News - Potentially offensive Skype emoticons removed by Microsoft

[HEXUS]

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

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[VijaySathyan]

Haha @ the finger lol

[MrNeil]

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

[TooNice]

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

[cork279]

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

[AGTDenton]

Humour is a dangerous game these days

[Cog]

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

[theleader]

The world has gone too PC! 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)!

[noight]

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

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.

[Ttaskmaster]

'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!!