Is there anyone else out there in Knitting Help land that finds these things a little trying?
:cheering: :yay: :roflhard: :knitting:
How about a fellow traveller on the road to ‘oh get over it with your ravelry obsession business’ ?
Ravelry is a fairly new thing and like any new thing it gets talked about. If you don’t like Ravelry or don’t want to read anymore about it then don’t open the those posts. It’s as simple as that.
Most of us like smileys, but if you don’t you are welcome to scroll down and select “disable smileys”. Just remember though that they can convey a feeling that words can’t so you may miss some meaning in a post w/o them.
:teehee:
I think smileys do enable you to express yourself better. Just my opinion, though.
The Ravelry hoopla will die down. . .
Two very polite ways of saying ‘yes - shut it grumpy!’ Quite right too
I hope so on the ravelry front and v big thank you for the tip on how to turn them off - or should that be:muah:
:eyebrow2:Uh, just my two cents but … don’t be grumpy! :poke:
You might need a 
At the risk of being labeled a fellow grump: I find the little smilies very annoying, and am pleased to see a technological solution. The idea that a little cartoon icon helps you express yourself would come as a shock to Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Nabokov, and my mother, all of whom managed to convey emotions and thoughts accurately and well without jumping blobs, using only the tools granted by the English language. Harumph! (That is to indicate that you are not to take my grumpiness as more than an expression of opinion. Wouldn’t want to rain on the smiley parade.)
No opinion on Ravelry. Not interested myself, but others’ enthusiasm for it does not pain me.
And for IronLung: There is no such thing as unduly grumpy. Curmugeonhood is a fine thing.
I just checked on “disable smileys.” Unfortunately, it seems to disable only the automatic generation of smileys from typographical entry; it doesn’t look like I can make my view “smiley-free,” the same way I can ignore certain users. Am I reading it wrong? I’d love to read these posts without the distraction of bouncing, rolling, knitting, head-scratching, hair-tearing bloobies.
Hahaha, amen to that! I don’t mind the occasional smiley or two, even use a few myself since it appears people understand faster with them than with plain words. But I do find some of those overly animated ones very distracting.
Ditto! Honestly, we get it with the first blowing kisses. We don’t need a whole line or two of them! I don’t even get half of them. I have to scroll over it to see what the words are anyway.
Kelly
I think they are cute wish we had more… (not being sarcastic)
(Ducking as shoes fly at me 
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Dear Bill, these smilies and otherwise undulating bloobies are necessary for some people in today’s day and age of The Internet. Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Nabokov and, I’m sure, your very nice mother did not have this wonderful thing. I am fully able to convey glee, frustration and the other gamut of emotions appropriately on a person-to-person basis.
:poke: :poke: :poke: I am known to be a curmudgeon myself sometimes.
I’ll ask Sheldon about the smileys. I like them when they are used appropriately, but I agree that sometimes they get out of control to the point that you can’t find the msg for the smileys. :teehee:
Well now I have to go find out what Ravelry is - it’s new to me 
:flirt: :blooby: hope you don’t mind 
wish I could find the one from DONNAS look under the thread “Big Girls” :mrgreen:
I love the smilies:muah: .
Hi, I am really new to this site…also very exciting by finding it…please please tell me I AM NOT AMONG YARN SNOBS…who decipher (wooo big word, without smiley) every context of every post… only knit with animal fiber and pretty much look down on us “newbies” I am here to have fun, learn and relax…not count every:hug: someone posts… that’s the power of the internet come as you please oh and by the way,isn’t there a blog for complaints? called OT
I have to admit I’m a yarn snob, but only for myself. Anyone else can knit with whatever they want–no judgement–I’ve just developed very expensive taste in yarn over time, much to my credit card company’s delight.
Newbies are always welcome, and knitting and chatting are fun, educational, and relaxing, with or without smilies. 
Putting in my personal oppinion, I really do like smileys. I think they add character, movement, and creativity to posts. See, look at this message. It looks so unimaginitive, right? Really boring. Well, maybe not to you, but it does to me. Hey, I’m a teenager. I love breaking conformality
Besides, none of us are Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Nabokov, or your mother