Never seen anybody using emoji in any community. I did use once or twice, but the way its absent over here, I’m starting to think its part of some implicit rules lemmy has

  • Aeri@lemmy.world
    6·
    5 days ago

    Emojis are a trashy signal for me I hate them. I want my text monochrome. Cool unicode symbols get a pass. “⚠” Yes “⚠️” no.

  • MintyFresh@lemmy.world
    81·
    6 days ago

    I’ve always been of the opinion that one can use their words. I’ve never read anything with emojis crammed in where I felt they’ve added anything of substance. It just seems lazy and a bit trashy.

    Yes. I’m well aware I’m a curmudgeon. I make no apologies.

    • SpatchyIsOnline@lemmy.world
      4·
      5 days ago

      God I hate the emojis used as bullet points trend so much, it looks so tacky and is the biggest immediate sign of a vibecoded slop project

      This project is

      ⚡Lighting fast

      🔋Power efficient

      🚀 Ultra customisable

      🔔 Keeps you always up to date

      ⭐ Remember to leave a star on GitHub

      Stop writing your readme like you’re a soulless corporation’s marketing department PLEASE

      • glimse@lemmy.world
        2·
        5 days ago

        I really don’t understand where it even came from. It’s not like people were consistently using them as bullet points in the training data…at least not to the extent that LLMs are making it a trope.

  • exist@sopuli.xyz
    5·
    6 days ago

    I use them on discord on sometimes on othef chat platforms. I don’t really like them in longer form text like lemmy or reddit.

    They also, at least for me, carry context that doesn’t make that much sense outside one community. For example I used laughing cat emoji that we use to signify being amused and a guy from a different community thought I was mocking him.

  • bluesheep@sh.itjust.works
    6·
    6 days ago

    I’ve been conditioned over time to not use them on internet forums but I use them a lot when texting. So it feels kind of weird to see one around on a Lemmy comment but I don’t hate them

    • courval@lemmy.world
      3·
      6 days ago

      For me it’s part of non-verbal communication and empathy when used to add context to what you’re trying to communicate. But I don’t use it online either… I think it’s because some forums don’t enable them or it’s not practical if you’re on a desktop per example. Maybe that’s why the Internet is so miserable 😅

  • ace_garp@lemmy.world
    8·
    7 days ago

    I probably use the 🙃 emoji most.

    Because it does not really have an equivalent in ASCII emoticons.

  • Katana314@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    5 days ago

    I think my first thought is that MAGA’s rage bot farms will use a lot of laughing emojis to taunt people.

  • Krudler@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    6 days ago

    Personally I am happy to be free of this arbitrary rule of Reddit sheep culture that you can’t use emojis. People here have the courtesy to use them as appropriate, and I myself use them occasionally. I hope we all just keep it that way.

  • courval@lemmy.world
    3·
    6 days ago

    It’s just that everyone is miserable here and it would be a river of sad and crying faces in every conversation…