News - Potentially offensive Skype emoticons removed by Microsoft

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WTF, (finger) and (fubar), along with a number of other icons, have been quietly removed.

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Haha @ the finger lol

Here we go !! I get adverts on mine now so that will mean even more adverts later !

Tsk, tsk, I thought Hexus was a family forum ;P

I wondered where (moon) had gone, since - I admit - I used it a lot :P

Humour is a dangerous game these days

I'd much prefer it if skype just gave users the option of hiding emoticons altogether.

The world has gone too PC! :p You can't say or do anything just in case it taken as an insult by someone! The world is turning very bland! TV comedy (bland)! :crazy:

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Originally Posted by cork279

I wondered where (moon) had gone, since - I admit - I used it a lot :P

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ah wtf. same here. i just hopped on skype for the first time in a while and i looked like an idiot trying to get (moon) to work. so i gave it a quick google to see why it wasn't working.

'Potentially' offensive...??!!

So my ability to call someone a complete c-word is far more likely to be offensive, yet they haven't removed me?

This is just ridiculous!!