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why do lemmy users hate the use of emojis ? (infosec.pub)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by adam_b@infosec.pub to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'm a heavy emoji user, texting is such a poor medium for communication, many times people get the wrong message, but with an emoji you'll get an idea of the face I'm making, so less chance of misunderstanding

I noticed that every time I add an emoji to a comment it gets downvoted, so I tested my theory, wrote a comment without an emoji, got upvotes, went back and added an emoji, got downvotes..

On Reddit people use emojis a lot, on Lemmy I NEVER saw anyone use emojis, my account is new but still for the time I spent here, I never saw the use of emojis

So, is it just me, have you noticed this small detail ? and do you miss emojis the way I do ? 😭

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[–] DaDragon@kbin.social 31 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Because we’re the last of the old guard? I’m gen z, and honestly I still prefer emoticons, probably because I grew used to them before emoji

[–] HouseWolf@lemm.ee 29 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Older gen z and I remember sometime in my mid teens most chat apps started automatically converting emoticons into emojis. It bugged me to hell and back you either had to swap :) to =) or turn them back to front to avoid getting "emojified"

[–] DaDragon@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’ve turned to adding a ZWSP (no width Unicode) between the : and ) parts of the character, that works pretty well. It’s a bit of a hassle, of course

[–] rustyredox@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Oh, nice tip! Any good way of emulating that on a mobile Android keyboard? Or do you just copy and paste a lot? Perhaps this could be done with a custom autocorrect dictionary injury?

[–] sour@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

does ü get converted

[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nothing beats O.o and :/ for me

[–] sour@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

because cute