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Why do Lemmy users rarely use emoticons? (lemmy.today)

submitted 11 months ago by Slow@lemmy.today to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Reading comments in different communities, I noticed that users hardly leave smilies. Why is that?

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[–] mriormro@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Does the distinction truly matter?

[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 2 points 11 months ago

In some ways no, but communication is complicated. Emoticons and emojis feel different when used I feel like. :) and 🙂 is not the same.

They're also used by different generations of people I think. So in that way it is meaningful to talk about them as separate concepts.