02-25-2005, 07:20 PM | #21 |
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02-25-2005, 08:21 PM | #22 | |
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Of course, we can always use this if we don't like someone's post: And, of course, if we think that our own posts are deserving of praise... [edited] Honestly, what's the point of removing it when you can just go off and find even more offensive ones?
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02-26-2005, 02:08 AM | #23 | |
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It makes me sad when people attack each other. My "whatever" was resignation to the fact that even if the rolly-eyed smilie is gone, people will still attack each other. At least it doesn't happen very often at Entmoot, thanks to our mods.
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02-26-2005, 04:30 AM | #24 |
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yeah i vote we replace the rolleyes smilie with PiL's wanking smilie its awesome....
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02-26-2005, 05:29 AM | #25 |
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Good grief.
It's not like emoticons are an essential part of a message board. The only reason that we have a graphical '' is that people have been using the textual ': )' for years if not decades. As far as 'this smiley gets overused at Entmoot' - well, you may argue that that's an issue of misuse, but really it isn't. In western culture, at least, this expression ( ) is used to indicate irony or sarcasm in something you're saying, or sometimes to indicate dissaproval (especially in a condescending way: 'not only do I dissaprove, but I can't believe that you're stupid enough to feel otherwise'). If you feel that it's being overused in that that sense, that's not a commentary on the emoticon itself so much as it is on the denizens of entmoot - that people have problems getting along with others, dissagreeing without being insulting, or wahtever. Personally, I find it ironic that several people bring up (or have brought up at other times) something to the effect of 'this is such a nice board' (i.e. Nurvingel's 'not that a flame war would happen here' or R*an's 'people don't attack each other very often here, thanks to the mods'). I've always felt that Entmoot is substantially less friendly than many other boards I've been a part of over the years. To be honest the veneer of civility runs extremely thin on this forum most of the time.
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All I'm asking is if the admins and mods could maybe discuss this. I know Fat middle was interested in deleting the smiley before. I mean it's their job to keep the board in as good shape as possible and that smiley isn't helping. Just look at the political threads. Quote:
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02-26-2005, 06:39 AM | #27 | |
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02-26-2005, 07:46 AM | #28 |
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Plus, if it gets deleted, wouldn't all the posts who had previously used the smilie have this in place? :rolleyes:
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02-26-2005, 11:53 PM | #30 | |
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It's funny - before I ever used the smilie - no one had any problems with it. of course that was when it was used in almost every post against me though. And by the way - I can host my own rollyeyes - I personally like the animated one. I'll just post an [img] tag. Ooooh look - this is the one from my messageboard - along with this one
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02-27-2005, 01:46 AM | #31 | |
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I usually hand type too... quicker that way...
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02-27-2005, 06:28 AM | #32 | |
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02-27-2005, 04:32 PM | #33 | |
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02-28-2005, 05:13 AM | #34 |
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I'd like to keep the please. Actually I should use it more often, directed to myself.
Sarcastic comments are still sarcastic, with or without the rolleyes.
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03-01-2005, 12:09 AM | #38 |
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It would be interesting if we changed the necessary text for the smilies. Instead of people typing :rolleyes: we should make the code something more like :understand: :agree: or :respect: . Then the button for it could be hidden in the expandable list through the "more" link at the bottom of the smilies box. People would be reluctant to use it.
But we don't have a link there, I realized mid-post. Didn't we used to? What we need is an expandable list, for starters.
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And I disagree about the veneer. A lot of the 'Moot is inhabited by persons with a bit more sophistication than fanboy boards. I've never known a mooter yet that has left entmoot of his/her own freewill. Even Elfhelm returned for awhile!
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