This would be true if you weren't talking to a community made up of forum administrators, many of us with sites bigger, and busier, than this one. It's the smug "You don't know what goes on" comments that come across as snottish. We do know. We run forums as well, remember?

When you guys (not you, KK, but Paul and Marco in particular) address us with the same degree of respect that you expect us to address you with, things will get better. Disregarding the majority of inquiries as complaining and whining doesn't establish any camaraderie between the staff and the members - it's quite the opposite. Nobody appreciates a dismissive, uppity forum admin. Especially not other forum admins.

You're talking about smilies. SMILIES. I design weapons systems for the military for a living. I'm busy too. I add smilies. They're freakin' smilies. You have to laugh at how ridiculous it sounds when you come out with "you have to wait for the announcement that announces that we have discussed in depth the addition of said smilies, and will proceed to Smiley Spiral II, which is the commencement for the follow-up presentation of the smiley discussion previously discussed in Smiley Spiral I, ultimately ending in execution of MainEx for Smiley Installation 09-3."

This type of thing is supposed to be fun. You don't always need to approach things with the seriousness of a tax auditor.