Did you use emoticons while messaging?

Well, I do use them but only sparingly. When I actually feel something. Repeated use of fancy smilies really is distracting. But it does liven up the chat.

I don't use it much, because it is quite annoying for me and hence i would prefer not to use it on others too. I have seen many of them out there who use emoticons extensively even for common chatting, instead of words they use emoticons always and it would quite difficult to interpret what they are trying to say with that.

I dont use emoticons much..only while chatting i tend to use some specially when someone is using it most..i always prefer to use the bye bye emoticon while signing out of chat..there are few of my friends who use emoticons for each and every reply but i never get irritated..

I'm always using emoticons in my emails and my in my texts and also here. like this =) hehehehe.. and like this ^^ hehehehe.. by using emoticons, you emphatize more your feelings of your message so im really used in using them! =)

yeap i use emoticons but not always only when my friends or my niece having funny conversation but in sending emails i dont use it only when chatting and i like emoticons because of their funny face specially the big emoticons:-)

i dont really use expressions but sometimes i do while chatting with my siblings

Amongst friends and relatives I will use smilies and emoticons. I do it much more often in Instant Messaging than in email. I will also admit to some laziness in IM because of corporal tunnel syndrome, and I rarely have 'professional' discussions over IM. * For professional communications of any kind, I do not use the smilies and emoticons. * MyLot is not considered 'professional' in my eyes dispite the fact I get a few cents for the notes I write here.

I agree with you, I don't like them at all. Many of my friends use smilies everywhere and I can't stand them because I prefer a feeling expressed with words. In a professional environment then they seem to me totally inadequate.

i used emoticons alot . i feel that my sentences are expressed better when adding emoticons. it tells what i need to say.

hello ameyrp, while using messaging, I always use emotions icon, expecially yahoo messanger, all of the emotion icon is so cuteeeee, but when email I rarelly using emotion icon, sometimes only use :) and :( only, thats why I'm rarely email someone, messaging is more fun and instant arrival, so we can interact lively like using sms but without character limit, and using qwerty full sized keyboard.