
"Nothing of consequence happened today. " -- Diary of King George III, July 4, 1776
"This is not bad; this is a conspiracy to remove happiness from existence. It seeks to wrap its hedgehog hand around the still beating heart of the personification of good and squeeze until it is stilled."
-- Chuck Sonnenburg on Voyager's "Elogium"
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You can. GO to User Control Panel, select Board Preferences, choose Edit Display Preferences, and you can turn them off. Third option from the top.Ted C wrote:I wonder if it would be feasible to disable smiley rendering in user preferences...
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That would seem to solve the problem for people who find smilies annoying, then.Ender wrote:You can. GO to User Control Panel, select Board Preferences, choose Edit Display Preferences, and you can turn them off. Third option from the top.Ted C wrote:I wonder if it would be feasible to disable smiley rendering in user preferences...
"This is supposed to be a happy occasion... Let's not bicker and argue about who killed who."
-- The King of Swamp Castle, Monty Python and the Holy Grail
"Nothing of consequence happened today. " -- Diary of King George III, July 4, 1776
"This is not bad; this is a conspiracy to remove happiness from existence. It seeks to wrap its hedgehog hand around the still beating heart of the personification of good and squeeze until it is stilled."
-- Chuck Sonnenburg on Voyager's "Elogium"
-- The King of Swamp Castle, Monty Python and the Holy Grail
"Nothing of consequence happened today. " -- Diary of King George III, July 4, 1776
"This is not bad; this is a conspiracy to remove happiness from existence. It seeks to wrap its hedgehog hand around the still beating heart of the personification of good and squeeze until it is stilled."
-- Chuck Sonnenburg on Voyager's "Elogium"
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See? Easy fix.
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your husband doesn't post nearly enough.
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I'm going to go with the general consensus that this discussion is somewhat pointless, however, for those of us with nothing better to do I'll throw this one out; Let's flood the board with smilies! 
More variety reduces individual smiley useage = less bitching about
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More variety reduces individual smiley useage = less bitching about
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Honestly, I think adding more smilies is appropriate. :eng101: for example would be useful here
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