You're clearly an intelligent and articulate guy Spencer and judging by the Seeking thread, bloody good at getting a decent shag.
Despite all this, I'd say your posting style can come across as rather smug and self satisfied. Dare I say it you sometimes flirt with arrogance.
I'd suggest this may be the cause of people's reactions to you, rather than some harmless emojis? Also, the fact that you stated at the end of your post that you were waiting for people to troll you suggests that (a) You have a very thin skin?
(b) You secretely like the attention and banter and wanted to wind people up?
Of course this is purely my opinion and I'm sure and others will have alternatives
Thanks, I don’t disagree with much of what you write. This isn’t the only forum of which I’m a member, but I do find myself often responding/posting with a less conciliatory tone than my usual approach.
The reason why I posted the last line is that I fully expected many of the responses to be antagonistic and personal, rather than a discussion on the notion that the animated emojis might indeed be a catalyst to the often confrontational nature of this forum in general.
I don’t have a thin skin, it wasn’t an intention to wind people up - it genuinely was a question to see if other people felt the style of emoji used was a multiplier in terms of creating conflict.
I shall assume it’s just me that thinks that way about them, then.
