The Great Clickfishing /Emoticon Dropping Debate
Some folks scatter emoticons and nonsequiteurs in the comments sections of many blogs, apparently trying to attract more attention to their own material, but not paying attention the blogs they drop these little tidbits upon.
This really nettles some people, and I sympathize, but personally I just don't react to these offerings most of the time and it stays within reasonable bounds.
And if I don't like a comment or think it needs personal attention, I'd remove it and use my Blogit-linked email account to answer them personally. No huhu.