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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
....
> >>>> >> just put urself on your xface like i do :>
> >>>> >
> >>>> >xface?
> >>>
> >>>> Sayeth the Wiki (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Face):
> >>>
> >>>>    An X-Face is a small bitmap (48 × 48 pixels, black and white) image
> >>>>    which is added to a Usenet posting or e-mail message, typically
> >>>>    showing a picture of the author's face. The image data is included
> >>>>    in the posting as encoded text, and attached with an 'X-Face'
> >>>>    header.
> >>>
> >>>>    While many programs support X-Face, most of them are free software
> >>>>    and based on Unix or its variations, such as KMail or Sylpheed.
> >>>
> >>>> I've never heard of it myself. I've never used an NNTP client that
> >>>> supported it; my ancient version of Agent certainly doesn't. And I'm
> >>>> happy about that; Usenet is text. Binary shit like that doesn't
> >>>> belong. I mean, what's next, bold text and colors? That way leads to
> >>>> chaos and madness, I tell you! ;-)
> >>>
> >>> Interesting. It reminds me of web sites' favicon.ico which is popular.
> >>> I never knew this X-Face existed. Did anyone even use it? I just know
> >>> people use ASCII arts like mine. :P Obviously, they need a fixed width
> >>> font like Courier, Monospace, etc. to see it formatted correctly.
> >> 
> >> I use xface! mostly because ascii is hard :D
> >
> >I use X-Face: headers, and have been known to use Face: headers,
> >too.
> >
> >Pan supports them, so I see those from others like
> >candycanearter07.  
> >
> >They take up just a few lines in the article header.

> Apparently NewsTap --an NNTP client for Apple IOS-- supports it too.

> Me, I'm stickin' with ASCII. It's a slippery slope otherwise --today
> X-Face, tomorrow Emojis!-- and I'm not willing to risk that ;-P

ASCII & ANSI FTW. Animojis aren't even popular with Apple users. Haha. 
Although, I do want an ant animoji. Apple should let customize our own! 
:(
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