I don't use them myself since they seem like such a hassle to type (I only use smileys like ), but I like seeing them! I'm always happy to receive emoticons when I'm chatting with someone.
I like to use them for titles in threads and the like ^-^
I do use steams emoticons more because I can type them out like rangefish: which is faster them copying them and lazier then setting up some fancy macro key or something ^-^
They're pretty neat, but as you said, in moderation only!!!
I love them! I like how creative some of them can get and it's always so amusing to see how people use them in conversations...but it is time consuming. I don't want to take the extra 5-10 seconds everytime I want to use one haha.
I really only ever use emoticons to lighten the mood of my message if it isn't coming across as friendly as I'd like it to be, but even then it'll be easily accessible ones like these
i used to make quick ones like ('u') and sometimes even copy and pasted some the complex ones but what always annoyed me was c:.... dear god it makes me furious whenever i see that damn smiley
i don't mind them but i hardly ever use them. you kind of get to know the person if they use ;-;, ;~;, :3, xD, etc or :^), ( ͡? ͜ʖ ͡?). i usually don't get along or like these people for whatever reason but i have no problem with others using a lot of emoticons. the only on i use is
I like them sometimes, as long as they aren't used excessively.
I generally don't use them unless they're pretty simple to spell out, just 'cause I dont want to spend a long time trying to find a specific one that fits properly and all that
I don't really use them, but don't mind them as long as they aren't overkill. They can be cute sometimes, when I was a emokid I used to use them a lot, now I only use XD anymore and normal smileys. But I used to do like (>^u^)> and stuff like that, but that was in those smexy/rawr days so I don't like to think about it...