Slow@lemmy.today to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 6 months agoWhy do Lemmy users rarely use emoticons?message-squaremessage-square291fedilinkarrow-up1244arrow-down132file-text
arrow-up1212arrow-down1message-squareWhy do Lemmy users rarely use emoticons?Slow@lemmy.today to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 6 months agomessage-square291fedilinkfile-text
Reading comments in different communities, I noticed that users hardly leave smilies. Why is that? ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
minus-squareSorteKanin@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoIn 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.