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Emoticons can be used, but I think we should still frown on :) :( :D D: and the like. It promotes a bad posting style. Ideally, emoticons should be used for emotions that are incredibly hard or specific and cannot be expressed in words easily. They should be needed to convey the emotion, rather than used as a lazy replacement. 'Feels' is a good example of what not to do. It's vague, tells other people almost nothing and is just a lazy way to not bother expressing your emotions.