Suggestion Box

[Mj12]

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@chickenbutt wrote:

I'd be cautious with these outside emoticon sites.   Many of them will contain spyware and/or malware.

I was just in a thread and one post sent up my security software as a threat.  It was blocked and scans showed I was ok.  But I worry that a lot of folks here are kind of new, or not really educated, as to using computers onthe internet.  These things will grab right on if somebody doesn't have adequate security that is also kept up to date.

PS:  I didn't say anything and just got out of that thread.   I've BTDT here, along with others, in the past and people will rip you a new one if you tell them that they posted something that is a security risk.

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Yep!

[alliswell]

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@Smoky wrote:

New emoties, please!!

   

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[ValuSkr]

I think these are okay; they get the job done.  No need to be extra-cute.

[alliswell]

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ValuSkr wrote:

I think these are okay; they get the job done.  

No need to be extra-cute.

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[Mj12]

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@ValuSkr wrote:

I think these are okay; they get the job done.  No need to be extra-cute.

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No need to be "cat-indifferent" either.

[alliswell]

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@Mj12 wrote:

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@ValuSkr wrote:

I think these are okay; they get the job done.  No need to be extra-cute.

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No need to be "cat-indifferent" either.

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@Mj12

                               

[Moonchilde]

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@chickenbutt wrote:

I'd be cautious with these outside emoticon sites.   Many of them will contain spyware and/or malware.

I was just in a thread and one post sent up my security software as a threat.  It was blocked and scans showed I was ok.  But I worry that a lot of folks here are kind of new, or not really educated, as to using computers onthe internet.  These things will grab right on if somebody doesn't have adequate security that is also kept up to date.

PS:  I didn't say anything and just got out of that thread.   I've BTDT here, along with others, in the past and people will rip you a new one if you tell them that they posted something that is a security risk.

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It's been my experience that *almost every* emoticon site that's free and even some that charge are dangerous. I guess people aren't aware that the apps "need" (hahaha) permission from the user to access all their info - if you refuse, the emoties don't work. I've had this happen with three different highly publicized and tied to mainstream characters sets of emoties. 

I no longer touch "free" emoties, or anything from the Apple app store that has to do with emoties. You may be completely unaware but they can log all your keystrokes. Not good.

[dooBdoo]

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@Moonchilde wrote:

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@chickenbutt wrote:

I'd be cautious with these outside emoticon sites.   Many of them will contain spyware and/or malware.

I was just in a thread and one post sent up my security software as a threat.  It was blocked and scans showed I was ok.  But I worry that a lot of folks here are kind of new, or not really educated, as to using computers onthe internet.  These things will grab right on if somebody doesn't have adequate security that is also kept up to date.

PS:  I didn't say anything and just got out of that thread.   I've BTDT here, along with others, in the past and people will rip you a new one if you tell them that they posted something that is a security risk.

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It's been my experience that *almost every* emoticon site that's free and even some that charge are dangerous. I guess people aren't aware that the apps "need" (hahaha) permission from the user to access all their info - if you refuse, the emoties don't work. I've had this happen with three different highly publicized and tied to mainstream characters sets of emoties. 

I no longer touch "free" emoties, or anything from the Apple app store that has to do with emoties. You may be completely unaware but they can log all your keystrokes. Not good.

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          I disagree that the frequently-used sites (I only use a few of them) are dangerous for copy and pasting emoticons on this forum, but of course everyone needs to be sure their devices have all the usual safeguards in place.   But we see countless of these peppered throughout the threads on a daily basis, and I can't remember the last time someone directed us to be aware of an alert within a thread.   (Doesn't mean it wasn't recent...   just don't recall seeing it in a very long time.)   If anyone's software detects a problem in a thread, I hope they'll report it -- after making sure it wasn't a false alert.     I'm not aware anyone is using apps from mobile devices here, but back when iOS 6 was released (maybe in 2012?) Apple put in place restrictions requiring their App Store apps to specifically request and receive permission to access anything on our devices.   eta:  I've never heard of any way keylogger malware could be passed through the App Store (and it wouldn't work on Apple mobile devices unless they were jailbroken) -- I'll do some searching to see what I can find, though.     I'm not sure about the apps for other mobile devices.  

          The problem with these existing emoticons furnished with the Q Community is (as others have said) is that they're small and strange-looking and it's not always easy to decipher what they are.    The great benefit of emoticons is that they help us add tone to our posts to try and avoid misinterpretations of our words, since we don't have facial expressions or vocal tones to help us out.

[alliswell]

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dooBdoo wrote:

          I disagree that the frequently-used sites are dangerous for copy and pasting emoticons on this forum, but of course everyone needs to be sure their devices have all the usual safeguards in place.   I only use a few of them.   But we see countless of these peppered throughout the threads on a daily basis, and I can't remember the last time someone directed us to be aware of an alert within a thread.   (Doesn't mean it wasn't recent...   just don't recall seeing it in a very long time.)   If anyone's software detects a problem in a thread, I hope they'll report it -- after making sure it wasn't a false alert.     I'm not aware anyone is using apps from mobile devices here, but back when iOS 6 was released (maybe in 2012?) Apple put in place restrictions requiring their App Store apps to specifically request and receive permission to access anything on our devices.   I'm not sure about the apps for other mobile devices.  

          The problem with these existing emoticons furnished with the Q Community is (as others have said) is that they're small and strange-looking and it's not always easy to decipher what they are.    The great benefit of emoticons is that they help us add tone to our posts to try and avoid misinterpretations of our words, since we don't have facial expressions or vocal tones to help us out.

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ITA @dooBdoo, and as someone once said,

". . . a picture [emoticon] is worth a thousand words."

                     

[stevieb]

Some of us have been requesting better emoticons since the new boards were, well, new... I mean really, how hard could it be... I get it that they aren't the primary focus, but they can sometimes add to the conversation.