Originally Posted by
Randy Petersen
We actually currently do have 15 "well chosen" smilies which would seem to cover the gamut of acceptable expressions for those who cannot actually put their thoughts into words. I'm really quite confused as to what other terms of community that could not be currently gleemed from this list:
Thumbs up; Smilie; Confused; EK!; Mad; Roll Eyes (Sarcastic); Cool; Stick Out Tongue; Wink; Great idea; Big Grin; Star; Embarrassment; Thumbs down; Frown.
What we see so far, is not a single example that has been posted as to what else is really needed and a clear explanation of why that need is not being met with these 15 "well chosen" emoticons. If we're just saying that more is always better, then excuse me as i need to go hire 8,127 additional moderators because our needs are not being met by those volunteers we have. With that statement, I'm assuming that you'll just take me for my word?
Let me start by saying that I agree for the most part with what you say, and certainly wouldn't want to see a ton of smilies added, as they are primarily a disctration. But to actually try and answer your question, assuming the TalkBoard is willing to consider such minor adjustments, I can think of another three smilies that would seem "relevant" here on FT, and could even replace certain existing ones. For example, I think some aviation related avatars would be cool, maybe an airplane (perhaps to replace the star, since I never quite knew what that was for), or maybe a smilie or some sort to represent an upgrade not clearing or tight coach pitch. Just ideas, but I can definitely see a few that would seem logical.
That being said, I really wouldn't want to see 100's of smilies like some other boards have, especially moving ones, which are very distracting and take away from the maturity of the website, IMO.
Let me see if I can find some specific smilies (maybe three or so) from another website that I feel would make a good addition to the current ones.