What is the significance of the "Slap" action?

[Palehood]

If somebody whom you don't know used the /e slap action on you, is there usually a meaning attached? If there is a friendly meaning to it, I wouldn't want to misunderstand that it is meant to be hostile.

Edited 17 hours ago by Palehood

[mistagoat]

As far as I know there is no universally understood deeper meaning to the slap emote.

Maybe someone just learned of its existence and wanted to play with it or maybe it was RPer with an elaborate story playing out and you just happened to be nearby and got used as a prop.* Lots of possibilities but I doubt there was any deep meaning to it.

 

*I don't RP so that might not even be a thing.

[Scarlet Shocker]

It's just a flavour adding emote. There's no actual meaning to it and remember, it came out before Will Smith made it to Oscar night! 

[Championess]

It has a pretty broad range from:

 

To:

 

Not much to read into just pretend this is 2013 and your day will go about swell.  😁

 

[Championess]

Though do watch out for this one:

[arcane]

29 minutes ago, Championess said:

It has a pretty broad range from:

 

To:

 

Not much to read into just pretend this is 2013 and your day will go about swell.  😁

 

How could you miss Will Smith

[Championess]

22 minutes ago, arcane said:

How could you miss Will Smith

 

That one was too easy.  Totally overdone.  Even Chris Rock wasn't impressed.

Edited 14 hours ago by Championess

[Skyhawke]

If someone does /e slap, just reply with /e getsome. 

[cranebump]

I save the slap for certain contacts (Synapse being a favorite). 
 

Mainly because I can’t slap myself.:-)

 

[Neiska]

....You ever see the title of a post and go... "Let the memes begin"

 

Yea. This is one of those. 

[ShardWarrior]

Both the Smack and Slap emotes are very much necessary.  I need them to keep my pet Monkey in line.

[JasperStone]

I saw it as this ... but I am old

[stealthnight]

Its just the first step in the Slap>Feed>Flower emote chain; everyone knows this.

 

[Snarky]

purely educational

[Palehood]

5 hours ago, Skyhawke said:

If someone does /e slap, just reply with /e getsome. 

Oh, I replied with an /e slap of my own.

[lemming]

I respond with /e smack

[Palehood]

6 hours ago, Championess said:

It has a pretty broad range from:

 

 

Hot gif.

[Championess]

36 minutes ago, Palehood said:

Hot gif.

There's a lot of that one going on in Everlasting Pocket D.

[BlackSpectre]

I loved both /e slap and /e smack when it was first released. I was able to do 3 Stooges routines with my friends and it was super fun! We had a blast just slapping each other silly when as a greeting! Then someone complained that it bothered their widdle feelings and the devs nerfed it by slowing down the animations. That killed the 3 Stooges routine. Made the whole emote not fun anymore. Way to go complainers! Thanks a lot!  😞

 

After that, when we greeted each other we just said, "Hey." pause. "Hey" back. Then stood around bored waiting for the mission to start. So sad. I miss the fast slaps. 

[BlackSpectre]

As far as what a slap means... it means they like you! Take it as a compliment and slap ''em back! If you like, think of it as a high five! Heck, if you have a choice of interpretation, why not choose the interpretation that is the most positive and make you feel the best? Even if it's not true, who cares? It's not like you're ever going to find out what they mean, or tell you. So be happy!