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What Happened To Our Emoticons?

DingoGirl

By DingoGirl
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DingoGirl Enthusiast
DingoGirl
Posted

Hi Scott,

There are a few of us who are kind of wondering why our emoticon usage became limited to ten.....we were actually going to ask for more than the twenty we had before.

What happened?

We can hardly function this way.

:lol:

and this really IS a serious inquiry. I have to keep editing every post due to too many emoticons.

Just wondering.

Did all the smilies make the board slower?

:)

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Lisa Mentor
Lisa
Posted
:lol::lol::lol: Psilly!
jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
Posted

I miss 'em, too! :(

psawyer Proficient
psawyer
Posted

I am rather stoical myself, but I do feel for my fellow emoticon-deprived board members.

I can get by with a few per post, but I can understand how difficult it could be when making multiple quotes and the quoted material itself contains emoticons without which the sense would be diminished, and which it would take considerable effort to edit out and reduce to words what can be conveyed so briefly by the use of an emoticon rather than many words trying to express the same feeling. :o

Hey! How about a rule about how many run-on sentences you are allowed to have in a single post, perhaps taking into consideration just how many words, and sentences, make up the entire post, with comparison and analysis with respect to the average sentence length in all of the posts made to date in the various fora (I refuse to use the non-word forumS) that we have here at Open Original Shared Link ;)

:D:lol::D

DingoGirl Enthusiast
DingoGirl
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:lol::lol::lol: Psilly!

what? psilly? NO!!!!!!!!!!! :lol:

Hey! How about a rule about how many run on sentences you are allowed to have in a single post, perhaps taking into consideration just how many words, and sentences, make up the entire post, with comparison and analysis with respect to the average sentence length in all of the posts made to date in the various fora (I refuse to use the non-word forumS) that we have here at Open Original Shared Link ;)

OMG :lol:

People. I am TRYING to get a serious answer here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I NEED MY SMILEYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:P

psawyer Proficient
psawyer
Posted
People. I am TRYING to get a serious answer here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And just how can one of the infamous psillies give a serious answer?

Okay, I will try. I understand that each emoticon takes up the same memory space as 2 to 9 simple characters; the words to express the same take much more. The bandwidth to send the graphic image takes far, far more than to send a simple character. I would personally support a rule that limits the number of emoticons to a percentage of the total characters in the post. This would not be likely to interfere with replies that have multiple quotes, while still preventing posts that consist of myriad emoticons with little or no other content. It is an easy concept to propose, but as an IT professional of many years, I understand that it would be a b!tch to implement. :(

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
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And just how can one of the infamous psillies give a serious answer?

Okay, I will try. I understand that each emoticon takes up the same memory space as 2 to 9 simple characters; the words to express the same take much more. The bandwidth to send the graphic image takes far, far more than to send a simple character. I would personally support a rule that limits the number of emoticons to a percentage of the total characters in the post. This would not be likely to interfere with replies that have multiple quotes, while still preventing posts that consist of myriad emoticons with little or no other content. It is an easy concept to propose, but as an IT professional of many years, I understand that it would be a b!tch to implement. :(

....and to think he could have communicated this whole thought with ---> :huh::o;)

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DingoGirl Enthusiast
DingoGirl
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And just how can one of the infamous psillies give a serious answer?

Okay, I will try. I understand that each emoticon takes up the same memory space as 2 to 9 simple characters; the words to express the same take much more. The bandwidth to send the graphic image takes far, far more than to send a simple character. I would personally support a rule that limits the number of emoticons to a percentage of the total characters in the post. This would not be likely to interfere with replies that have multiple quotes, while still preventing posts that consist of myriad emoticons with little or no other content. It is an easy concept to propose, but as an IT professional of many years, I understand that it would be a b!tch to implement.

:unsure::blink::huh::mellow:

....and to think he could have communicated this whole thought with ---> :huh::o;)

:lol: :lol:

egg-zactly

:lol:

Darn210 Enthusiast
Darn210
Posted

. . . and might I add that Susie had more to say in her last post but she hit her emoticon limit and had to stop!! :lol:

DingoGirl Enthusiast
DingoGirl
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. . . and might I add that Susie had more to say in her last post but she hit her emoticon limit and had to stop!! :lol:

Precisely.

:lol::blink::wacko::lol::mellow::o:lol:

(oh, now we're just becoming annoying - but L☼☼K at the efficacy of emotions conveyed in those faces! :P )

curlyfries Contributor
curlyfries
Posted

oops

curlyfries Contributor
curlyfries
Posted

______ .___________ ______

l . . . . . l l . . . . . . . . . . l l . . . . . l

l MORE l l EMOTICONS l l NOW! l

l_____l l___________l l______l

. . l . . . . . . . . l . . . . . . . . l

:P:D:o:rolleyes::lol::):huh:B)

:lol::lol:

Fiddle-Faddle Community Regular
Fiddle-Faddle
Posted

Actually, there are 15 emoticons, not, 10, but I agree--we need MORE!

However, I think we would be more constructive if we tell Scott what exactly we need.

We need one on the toilet with stomach cramps.

We need one that's about to puke.

We need a lovey-dovey one.

We need one with a light bulb over its head.

And we need one that is clobbering a stalk of wheat. :ph34r:

elye Community Regular
elye
Posted

Let me see if I'm comprehending this even remotely . . ...an emoticon takes up less space than the group of letters needed to make a corresponding word. . . okay, I'm good so far. .......

However, there is much more BANDWIDTH required to send an emoticon than to send a word.

