Wrong emoticon!? How do you handle it?

Is this now co-incidence or what..... I did not see this new discussion of yours, and send you a msg to ask where can I find the emoticons??? Hahaha. I still do not know where?

Just like I handle spelling-errors ... only adding a 'correction-post' if the misspelling makes the post say something different than I meant. Except emoticons don't usually do that, they're usually just 'to set the tone of the response' (i.e. to say 'this is how much the subject matters to me'). They 'pretty it up' like curlicues & -"dotting your 'i's and 'j's with hearts." So you add them without really thinking about it. And if you ARE really thinking about it, you'll usually catch the error before you submit your response. And if a further responder reacts to the wrong emoticon, the explanation gives you good material to use to respond to their reaction.

It's really no big deal! If you feel that you really have made a big mistake, just post an explanation or an apology as a comment ... or avoid using emoticons entirely!

Very true.There may be an initial sense of irritation when the person sees a mistaken emoticon[imagine rolling with laughter after sharing some thoughts over a serious topic or giving a suggestion for some serious issue.]If it is a friend, by and large the person would be able to guess it was a mistake. Even otherwise , the better thing would be to send an immediate counter comment " Please ignore emoticons; it was a wrong entry typed by mistake.Sorry!". Just ignore it totally and there is no need for any silly interpretation or explanation ; the tone and tenor of the response would convey the feeling of the person after all .Emoticon is only an added bonus.

It happened with me some way back. I used the emoticon without knowing what it should be used for and even today there are some emoticons (including this one) which I dont understand where they have to be used... but I use them. The one I have never used is the Anger one and I will never use it. I use an emoticon more by what and how it looks rather than what it means - at least most of the time (except the ). And in any case or situation where I am wrong, I re-post another comment saying that I am sorry... But as I mentioned on Owlwings... why do you consider Sorry re-comment that as Silly? I think it is the normal way even in real life when you misunderstand or say something that you should not have!

honestly not lunch because sometimes it can happen accidentally when you fast. so it's pointless to be but you have to accept that not all our fault and it happens. nice day!

About all you can do is to respond to your post and explain what you did. I did this but I meant this sort of thing. THat's about all you can do.

If I did a hugs and I meant to do a I would post an additional time and post "oops..I meant but I might need a after that one.

I don't think I have ever made this mistake, maybe because I hardly use them, but I'd like to use them more they make the discussions more fun. But anyway, if I did make the wrong emoticon then I would just leave it if it isn't that drastic, like someone would take it in the wrong way with that emoticon. Otherwise I would apologize below. Now if someone made the mistake of putting the wrong emoticon in response to me I would think nothing of it and just ignore it.Why make a big deal about it anyway.

Hello Oppss sorry for above.. I placed it at wrong. I guess that's the only way to correct.. Accepting our mistake with another post even if sounds silly.. he he.. But yes such situation happens sometime when we are in hurry. We having preview button, but I guess very few users are using it. And surely I am not one of those few users.

I use when I did something stupid. I hope I was clear enough in my posts and those who were reading would not take my use of emoticons any other way that I intended to. So far I have not had the need to correct my emoticons. There is one I never use because I have no idea what it means. What's ?

I do have some comments over my discussion posts that have “un-conforming” emoticons however; I don’t see such replies by their emoticons. As long as the content is understandable, I don’t look at the emoticon but rather the comment itself.

How can I use them?

I searched "emoticons" and found this discussion you posted years back. Now I know how to use thanks to you!

Personally, this is why I probably never use them myself as I do not want to accidently make this mistake. I am sure it is quite embarrasing when someone does, and would feel the need to want to apologize.

hi allknowing sice it was night time when i was putting the emoticons onf for silly and rofl an instead got snoring I thought well I can explain i goofed or since its nighttime where this person was I will just leave it and she laughed and wrote you hit the wrong one looking for rofl hu? I had to laugh as I typed yes I really did so no explanation re ally needed.

I think I made that mistake once but I wasn't bothered by it because anyway it's just an image. What is more important I think is what you say or the words you use here. Ooooopsss...wrong emoticon. I was supposed to say

Its exactly like when u are unmindful and you say something totally out of the context Or just like you are sleep talking or talkin when u are confused. You cannot do anything about the past unless you have a time machine to go back. I dont think anybody has a time machine yet. :D :D On second thoughts, are you giving clues to a new project of yours? :)