SlowtoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml·10 months agoWhy do Lemmy users rarely use emoticons?message-squarearrow-up1245arrow-down132message-square290file-textfedilink
arrow-up1213arrow-down1message-squareWhy do Lemmy users rarely use emoticons?SlowtoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml·10 months agomessage-square290file-textfedilink
Reading comments in different communities, I noticed that users hardly leave smilies. Why is that? ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
minus-squareSorteKaninarrow-up2arrow-down0·10 months agolinkfedilinkIn 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.
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.