User blog comment:Drew1200/Emoticon Creating Contest Continued!/@comment-5052737-20130820153126/@comment-5052737-20130820154348

And one more thing: The only people who seem to regularly use the new emotes... are the admins. Seriously, why can't you use the old ones?

Here's some "food for thought" for you:

You admins regularly use the new emotes. "" especially. This makes me feel "distant" from you, as you use something that I don't. It's like a corporate trademark or image. If you could use the old emotes more, like "", I would feel like you are actually part of the user community, with admins behaving like humble users.