Hi Folks,

I do very often.

Why? As I try to show sometimes with using too many words, my feelings in my posts.

Over to you.

Win

As I don't have any photos good enough to use in my post, smiles it is....

I use smileys a lot for similar reasons of Mr. Kan Win, this is my favourite ( I love coffee )

Another favourite is this , but i don't use it so much, i may upset somebody !

I think i use them only as an ironic gesture,

but now the vai smilie isnt here any longer so guess that's the end of smilies for me

Edited August 8, 201214 yr by poanoi

I use them occasionally, but not that often. I can usually say what I mean to say without emoticons. A few probably save me some suspension time from the forum...

I think i use them only as an ironic gesture,

but now the vai smilie isnt here any longer so guess that's the end of smilies for me

Vai or Wai?

Conveying emotion or correct meaning....essential at times I find.

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They are used to add emmotion

I like to use them as they can add another dimension to your post and also for my main reason........

........I feel they add a bit of fun as well .

Cheers.

Yeah I use them. The use of the smiley can often mean the post is not interpreted as a flame or personal insult to another poster

Can be hard to convey some emotions, sarcasm, lightheardeness, anger if u choose, over a keyboard.

Yeah I use them. The use of the smiley can often mean the post is not interpreted as a flame or personal insult to another poster

Can be hard to convey some emotions, sarcasm, lightheardeness, anger if u choose, over a keyboard.

Yes I invariably use this is my posts as a way to show there's no malice intended whatsoever.

Yes, much better than saying "this is meant as a joke by the way".

However I use them sparingly.

Maybe I don't use them because I try (not always successfully) to keep emotions out of posts to complete strangers. Another reason is that I think that they are silly, especially posts that have more emoticons than words.

Go on now, I expect some really refreshing posts consisting entirely of emoticons.