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

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  • SanctusEnglish
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    I still have my emoticon copy/paste text file from the ancient times.

    • CorrodedEnglish
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      I still test out messaging apps by using this fella

      (_/)

      (0.0)

      (> <)

      I’d be interested to see which ones you have on that file

      Edit: Lemmy apparently doesn’t like the rabbit’s formatting

      • my_hat_stinks
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        It should format properly if you use a code block. This is the bunny I always used to use

          (\ /)
         (^.^ )
        (")(")o
        
      • cerement
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        either escape the backslash or embed the whole thing in a code block

        (\_/)
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        (> &lt;)
        

        and Markdown insists on breaking anything with a less-than character (considering the preview shows correctly but then you hit “Save”)

      • Darkassassin07English
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        You can escape formatting by adding a backslash in front.

        this is a quote

        > this is an escaped quote

      • SanctusEnglish
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        Oh the file itself turned out to be garbage because it was a text file. So it was terrible at preserving spacing and all that. I can upload it when I get home if you want nostalgia more than usability lol I probably used it for a month out of stubbornness before just finding a website that hosts emoticons.

      • BougieBirdieEnglish
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        The rabbit’s left ear looks like it should be a backslash (\_/)

        Backslash is an escape character used in formatting, so if you want to actually display a backslash you need to use two (\\_/)

    • SlowOP
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      Nostalgia. I had a set of kaomoji stored in a text file.

      • SanctusEnglish
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        Unfortunately I have made myself a liar. I must have deleted it a while back.

        https://emotes.io/ has what you are looking for though.