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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 ? ๐Ÿ˜ญ

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[โ€“] Rhoeri@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago (5 children)

If you need to use emojis to convey feeling, emotion, or to emphasize your point-

You need to learn more words.

[โ€“] bastion@feddit.nl 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I don't need more words to express something offhanded and casual. ๐Ÿคฎ

[โ€“] Rhoeri@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Seeโ€ฆ thereโ€™s my point. That emoji doesnโ€™t even make sense in context of what you said.

[โ€“] bastion@feddit.nl 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ

[โ€“] Rhoeri@lemmy.ml -5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And thatโ€™s all I need to know to determine that youโ€™re not worth talking to moving forward.

[โ€“] bastion@feddit.nl 6 points 2 years ago

That's a lot of dischill considering the casual and inconsequential nature of this conversation.

[โ€“] Bazoogle@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Intelligence comes in more forms than just written language. Words can express emotion, but so can dance, painting, singing, even a glance can express so much. Why do you think it needs to stop at emoji's? Your inability to understand what they are saying with that emoji is not a failure of the emoji, but your ability to interpret it. That's like saying dancing doesn't convey emotion because you don't know what it is they are trying to convey. Perhaps you just need to learn more ways of expressing emotions?

[โ€“] Rhoeri@lemmy.ml -2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I was able to understand the entirely of your misguided point without the use of a single emoji.

Imagine that.

[โ€“] Bazoogle@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Rhoeri@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And thatโ€™s all I need to know to determine that nothing youโ€™ll say will be of any interest to me moving forward.

[โ€“] Bazoogle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ˜œ๐Ÿ˜†๐Ÿ˜ฌ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ

[โ€“] KinglyWeevil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Text can be ambiguous, if only there were some kind of image that would could reliably it indicate the emotional context of your statements.

You know, like JIF animAted pictures

[โ€“] Rhoeri@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Human beings have been corresponding for over two thousand years without emojis. Are you seriously trying to tell me that emojis are some sort of ascended form of communication that 12 year old kids have discovered to the ignorance of everything from small businesses to collegiate academics?

[โ€“] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

THE WEST HAS FALLEN

[โ€“] MDKAOD@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

"why use lot word when few word do trick" is a recurring phrase used ironically by my younger staff.

[โ€“] TheFriendlyArtificer@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And this hits another topic...

Emotional expression is culturally derived.

A raised eyebrow can mean very different things to different groups. Giving a thumbs up in Turkey or an okay sign in northern Africa will have radically different messages.

I seriously hate emojis.

They tell me nothing except that the sender is too lazy to give me a hint.

[โ€“] Rhoeri@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago