I feel like if a software has a rule against using certain smileys - it's not a good sign of stability. Within such a few years so much was lost of the simple a

I feel like if a software has a rule against using certain smileys - it's not a good sign of stability. Within such a few years so much was lost of the simple and innocent craft of writing software. It's a minefield now. I'm honestly afraid what will come next.