Slow@lemmy.today to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 7 months agoWhy do Lemmy users rarely use emoticons?message-squaremessage-square296fedilinkarrow-up1244arrow-down131file-text
arrow-up1213arrow-down1message-squareWhy do Lemmy users rarely use emoticons?Slow@lemmy.today to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 7 months agomessage-square296fedilinkfile-text
Reading comments in different communities, I noticed that users hardly leave smilies. Why is that? ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
minus-squareRentlar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·7 months agowell I don’t have such a menu for those premade faces, so I just use emoji’s instead…, those larger ones take up too much space imo. I’ll use :) , :(, :/, :P, :D, :|, ;) :O, XD… they are nice and compact and get the point across.
minus-squareusualsuspect191@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·7 months agoI’m used to calling those emoticons. Emojis are things like 👶🦈🎶
minus-squareAFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoI think what they’re saying is that they don’t use the larger emoticons because they don’t have a menu of them, so they mostly use emojis instead, but they’ll sometimes use the smaller emoticons.
well I don’t have such a menu for those premade faces, so I just use emoji’s instead…, those larger ones take up too much space imo.
I’ll use :) , :(, :/, :P, :D, :|, ;) :O, XD… they are nice and compact and get the point across.
I’m used to calling those emoticons. Emojis are things like 👶🦈🎶
I think what they’re saying is that they don’t use the larger emoticons because they don’t have a menu of them, so they mostly use emojis instead, but they’ll sometimes use the smaller emoticons.
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