Emoticons in the Chatbox

How nice, GLG. You keep telling yourself that.

Where did you get the idea I honestly like emoticons? They are perfect spam tools, and that's it.

Spam tools? Sure...

And where do waves fit into the grander scheme of things, out of interest?

Spam tools? Sure... And where do waves fit into the grander scheme of things, out of interest?

Waves are fun, emoticons are not. Waves take time to make, the emoticons are already made, and by someone else for that matter. Waves look nice, emoticons are well, emoticons, blah.

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Nice? WW thinks they're annoying, and to me they're spam. Every time I see a "wave" in use, whether it be in the Chatbox, in a post, or in an MSN username, I feel the need to claw my eyes out.

One of the many different definitions of spam is: Any large, annoying, quantity of output. And an interesting backronym for spam just so happens to be stupid, pointless, annoying messages.

Whilst emoticons can add effect to a sentence, waves do not, but are rather spam. I class them as spam, WW (in finding them annoying) would class them as spam. Without even having to ask I know that !K_A! would class them as spam. If you want to argue your case as to why they're not spam, then I look forward to a thread somewhere.

Thus, emoticons are not spam tools, and would be good in the chatbox, particularly seeing as they're so small and unintruding.

Whilst emoticons can add effect to a sentence, waves do not, but are rather spam.

They might be spam but they are some cool looking spam. A lot better than someone who just puts:
asdfksadifgygyasfysadfaf
Don't you think?

Just add smiley faces, that's it. You guys are overcomplicating the matter. If someone spams using them, ban them. If you don't like them, don't use them. It's as simple as that.

Good point. Just make the simple ones. Smile, frown. the ones everyone uses all the time.