I still use them sometimes, I just wish there were more like why don’t we have one for this 🤔

Or maybe even something actually more furry centric like this 😸 ? The default ones on my phone are better in this regard. Also for some reason the smiles mess up the formatting in replies which is also weird lol

It's rather tough to smile when the fate of the site is uncertain.

Never worry about the things you can do nothing about. Such worrying only makes you surly and sad.

I prefer not to use emoticons at all for my own purposes, with very limited exceptions (private DMs or interaction with someone I care deeply for, or in a Discord server where they have a very particular use and meaning), and if I do choose otherwise it likely wouldn't be here.

The aversion I have to using them on, coupled with my preference to format/edit my posts on FA and the untoggleable window-timer for modification after the initial post- never really understood that from a client-side perspective, but can grok it server-end, my starcat  jenorafeuer has helped me with that alternate reckon- means it's never been remotely a priority, that I have to think about doing so, keeping in mind a four-minute-edit countdown I cannot ever abrogate or defer.

And as a writer by trade I try to stick to commenting in a format I'm accustomed to, working within a closed, set timeframe to write, post, then tidy up what I've submitted as needeed. I'm better at expressing my emotions in telegraphed or written context, verbose, and I generally prefer that anyway. I also am dealing with mild nerve and motor troubles- some of which will be permanent, found in recent months- and I often do go back and edit my comments; I'm doing that right now.

Basic text-formatting itself on FA (bold, underline, italics, etc.) I've gotten the hang of, but I dislike knowing I struggled to get it right if I used basic text formatting at all until a couple of years ago, and there's an aversion there, too. So generally it's more psychologically economical for me not to use FA's emoticons, given the UX/UI for their use and my personal preferences and aversions.

-2Paw.

Yeah, they used to have the smilies as a set of icons to click under the comment box to add them.
I only remember a few myself:
Code (for forcing formatting to be ignored): [code] [code] [/code] (Bracketing command, like Italic or bold)
Smile: [code] [/code]
Wink: [code] [/code]
"CD": [code] [/code]
Mug: :mug: [code] :mug: [/code]
Quote: [/code] [/code] I believe the alternate to add the username uses quote=username

Well, time ti hit post and see how much is correct.