a whinge

[Noelm]

I promise this will be my last "whinge" for the year (I hope) something that really gets up my nose is people who post here and stick more "smilies" or 'icons" on their post than actual text, sure they have some Novelty value and do look sort of OK but 2 or 3 lines of them is a bit "over the top" (I think anyway) I can post something and not use any, surely all you out there in Internet land can cut them down to just get a point across and be done with it, now I know the first reply to this will be someone who only has "smilies" and NO content at all, that will just prove my point!

[Nic]

It does look pretty lame, I agree, but if folks want to be lame-os that's their prerogative I guess! Just like if they want to use heaps of commas,,,,,,, instead of full stops,,,,,,,

[roydsy]

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

Your whining brings tears to my eyes.


Seriously, i am no fan of icons in forums, i prefer no smileys.

[Argle]

Two or three lines is probably over the top but sometimes it can help people understand that a comment may be tongue in cheek and stop them getting shot down in flames by people who have taken the comment/s the wrong way.

Cheers and beers
Scott

[S.S.]

Couldn't help myself. A whinge is a great way of getting trivial little things out of the system isn't it?

[Fat_Chilli]

And then their are those who use emoticons (smileys) to get their post count higher in order to change their membership colour. . But find this happens in most forums.

[Noelm]

I feel relieved now I have let off some steam about this, I work in the IT industry and see all sorts of abreviations and things all day long, and I must admit that even "mobile phone speak" eg B4, LOL, ICU, l8r etc, gives me the sh!ts a bit, gees must be getting old!

[finga64]

I must admit that even "mobile phone speak" eg B4, LOL, ICU, l8r etc, gives me the sh!ts a bit, gees must be getting old!

Mate (or is that M8), your not on your Pat Mallone there.
I absolutely hate that garbage. It's pretty scary when you see kids in High School and University writing essays and handing them in with that type of crap.
And now you see signs with that garbage. I don't know most of it means. To me it may as well be in Spanish.
Cheers Scott (the old fart)

[S.S.]

My husband received a resume from a young fellow written in "mobile speak". He brought it home for me to have a laugh at before we threw it in the bin. Don't they teach English in schools anymore??

[el_carpo]

Help for the old farts.

http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_jargon

[4x4frog]

I feel relieved now I have let off some steam about this, I work in the IT industry and see all sorts of abreviations and things all day long, and I must admit that even "mobile phone speak" eg B4, LOL, ICU, l8r etc, gives me the sh!ts a bit, gees must be getting old!

Noel, I may be guilty of using the odd emoticon but I hope I am not using too many. The thing I hate more is like you mentioned, SMS/Text speak on forums. If you want to text-speak, use your phone. On a car froum I frequent there is a new guy who drops the 'd' off and, and several letters off other words and uses absolutly no punctuation or capitals and this makes his posting like trying to decifer Russian. Heave you come across anyone who confuses than and then?? This will drive you nuts when you see it.
Look mum no emoticons....
Merry X-mas Noel.
and no you are not getting old, just showing how we were raised.

[el_carpo]

I agree with you 4x4frog. Other than a rare "LOL", I never use text speak. Using them in school on a paper or on a job application is absurd. The teacher should give them an F grade and the employer should boot them out of his or her office. Totally unacceptable.

Emoticons in forums on the other hand are necessary for the reason pointed out by Argle. You're dealing with many, many, many people who don't know you or your personality at all. Your innocent, good-natured jest could be, and often is, taken as a personal shot. I've been on both sides of that situation in the past and it is no fun. Also, they let you be creative. Clever use of the emoticon roster can turn your "good" post into a masterpiece . Emoticons are your friends.

especially these little green Christmas elves! They rock! [smiley=guitarist.gif]

[mitch_05]

especially these little green Christmas elves! They rock

HERE HERE

[Noelm]

hey LeeannP, I work for a gov department (I will not say which one) and I do a bit of job resume 'culling" and interviews, if a resume has "phone speak" it usually gets binned, and another "trick" we use is, because we have the Applicants mobile number, we get the call centre to call the number (during the interview) to see if they have their phone turned off for an important event like a job interview, and if they do not see what the reaction is when it calls, if they say something like "excuse me " and turn it off, that's fine. but if they answer it and bable on to a friend, they can expect a poor rating from the panel.

[4x4frog]

hey LeeannP, I work for a gov department (I will not say which one) and I do a bit of job resume 'culling" and interviews, if a resume has "phone speak" it usually gets binned, and another "trick" we use is, because we have the Applicants mobile number, we get the call centre to call the number (during the interview) to see if they have their phone turned off for an important event like a job interview, and if they do not see what the reaction is when it calls, if they say something like "excuse me " and turn it off, that's fine. but if they answer it and bable on to a friend, they can expect a poor rating from the panel.

That's great Noel. I would have never thought of it but it is good. If they have it turned on you can almost gaurentee they think they are above all others importance wise. Excellent culling tool, must remember it.