New Smilies Ideas: Suggest to Moderators

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The discussion centers around suggestions for new smilies to be added to the forum, with users expressing nostalgia for old favorites like the crying, devil, and sarcastic smilies. Several participants have contributed links to potential new smilies and discussed the importance of emoticons in conveying tone, especially in a diverse community. There is a mix of excitement and humor as users share their preferences and memories of past smilies, while also addressing technical issues with current icons. The conversation highlights a collaborative effort to enhance the forum's expressive capabilities through a wider variety of smilies. Overall, the community values the emotional expression that smilies provide in their interactions.
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What new smilies would we like to be added to the nice ones we aready have? I am not a moderator and cannot do any of this - so this is just a suggestion-thread to the moderators.
:wink: :eek: :frown: :mad: :redface: :rolleyes: :biggrin: :smile: :confused: :-p :cool:
 
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quddusaliquddus said:
What new smilies would we like to be added to the nice ones we aready have? I am not a moderator and cannot do any of this - so this is just a suggestion-thread to the moderators.
:wink: :eek: :frown: :mad: :redface: :rolleyes: :biggrin: :smile: :confused: :-p :cool:
We've been promised we could get our old smilies back, but it hasn't happened yet. :frown:

We had some great smilies - the ones I miss most are the crying, devil, and sarcastic smilies.
 
Hmm I'll look into it.

- Warren
 
Evo said:
the ones I miss most are the crying, devil, and sarcastic smilies.
exactly right..
 
Okay, added the devil smilie... :devil:

What did the sarcastic one look like? I can't remember it.

- Warren
 
Added :rolleyes: and :cry: too..

- Warren
 
And :smile: too, I've always loved that one.

- Warren
 
chroot said:
Okay, added the devil smilie... :devil:

What did the sarcastic one look like? I can't remember it.

- Warren
chroot, you are so AWESOME! :smile: Monique, do you remember the sarcastic smiley?
 
If anyone can find me a copy of the desired smilies online somewhere (provide me a link to the actual image itself), I will add them.

- Warren
 
  • #10
The sarcastic smilie looked something like this

http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung0304/aetsch/cheeky-smiley-017.gif
 
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  • #11
Yes, like that only not so angry..
 
  • #12
Yeah! Those are great ones! I didn't know PF when it was the 'old one' I keep hearing people talk about. Thanks chroot - this forums's the best :smile:
 
  • #13
THANKS, CHROOT!

I noticed them in another thread and thank'd Greg by mistake! Sorry!

Got any more?? One can never have ENOUGH smilies! :wink:
 
  • #14
Tsunami said:
One can never have ENOUGH smilies! :wink:

You've clearly never chatted with a 10 year old on AOL. omg teh r0x0rz smyleez!1!1!
 
  • #15
ShawnD said:
You've clearly never chatted with a 10 year old on AOL. omg teh r0x0rz smyleez!1!1!
I don't think there is any kind of incentive anywhere in this universe or the next that would get me to agree to do that! :eek:

I like the emoticons, tho. They help to set the correct tone of a statement that could otherwise be misinterpreted. Especially with so many PF members of different cultures that may not fully understand another culture's humor (humour :wink: ). I like to know where others are coming from - and so I use them to show where I'm coming from. (which is usually kinda out in left field... :eek: :wink: )
 
  • #16
They can also be used incorrectly to set the wrong tone.

You are my friend :rolleyes:


:biggrin:
 
  • #17
How about the blushing smiley from the previous PF, chroot? Do you've still got access to that one?
 
  • #18
I can't find the original blushing icon.. but will this one do?

:blush:

- Warreb
 
  • #19
You made it yourself or what? :S <- also missing
I say make the cheaks a little pinker and it'll look just fine! :-p
 
  • #20
I don't know about any1 else - but I think the blushing one looks like monique - :blush:
 
  • #21
No, I just hunted around and found it.

If anyone can find the exact icons on the web, please supply me with links. :) Finding smilies is harder than you'd think.

- Warren
 
  • #22
chroot said:
No, I just hunted around and found it.

If anyone can find the exact icons on the web, please supply me with links. :) Finding smilies is harder than you'd think.

- Warren
Here's a pantload of them. Several of the ones we have now are from this site but I also saw a few of our old ones there, too. Many to choose from for each emotion.
http://www.planetsmilies.com/

Are they hard to find because you can only use certain ones for forums? (ie. the owner of the smilie page won't let you use them on forums..)

I actually like the ones we have now. I just miss several of the old ones. I have some of the old ones copied into a file on my computer and I can email them to you if that's any help. Guess you probably need a web page, tho?
 
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  • #23
No, you could email me the images; my email is craddock@vt.edu

- Warren
 
  • #25
warren, tsunami sent me a bunch of the old ones and I am going to convert them into gifs. I figured you had enough to do.
 
  • #26
Evo,

Okay -- I got an email of them, too. Unfortunately, I'm not sure I know which ones I need to add! I think I'm smilie-challenged, I need you guys to hold my hand and tell me exactly which ones are needed.

- Warren
 
  • #27
Pfff. Typical 'emote'ional crippled scientist...

