It's a small thing MN, but the flowers, originally for thanking MNwoollyhuggers iirc, are increasingly being used as a form of support when posters are going through a difficult time.
It doesn't sit well with me typing [ thanks ] when using them to offer sympathy for a shitty STBXH, an illness, or worse, a bereavement, especially in those embarrasing typo moments when it doesn't work and there is a thanks there for all to see!
Could the emoticon be changed to a simple [ flowers ] rather than thanks!
Thanks 