Scratch Forums aren't supposed to harbor hate.
So why does one need ?

Remove it for prevention of flame wars and a positive community!

No support.

It could be used nicely, such as the following:

Why do my parents always make me run?!?!

Or

Sometimes, life makes me mad.

Remember, we need all emotions to express how we feel.

no support.
edit: 2nd post.

Semi-support. Some people may need it to show that they strongly feel a certain way - but it could add to arguments.

no!!! then we cant say we are mad!

But seriously, no support, it'd be like: (HALF-SPOILERS FOR INSIDE OUT)
If Anger was taken away from Riley, or Fear..

No need to remove the simple anger emoji. Even without it, you can still find ways to create anger emoticons through text like this: >8 (

Support for turning it back to :mad: or other text versions like ">:(" We don't need an image for negativity.

Also support for doing the same to

no support, it can be use nicely like:

I can't comment on some new scratcher's profiles! Why!?

pvz_pro wrote:

no support, it can be use nicely like:

I can't comment on some new scratcher's profiles! Why!?

Actually, that's not very nice (because that“Why?!” is a shortened version of "WHY CAN'T THE SCRATCH TEAM ALLOW ME TO COMMENT ON THE NEW SCRATCHER'S PROFILES?!")

Emoticons are trash (jk ); myself, I really don't care either way. However, I could see some people getting confused by this change, or even mad. Angry over a lack of anger. Now isn't that a concept?

The ST should not do this! It's good for expressing your feelings!

Programmer1121 wrote:

The ST should not do this! It's good for expressing your feelings!

However we shouldn't be expressing anger because why are we angry in the first place? Just calm down and boom you are back to :) again

Sheep_maker wrote:

Support for turning it back to :mad: or other text versions like ">:(" We don't need an image for negativity.

Also support for doing the same to

Why to ? It's used to express jokes, and lightens the mood. Support for getting rid of the emoji, though.

Sheep_maker wrote:

pvz_pro wrote:

no support, it can be use nicely like:

I can't comment on some new scratcher's profiles! Why!?

Actually, that's not very nice (because that“Why?!” is a shortened version of "WHY CAN'T THE SCRATCH TEAM ALLOW ME TO COMMENT ON THE NEW SCRATCHER'S PROFILES?!")

…I don't think they would be directly blaming the Scratch Team…

tiger75 wrote:

Sheep_maker wrote:

Support for turning it back to :mad: or other text versions like ">:(" We don't need an image for negativity.

Also support for doing the same to

Why to ? It's used to express jokes, and lightens the mood. Support for getting rid of the emoji, though.

I don't think we need the rolling eyes one, but we will be angering all the Advanced Topics users if we remove because that's like their mascot emoticon . And sometimes we need the sad face, like in the Things I'm Reading and Playing forums where we can go

*insert name of game*'s release is being delayed by a month because they found some bugs that they need to fix

Deerleg wrote:

tiger75 wrote:

Sheep_maker wrote:

Support for turning it back to :mad: or other text versions like ">:(" We don't need an image for negativity.

Also support for doing the same to

Why to ? It's used to express jokes, and lightens the mood. Support for getting rid of the emoji, though.

I don't think we need the rolling eyes one, but we will be angering all the Advanced Topics users if we remove :P because that's like their mascot emoticon :P. And sometimes we need the sad face, like in the Things I'm Reading and Playing forums where we can go

*insert name of game*'s release is being delayed by a month because they found some bugs that they need to fix

Aww thx lol

Although i don't see why we should remove . It's as positive as

Support. It looks pretty weird and derpy.

No support because it's funny and i mean, there's no actual reason to remove it?

No support. As others say, it can be used nicely, without intending to be mean to other users:

Examples of proper usage wrote:

Ugh, my game crashed right as I was about to get a highscore!
That moment when you hate yourself for forgetting to do that REALLY important task until the last minute.

Plus, anything can be used hatefully. Here's two examples of bad comments:

WHAT?! HOW DARE YOU SAY <thing> IS BAD!
WHAT?! HOW DARE YOU SAY <thing> IS BAD!

Either way this comment could start a flamewar.

i get your point, that Scratch Forums are not supposed to harbor hate, But as long as everyone is not saying:

UGGHHH!!!!! this awful scratcher drives me nuts!

then it's fine. here's an example of a good way of using it:

oh man! i am not a fan that my computer ALWAYS CRASHES when i use scratch!

No support.

and also, if you still think scratch should get rid of it, you can just not use it and forget it exists.