Please could you change [thanks] to [flowers]?

[BIWI]

A lot of the time I and other posters are using the emoticon to express something other than thanks - e.g. sympathy/condolences - and it seems both wrong and insensitive to type . I know the outcome is the same, but surely it would be better/easier (and probably more intuitive) for us to be able to type instead?

[BIWI]

Hah! Obviously this should read:

A lot of the time I and other posters are using the emoticon to express something other than thanks - e.g. sympathy/condolences - and it seems both wrong and insensitive to type [ thanks ]. I know the outcome is the same, but surely it would be better/easier (and probably more intuitive) for us to be able to type [ flowers ] instead?

[mistressploppy]

Yes, good idea

[Mintyy]

I think I'm with you ...

[SummerRainIsADistantMemory]

I agree.... I'm always uncomfortable writing it on a sympathy thread as it feels so inappropriate.

[DeepRedBetty]

I do agree, and I've been more than once when I've posted without previewing and found has come out instead of . But having learnt to do it now it might be hard to relearn it. Maybe make it so typing either would work?

And I previewed this and found that you've already done it! Squeee!!!

[RooneyMara]

Totally agree, I actually asked this in a similar thread a couple of years ago and they said that the flowers emoticon had been started specifically as a thankyou to people who had done something lovely - the blanket knitters perhaps? so they didn't want to change it.

However I think it's entered into use in its own right so frequently now that perhaps they will consider changing their minds.

[LoopDeLoops]

[RooneyMara]

oh!

[DukeSilver]

Didn't they do this ages ago? :o

[Pascha]

I think perhaps tech should add the instruction [flowers ] to the list at the bottom as it only says [thanks ] now.

and

[SummerRainIsADistantMemory]

Who knew

[BIWI]

[BIWI]

Hurrah! The instructions definitely need to be changed, I think.

[Mintyy]

Right, so if I type flowers I'm going to get ?

Will give it a go ...

[Mintyy]

Who knew???

[BIWI]

[HelenMumsnet]

Morning.

Yes, we did change things, so that come up when you type [ flowers ] as well as when you type [ thanks ]

We'll amend the list of instructions as soon as we can. for reminding us that we'd not done it yet!

[TheDoctrineOfSnatch]

[BIWI]

Thanks Helen.

[WorraLiberty]

Can you change [ wine ] to [ mooncup ] just for a laugh?

[dothraki]

[mistressploppy]

Urrgh, Worra!