Why are Lemmy posts and replies (almost?) emoji free? - I like the small emotion symbols, they add a softer human feel to things :]
Lemmy is full of boring old farts.
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I’m a girl and I use emojis and abbreviations on here. Idgaf!🤗😜
I feel offended and personally attacked, but I agree
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Reddit hivemind deep rooted into our brains
Fuck Reddit and Fuck Spez
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And yet here you are. On a reddit clone.
Ain’t Reddit. Fuck Reddit and Fuck Spez.
That’s like greeting a toddler and asking parents why she’s lice-free.
Because they make you seem like an AI or spammer or a boomer.
Why a boomer of all things? O.O
“Boomer” has become a general insult for “out of touch”
Correct usage is “everyone older thank the speaker”
It’s “boomer” to use emoji? The fuck?
Emoji were democratized to unhipness, there was a movie about it and all
I don’t use emoji because they’re hip, I use them because they have a function. 🤨🤷♂️
The stupid Facebook posts with an over sized 🤣 about a mild joke.
Well yeah, overreacting is pretty cringe-inducing, I agree. But not the use of emoji as a concept, IMO. I think conveying emotion or intent or tone using them is good for communication in general. Makes things more personal and clear.
Right - but that is generally how I see them used here already. More emoji would bring things up to boomer level.
😂😂😂🤣 so true
I hate you. Have an upvote.
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I shamelessly jack hexbear emojis
I mostly use emojis as either a quick reaction or as a way of acknowledging that I read something someone I know sent me. They make a lot less sense in places like Reddit or Lemmy, where interaction is more impersonal and commenting doesn’t feel worth it unless you have something substantial to say.
I don’t really care why, just glade it’s the case.
Emojis are for the girls and the homies. Sorry, I don’t know y’all like that.
the small emotion symbols
Possibly you mean emoticons? ^_^
Lmao I use emojis alot of the time
But not every comment is appropriate for emojis, and I feel like overusing it makes me look like a bot or a weirdo, so I don’t do it unless it really fits the tone of the comment
I’ve had someone question whether I’m a bot or not because I use so many emojis 🥲
Well are you? 👀
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I love Kaomoji and use them in most of my comments. So far I felt like people are very neutral here when it comes to this topic but iirc other platforms weren’t very fond of emojis so I guess a lot of users are just not used to it.
When I use emojis I try to use as little as possible because they feel kind of overused to me and a text with several emojis just doesn’t read well for me.
That made me realise of one thing, if I’m on PC I have no idea how to write an emoji. I don’t even know if they’re available, I imagine they are, but not a clue of how.
On Windows, it’s Windows key + .
On Linux, there’s an app called Characters to copy paste emojis from, and some apps use custom key combinations such as Super + ;, or Fn + ;, or something like that
There are also browser extensions.
It’s windows + : for me?
I think this is probably a big part of it actually. If you’re inserting emojis you’re probably on a phone, so you’re probably interacting with the discussion in a quite different way than if you were on a PC. It’s not as comfortable to write longer, better-thought-out comments.
People pick up on these implications and judge people accordingly.
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