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·
    3 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·
    3 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.

  • exist@sopuli.xyz
    5·
    3 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.

  • slazer2au@lemmy.worldEnglish
    37·
    5 days ago

    I see Lemmy as an older crowd that prefers ASCII emotes. Although the do work in some situations.

    • SpatchyIsOnline@lemmy.world
      4·
      3 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

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

      • glimse@lemmy.world
        2·
        3 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.

  • Katana314@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    3 days ago

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

  • sunsofold@lemmy.zip
    21·
    3 days ago

    Emojis are for people who don’t know how to read/write the local language. No exceptions. That includes ‘native speakers’ of the language who use them. Emoji are a sign of illiteracy and people who use them were failed by their education.

  • bluesheep@sh.itjust.works
    6·
    4 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·
      3 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 😅