Lots of Japanophiles show up here because the word "Hikikomori", a term that most people learn from anime and manga (which I, for the record, don't have much interest in), is included in the site's subtitle. I include that word almost exclusively to make it easier for people to find this place; it's a novelty word that has lots of power in Google. When people look it up in Google, this place shows up high in search results due to its common use on this site. The word "Shut-in", for example, has much less power in Google than "Hikikomori" which is why I opted to use "Hikikomori" instead. I could omit that word from the subtitle and we'd have fewer Japanophiles showing up here, but we'd also have a lot fewer users in general showing up here which wouldn't be good.

Anyway, I don't care if otakus show up here as long as they don't join this place just to talk about anime and/or glamorize the hikikomori phenomenon.

By the way, for the record: I'm far from being an otaku/Japanophile. I don't understand Japan worship and am actually quite bothered by how so many Westerners worship Japan while ignoring every other Asian country. I'm saying this because I'm guessing that the reason you posted all those emoticons is because they're Japanese-styled and you likely think that I chose them just to be a weaboo. But I'll let you know that I didn't choose those emoticons because they're Japanese-styled. I looked through hundreds of emoticons to use here and picked those because they were some of the cleanest-looking emoticons I came across.

As for the smilies, what if you want to smile but you don't want to show the expression of an affectionate, "kawaii", japanesey, rosey cheeked rice ball?

Hyperlink to your own?

I never singled out anyone for being a weeaboo, and judging by your other posts, you never came across as one. As for the smilies, what if you want to smile but you don't want to show the expression of an affectionate, "kawaii", japanesey, rosey cheeked rice ball. Why do all the smiles have to have their eyes such as ^_^. These things look like they belong on an anime forum where the users add suffixes such as "chan" to each others names while they fight over which anime characters are in love with them.