I understand that some people don't like smilies (I wouldn't like them in an IRC environment, but I like them in instant messenging ones), but I don't see why you would rather not have them at all, knowing that it would stop the flood of suggestions on the forum, and also knowing that it's not going to affect you in the slightest unless you have to turn them off if they're enabled by default (A couple of clicks, woopy doo).
