Is this one of those B3ta taboos that I'm not yet familiar with?
Or has the whole internet decided that smiley's are for tweens and dickheads? Either is entirely possible. I am not a man with my finger on the pulse
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 29 Apr 2010, 9:07, 5 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Smileys are like lol
Quietly forbidden.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 29 Apr 2010, 9:09, Reply)

Noted
Stopping now. Thanks for the heads up.

(The restraint! Observe the restraint!)
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 29 Apr 2010, 9:13, Reply)

quietsly loudly
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 29 Apr 2010, 9:19, Reply)

Do my eyes deceive me
or have you mis-spelt "quietly" beneath the strikethrough?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 29 Apr 2010, 9:23, Reply)

I have. But I've crossed it out, Foxtrot.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 29 Apr 2010, 9:24, Reply)

It's less of a taboo and more that it seems ingratiating, annoying and slightly retarded.

( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 29 Apr 2010, 9:09, Reply)

The whole internet/world I'm afriad
unless you are younger than 16 and female.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 29 Apr 2010, 9:10, Reply)

You said 'tween' again
What a cock.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Thu 29 Apr 2010, 9:18, Reply)

Greengrocers' apostrophes
are also VERBOTEN.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 29 Apr 2010, 9:21, Reply)