Do you use emoticons in work e-mail?
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They have been failry common in places that I have worked. I have worked mostly with women in my IT career (various health facilities, schools, and banking) which tend to use emoticons more frequently than men.
I would say at least 50% of employees use them and probably 25% of vendors.
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@scottalanmiller said:
I use them all the time in work email. Been using them since the early 1990s so they seem natural now. I expect to see them in work email.
Ditto. I don't see it as unprofesional, but I don't do too many when I email people professionally outside of work, but sometimes I will do one if I want to make sure the other person knows something is said in jest or not sarcasm, or something like that.
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yeah. i use em
and i'll use you too 
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@Hubtech said:
What is that?
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I was wondering that too.
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It is
Colon O Colon
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I do but usually more on internal communications than external ones.
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If I do it's usually just a smiley face. Anything else might be inappropriate.
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Depends who I am connecting with, if I know the person well I might use them otherwise not so much.
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I use them for internal communications. As others have mentioned, I only use it with external communications if I know the other party very well.
Posting in a forum almost requires their use to keep people from getting butt hurt over people sounding to harsh
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(F moderated) yeah, I use them!
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