# What do you think about smilies on SDMB? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 29, 2010, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-smilies-on-sdmb/541166 "2010-05-29T10:41:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Happy\_Poster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Happy\_Poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Poster)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-smilies-on-sdmb/541166/1 "2010-05-29T10:41:25Z")
Here is an anonymous poll on your smilie viewpoint. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Poster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Happy\_Poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Poster)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-smilies-on-sdmb/541166/2 "2010-05-29T22:19:49Z")
Sample size not terribly large yet, but I am happy with it (well, I’m a Happy Poster :D) bumping so others see it. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-smilies-on-sdmb/541166/3 "2010-05-29T22:43:39Z")
I like smilies. I’d like to have more here. No animated ones, though. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-smilies-on-sdmb/541166/4 "2010-05-29T23:21:51Z")
What **TBG** said. Another smilie or two (unique to the SDMB) but definitely NOT animated. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-smilies-on-sdmb/541166/5 "2010-05-29T23:54:26Z")
I don’t particularly care too much about them. I rarely use them myself and it doesn’t bother me when other people use them. I did vote to add more though, because when you do use them there aren’t that many to choose from. I agree with AHunter3 that some unique to the SDMB would be good, too. Please don’t add animated ones though. Those are annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-smilies-on-sdmb/541166/6 "2010-05-30T00:20:56Z")
A smilie thread I see. Been six months already? ---
**Author:** ![padabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/919ad9/32.png) [@padabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/padabe)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-smilies-on-sdmb/541166/7 "2010-05-30T00:23:26Z")
We used to _have_ our own, unique smilies. IIRC, they were done away with because they were a hassle during vBulletin upgrades. Has the official position on this changed? Does vBulletin offer a wider variety of built-in smilies? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Poster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Happy\_Poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Poster)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-smilies-on-sdmb/541166/8 "2010-05-30T00:31:16Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > A smilie thread I see. Been six months already? We have polls now. It’s important to see what people actually want, rather than what vocal people actually want, imo. So far there seem to be very few people opposed to extra smilies. It’s not my decision to make of course, but I think having a poll can indicate board consensus. But of course it should be open for at least a week to achieve that 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-smilies-on-sdmb/541166/9 "2010-05-30T00:42:15Z")
I voted for fewer smilies because I’d really like to see :rolleyes: go the way of [noparse]:putz:[/noparse] (which I never thought was that bad, just misunderstood). I wouldn’t care too much if other, less-antagonizing smilies were added. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-smilies-on-sdmb/541166/10 "2010-05-30T01:08:12Z")
I’d like a barfing smiley and a sciencefail smiley (which is good for just general fails). ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-smilies-on-sdmb/541166/11 "2010-05-30T01:49:01Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I’d like a barfing smiley and a sciencefail smiley (which is good for just general fails). General fails are represented fairly well by :smack: ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-smilies-on-sdmb/541166/12 "2010-05-30T02:47:05Z")
The only smiley I’d add would be a deadpan, nonsmiley, designated thus: :what?: ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-smilies-on-sdmb/541166/13 "2010-05-30T03:02:06Z")
I’d add some more. Have seen some very clever ones elsewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-smilies-on-sdmb/541166/14 "2010-05-30T04:17:47Z")
I much prefer metaphors. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2010, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-smilies-on-sdmb/541166/15 "2010-05-31T00:58:31Z")
A few more wouldn’t kill anyone. Deadpan, barfie and the original animated rolleyes was great. I wish we could get that one back again. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2010, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-smilies-on-sdmb/541166/16 "2010-05-31T01:03:46Z")
I could use smashie, animated or not. There are some posters for whom it is appropriate, and you know who you are. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2010, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-smilies-on-sdmb/541166/17 "2010-05-31T04:01:04Z")
Prefer the status quo and concur with no animations … but if the options were to be extended then :notworthy: merits consideration. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2010, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-smilies-on-sdmb/541166/18 "2010-05-31T04:05:21Z")
I like animated smilies. And I like having a big gallery of smilies to choose from. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2010, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-smilies-on-sdmb/541166/19 "2010-05-31T05:56:36Z")
I voted no, but I thought it was about using smilies in posts. I want to see a bigger variety of smilies to choose from, but I think the current general level of usage is fine. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2010, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-smilies-on-sdmb/541166/20 "2010-05-31T06:18:41Z")
Someone would need to make the case for additional smileys, showing me which ones and why we need them. Definitely not animated ones. I can agree that sometimes :rolleyes: is abused. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-smilies-on-sdmb/541166.md?page=2)