Do You Use Emoticons In Emails & Chats? [MakeUseOf Poll]

Last week we asked you whether, in your opinion, academic research papers should be free online or not. The results, while somewhat expected, make for one of the most unanimous polls we’ve ever had on MakeUseOf, with over 90% of the voters voting for the same option.Out of 642 votes in total, this was the breakdown: 3% said that research articles should not be free online, 4% said they’re not sure, and 93% of the voters (that’s nearly 600 people, in case you’re curious) think that yes, research articles should be free online.Full results and this week’s poll after the jump.In case you’ve missed it, there’s quite an interesting discussion in the polls comments. If you’re interested in the subject, they’re all worth a read. As usual, don’t forget to check out last week’s best comment by Dee Wheat who won 150 reward points!This week’s poll question is: Do You Use Emoticons In Emails & Chats?Want to make some extra MakeUseOf reward points? The most useful comment on the poll will be awarded 150 points!Emoticons are not a new thing, but I got to thinking about them this week following the addition of over a 1,000 new ones to Gmail. Emoticons had their ups and downs, but they refuse to go out of style and insist on remaining relevant even after several decades. What about you, do you use them? When answering this poll, please focus on picture emoticons, or emoji, and not on ones we ALL use from time to time such as “:)”.<script typ