Bran, hope you don't mind me rewording what you said.
This is what I think he means, guys:
'People are using *smirk* in-game and really are not understanding the meaning. They are using it to look nice, and kind, almost an alternative of smiling. However, *smirk* looks like you're being a smart-alec and rude, and personally I don't like you using it in the wrong context'.
Which means, apparently, people are INTENDING to use *smirk* as a positive gesture but it's suggesting that the character is in fact being a smart-ass.
I don't see anything wrong with *smirk* but Bran-Muffin, I think, is fed up with players/characters using *smirk* wrongly.
Either that or it was a late night.
Which reminds me (now that I saw those glasses) I saw $200 dollar glasses in the shops today, sunnies, and I was like, omg i would die for them... and I tried them on and I'm like, omg i would die for them...
So if you know about the sunnies I'm talking about, BUY THEM!!!!!!!