emoting (Re: [JDEV] Emoticons: guidelines)

[David Waite]

sure, they are used to describe an action, rather than a statement 
within a conversation. They serve the exact same purpose as emoticons; 
to try to increase the number of mechanisms for expression within a 
medium without voice or body language / visual cues.

-David Waite

Michael Brown wrote:

>>Some clients (Gabber, JabberIM and <plug>Marvin</plug>) support IRC
>>style "/me" emotes as in:
>>
>>/me does some emoting
>>
>>which would be shown in a different color as:
>>
>>* tom does some emoting
>>
>
>I've never really used IRC...can someone tell me what the point of these
>are?  I've always wondered.  For people who can't remember their names?
>
>Michael.
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