Smiley Spam / myLot

India

January 13, 2012 5:07am CST

Hi fellow mylotters, I'm so obsessed with smileys and use it in almost every discussion/response ... And i've pretty much read the FAQ and it didn't say anything about them So please tell me ,is there any problem with the excessive usage of smileys? :)

6 responses

Just an Ordinary Owl?

@owlwings (43910)

• Cambridge, England

13 Jan 12

You will have noticed that you can only add up to 3 emoticons per post. There isn't any problem with how much you use them otherwise except that some people find them immature and annoying and may choose not to take you seriously or may simply ignore you in discussions. Emoticons are provided as a 'service' and do nothing to increase your earnings.

BoboMama

@BoboMama (319)

• India

13 Jan 12

Oh , i never knew that. And I've never done 3 emoticons per post :) People who find emoticons boring? well they are kinda colorful when used along with this black text ;)

Just an Ordinary Owl?

@owlwings (43910)

• Cambridge, England

13 Jan 12

Ah! I was referring to the built-in emoticons which you probably can't use yet - the ones available from the 'myLot code' menu on the left. At the moment you will be able to use only the text formatting commands - Bold, Italic and Underline but when you reach a certain User Rating, the emoticons such as

will become available. I believe that you need a User Rating of 200 before you can do this. 'Smileys' should always be used in moderation. If you over-use them, they become meaningless.

varier

@varier (5685)

• Indonesia

14 Jan 12

I am not really sure if we can spam with smiley since we can only use three at a post..

Have no worry, feel free to use that smiley. Just remember, don't only put smiley, you should put another quality text as well.. :P

mr_pearl

@mr_pearl (5018)

• India

13 Jan 12

Hello there... As far as I know, a member can use only 3 smileys at a time in one post... If one tries to use more than 3 then the system gives an error... Good Luck!!!

sumanadep

@sumanadep (1228)

• India

13 Jan 12

Well there is no rules for using smiley here.. you can add as many as you like.. it is just that you should add some comments to the discussions as well.. only adding smileys will not help..

Mayuko

@Mayuko (1268)

• United States

13 Jan 12

I know how you feel. I was so impatient to reach 200 because I wanted to use the MyLot emotes so badly

I try not to use the emotes too often because I don't want to potentially annoy other users. I try to use only one emote per post, even though I know the limit is 3. It's just that the emotes can help to bring some tone to the post. If a post sounds rude or sarcastic when it isn't supposed to be, I can insert a smile and it no longer sounds that way

And sometimes, I'll just use them for fun!

@boyuancy (1708)

• India

13 Jan 12

I don't know what's the case, but one can make a response with only smileys and make it look like it is a complete and legit response. I've seen it. So myLot allows the use of only 3 smileys in a discussion.