Hmmmm .. . . . do all emoticons require the same bandwidth to employ? After all, this guy :mellow: or this guy ^_^ are barely useful, difficult to decipher meaning-wise, and should only require one-tenth the amount of technological energy to use as THIS guy :lol: or THIS guy :rolleyes:

I say we cut the fat, drastic and pragmatic as it may sound. . ..... .

Eliminate :mellow: , ^_^ and -_- !! They are probably only used as conversational filler, like "eh" and "huh", with no real meaning, and use up precious bandwidth.

Let's start a movement:

Forever Abolish Superfluous Emoticons (FASE)

This could be right up there with The Kyoto Accord and David Suzuki's Energy-saving Tactics. We may be on the threshold of something verrrrrrry big. .. . .... . .

Someone should actually call David Suzuki about this. Or Al Gore. . . . . ...

I feel it in the air!!!!

:lol::lol::rolleyes: (My final emoticons)

Darn210 Enthusiast
Darn210
Posted
Actually, there are 15 emoticons, not, 10, but I agree--we need MORE!

However, I think we would be more constructive if we tell Scott what exactly we need.

We need one on the toilet with stomach cramps.

We need one that's about to puke. (Yes!! Yes!!! and the .gif file is already available!!!)

We need a lovey-dovey one. (Fiddle Faddle . . . we've got this one!! . . . :wub: . . . type ": wub :" but no quotes or spaces)

We need one with a light bulb over its head. (Oooooo . . . yeah, I like this one, too!!)

And we need one that is clobbering a stalk of wheat. :ph34r:

Hey Fiddle-Faddle . . . we are actually talking about the number of emoticons allowed in one post but you DO make a valid point!!! I refer everyone to Exhibit A - my attempt last year to get the green guy emoticon added to the available emoticons usable in a post.

Open Original Shared Link

Just . . . ummm . . . kinda wanted to . . . ummmm . . . mention that . . . ummm . . . :unsure: . . . again . . . :lol::P

By the way Scott . . . don't think that we haven't noticed that you opened up the editing window again . . . many, many thanks!!!

psawyer Proficient
psawyer
Posted
Let me see if I'm comprehending this even remotely . . ...an emoticon takes up less space than the group of letters needed to make a corresponding word. . . okay, I'm good so far. .......

However, there is much more BANDWIDTH required to send an emoticon than to send a word.

Let me try an example. :)

The text to signal the smile takes two characters, a colon followed by a right parenthesis.

The word smile takes five characters.

The graphic image file smile.gif takes 699 bytes, plus the overhead wrapped around those bytes to say that it is an image named smile.gif.

The file wub.gif, which displays as :wub: is 1410 bytes.

Jestgar Rising Star
Jestgar
Posted
Let me try an example. :)

The text to signal the smile takes two characters, a colon followed by a right parenthesis.

The word smile takes five characters.

The graphic image file smile.gif takes 699 bytes, plus the overhead wrapped around those bytes to say that it is an image named smile.gif.

The file wub.gif, which displays as :wub: is 1410 bytes.

How many bytes does it take to make a character?

Darn210 Enthusiast
Darn210
Posted
How many bytes does it take to make a character?

How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop? . . . oops, wrong thread . . . well, maybe not . . . Peter knows everything!!

psawyer Proficient
psawyer
Posted
How many bytes does it take to make a character?
For most characters, one byte. That covers the standard alphabet and common punctuation marks.
happygirl Collaborator
happygirl
Posted

I think threads like this scare Scott. :lol:

DingoGirl Enthusiast
DingoGirl
Posted
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We need one on the toilet with stomach cramps.

We need one that's about to puke.

We need a lovey-dovey one.

We need one with a light bulb over its head.

And we need one that is clobbering a stalk of wheat.

BRAH-VOE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and hear, hear! :lol:

Eliminate :mellow: , ^_^ and -_- !! They are probably only used as conversational filler, like "eh" and "huh", with no real meaning, and use up precious bandwidth.

Let's start a movement:

Forever Abolish Superfluous Emoticons (FASE)

OMG :lol:

By the way Scott . . . don't think that we haven't noticed that you opened up the editing window again . . . many, many thanks!!!

Yes! we LOVE that! for all the stupid stuff we say......... :ph34r:

I think threads like this scare Scott. :lol:

Scared? I think it's more of an eye-rolling thing...... :rolleyes:

:lol:

Mtndog Collaborator
Mtndog
Posted
Actually, there are 15 emoticons, not, 10, but I agree--we need MORE!

However, I think we would be more constructive if we tell Scott what exactly we need.

We need one on the toilet with stomach cramps.

We need one that's about to puke.

We need a lovey-dovey one.

We need one with a light bulb over its head.

And we need one that is clobbering a stalk of wheat. :ph34r:

Scott- don't be scared- we REALLY need our 20 emoticons back and THEN some.

I want ALL the emot-icons that FF mentions above.

Please- I'll take a moderator pay cut :D

Green12 Enthusiast
Green12
Posted

Yes, I agree.

I feel I simply cannot express myself adequately without the full emotiquota of 20 per post, or more.

It is now impossible with 10, and requires too much editing of emotions, literally and figuratively.

cruelshoes Enthusiast
cruelshoes
Posted

Attention authorities: There has been a sillyville breach. I repeat - there has been a sillyville breach. Implement intervention protocol alpha.....

:lol:

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
Posted
Attention authorities: There has been a sillyville breach. I repeat - there has been a sillyville breach. Implement intervention protocol alpha.....

:lol:

:lol::lol::lol:

This is what happens when we all break out en masse :D

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