Hmmmm it would seem that only certain smileys can be posted without anything else. Outrageous discrimination against my favourite smiley on the internet : " "
Yeah this is just awful. Pretty much 75% of the reason I use this site is because it wasn't hideous. Looks ugly as sin now and has become slightly more awkward to use.
I'm assuming it's just a **** up and will be fixed tomorrow. When you've typed a message in the quick reply and posted it, it keeps it in the textarea which seems like a bug to me.
Oh dear just heard on twitter that Badger got into a car accident but says he's fine but a little sore. Hope this isn't my fault as he was going to pick up my man united ticket from a friend's house