Ditch'em. Go back to the way it was. They're extremely annoying. They clutter up the board and make hard to read. I'm a fast reader and the big smileys are like throwing sand at my eyes because they draw my attention to them first and then I can go to the words. Terrible. Lousy. Get rid of them!

Not sure how much they add.  I DO think it would be neat to have TER specific icons.
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IT'S LIKE THE YELLING VERSION of smileys ... besides it makes it easy to recognize you are on TER website if someone glances at your screen