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bart2018 said: I realize that some people like them; I do NOT. Still, they are popular and one has to learn to live with them. But this author has totally exaggerated. It was difficult to even read the article; I'm not sure I was even able to grasp the content of the article, and have no intention of going back to try to "read" it again,with all those ugly yellow faces ,some of them jumping about...no, no, no. Horrible.

A curmudgeon after my own heart!
If you need a pixelated smiley face bouncing across the page to indicate your enthusiasm for a subject on which you are writing, then I think you've not mastered the written word. Word choice and tone of writing should convey more than just the facts about which you are writing.
That said, I read an article some time ago the premise of which was that people who used emoticons were emotionally more 'in-touch' and had a better outlook on life. I don't remember where the study was published as I have purged it from my memory as to not let science interfere with my "I will never use an emoticon" prejudiced view. Balderdash I say, balderdash!