:wink:
 
  • #28
chroot said:
Evo,

Okay -- I got an email of them, too. Unfortunately, I'm not sure I know which ones I need to add! I think I'm smilie-challenged, I need you guys to hold my hand and tell me exactly which ones are needed.

- Warren
I'm getting them converted into gif's (I hope) so you can add them. I will only forward the ones to add.

Thank you for taking the time and effort to do this for us! :) You are so wonderful! :smile:
 
  • #29
Evo said:
I'm getting them converted into gif's (I hope) so you can add them. I will only forward the ones to add.

Thank you for taking the time and effort to do this for us! :) You are so wonderful! :smile:
Hey! Are you holding his hand like he asked!?? :eek: :smile: OK. Good. Ivan might get a little miffed if I were to actively engage in hand-holding in a public forum. But, give it a squeeze of thanks for me, too. :wink: Thanx, chroot! Yer a top banana fer shure. :wink:
 
  • #31
Updating cry and blush (you may have to refresh your browser to see them), and added shy and approve.

- Warren
 
  • #32
chroot, I just sent you the old smilies we want added.

Oh, I see you already added "approve" and the old crying! :approve:
 
  • #33
Monique said:
And one that looks just like Evo http://www.comicforum.de/comicforum/images/smilies/flirt.gif
lol, just wait until I find one for you. :devil: :biggrin:
 
  • #34
Okay, I added :surprise: :zzz: :bugeye: :-p and

Thanks Evo!

- Warren
 
  • #35
chroot, you just made a lot of people very happy. Thank you! :smile:
 
  • #36
Ack! :-p is green now! The pink one was absolutely darling. :cry:
 
  • #37
Chroot ... I luv u man ...

...but...

...can we have sum of the ones replaced back pleeeeease? ... the shaded ones you replaced with flat-colors ... I know it mite be stretcing your patience ... but I only do it cos you're soooo patient :wink:
 
  • #38
Thanks for all this !
 
  • #39
Ah, it's the little things in life...
I think these would be enormously helpful :biggrin:

http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/sign/1/sign23.gif
http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/sign/1/sign19.gif

:smile:
 
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  • #40
Hurkyl said:
Ack! :-p is green now! The pink one was absolutely darling. :cry:
Hurkyl, if you click on "more" at the bottom left of the smilie box, you'll see the pink one. We've got them all! :-p :-p
 
  • #41
No, :-p is the one that used to be pink.
 
  • #42
At a site where deeeeeeeeeeep science and philosophical issues are discussed it may seem strange to say this but . . . I LOVE THE SMILEYS! They really seem to add a much-needed visual dimension to the overwhelmingly ideational dimension that (rightfully so) prevails here. It is a great way to lighten a heavy debate, to tell someone not to take one's vicious personal attack personally :smile:, etc.

I only have two suggestions. One is, The more we can have, the better, so if you can find more please make them available. The other is a question: do we need the little pop-up explanations of what the smileys represent? I have wanted to use one at times, just based on the "look" of it, in a different way than it's defined, but have felt restrained because it's called "redface" or "cool" (HEY! what happened to cool? The guy behind the glasses was a good symbol for mysteriousness or aloofness or "hmmmmmmmmmm" . . .). Anyway, why not leave it to posters to decide what the smileys will stand for in their posts?
 
  • #43
Hurkyl said:
No, :-p is the one that used to be pink.
Weird, Hurkyl, I still saw that as pink and you saw it as green and now I see it as green.

chroot, please change :-p back to the pink one, now it looks like a ninja turtle. :frown:
 
  • #44
I don't know if I have the pink one anymore.

And no, the more does not equal the better. You need just enough.

- Warren
 
  • #45
Evo said:
Weird, Hurkyl, I still saw that as pink and you saw it as green and now I see it as green.

chroot, please change :-p back to the pink one, now it looks like a ninja turtle. :frown:
OK. This has become VERY WEIRD! On my computer at home, the first green one above WAS PINK! Now, on my computer at work, it's GREEN! Also, the ones that Hurkyl keeps calling green are still pink on my home computer. WHAT'S GOING ON?!? I like :-p from the last forum, but Evo is right. This new :-p looks like a ninja turtle.
 
  • #46
Tsunami,

Your browser is caching the images. Hit reload.

- Warren
 
  • #47
chroot said:
And no, the more does not equal the better. You need just enough.

- Warren

Yes, it might be really, really dangerous to have too many. We might get confused and not know what to do! :rolleyes:
 
  • #48
Tsunami said:
Here's a pantload of them. Several of the ones we have now are from this site but I also saw a few of our old ones there, too. Many to choose from for each emotion.
http://www.planetsmilies.com/

Originally posted by planetsmilies.com

http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/fighting/1/fighting72.gif

http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/happy/1/happy09.gif

edit: OK, don't know why the img tags didn't work. Click on the link--the smiley is very funny.
 
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  • #49
Tom Mattson said:
http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/happy/1/happy09.gif

edit: OK, don't know why the img tags didn't work. Click on the link--the smiley is very funny.
That's a good one. I liked it, too. They have lots of good ones.

I like these two a lot, too (they're sort of goofy looking):
http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/happy/1/happy45.gif
http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/happy/1/happy12.gif
 
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