Originally posted by BigMackCam Totally agree.
Smileys add inflection, context and meaning that - while sometimes abused and, in any case, still a poor substitute for face-to-face discussion - is often sadly missing from many texts, e-mails, social media, forums and the like. They're a pretty essential tool, both in use and interpretation
Yes, you're great at all that, Mike.
If I read what some troll has written (dimwits I can tolerate), but you've put in a post elegantly redressing it, I for one will leave it at that and won't add to the thread, I'm sure others do the same.
For some of the News and Rumours threads, there almost needs to be kind of a Bat Signal, the lamp up into the clouds, calling you to an emergency.