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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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[–] scytale@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

One reason is that they don't translate well depending on the instance. For example, emojis from hexbear are extremely large on lemmy, which irritates some users when a comment section is full of emojis.

[–] Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Emojis are standardized and part of Unicode.

Those things are server-side custom images that are inserted with html.

[–] sharedburdens@hexbear.net 20 points 1 year ago

"those things" are individual works of art that can get assembled like hieroglyphics to express things which are difficult to put into words

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[–] scytale@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah right. I just assumed the OP also meant those images. I stand corrected.

[–] robot_dog_with_gun@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

🔊🔉🔈 marx-guns-blazing