User blog comment:Legofrodo12/Why All the Mod Hate?/@comment-5225143-20150120090810/@comment-5052737-20150120210719

"using tons of emoticons would most likely make anyone with some sense think, "Hm, an adult using tons of emoticons, I think they are very unprofessional and would be easy to slip things by."...

Until you realise that the target demographic is 7-12 year-olds, who do like emotes...