Ok, the title was an overuse of emojis as a joke. But seriously, I like some limited use of emojis because it helps me convey intention/emotion so that I’m less misunderstood and also adds some more feeling/fun to text content 😄

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    My dyslexic brain gets upset with this mid-sentence emoji usage. Takes much more time and effort to read and interpret.

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          Father Apple protects us from all wickedness , including autonomy and any choice unconsidered by Him, mhm.

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          Because they didn’t want you to read the trauma terms of service better

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          I looked into that font when I head about it. Peer reviewd studies seem to agree with you. It’s also mainly the size and reglar spacing that helps.

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    I think of them like swear words. Not on-the-internet swearing, but public swearing. To use their full power, words like “fuck” need context and - more importantly - discretion and frugal usage.

    Overuse of emojis is even easier and harder to look at. But when used right, they serve a purpose. Otherwise it’s “Why the fuck do users fucking dislike the fucking use of emojis on fucking Lemmy?”

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    it can quickly get unreadable. I mean, I’m fine having a smiley to mark-down the humour/sarcasm, or the bad news but on some social media it’s like

    *During 🍑 🍆 the 🐱 👁️‍🗨️ at 💑 *

    Even more straightforward stuff can still be messy, I am not saving much by writing 🇧🇪 still has no government (Is that Romania ? Germany ? Belgium ? ) over Belgium still has no government

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    Because, emojis, breakup, the, flow, of, a, sentence, like, a, comma. Using too, many, makes, it, sound, like, you, are, straining, to 💩.

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    I grew up with emoticons and find the colorful nature of them quite disruptive… but that might just be me *shrug*

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      I’m sooooo with you. Emoticons 4eva! And ASCII art.

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        • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          Hahaha it’s from a VERY NSFW animation, “Axel in Harlem.” It was a big meme on a subreddit I used to go to, that I can no longer remember the name off it was all sped up and had “Ballin’” by Roddy Rich pitched up as the background music. It’s a hoot. I can pull that ASCII art by typing “forgies”. I also have

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    • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
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      I usually always use : ) type of faces to give tone, but I used to use text like you did there for shrug, but I assumed it would alter the text due to underlying text editor like this

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            It is eventually encoded into the DOM possibly via HTML or possibly through direct node creation but it’s more accurate to say it’s markdown.

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              Markdown, never heard the term, the m in html is markup I thought, it’s been years since I did any web design. 2006 I think is when I studied it, so I used notepad, and Dreamweaver was still owned by macromedia haha

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                  Oh cool thanks. I saw Div tags listed in there, does it natively support such or does that still fall into the css or JavaScript type of chunk.

                  Edit: nevermind, I bookmarked it, going to read through it all this weekend, could be fun to get more back into some old hobbies

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      And I thought it was us middle-aged (40+) and older who was the only one who still used them literally. Gotten the impression that younger generations invented non-obvious meanings that spread in trend waves, then stopped using emojis when it became too hard and social anxiety-inducing to keep track of the various interpretations of what a “slight smile” might possibly mean to the receiver. 🙂

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    I see it as a laugh track in american sitcoms, trying to force me to feel something that isn’t on the actor’s performance.

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        with gen a and z humor combined with your reply you get this:

        skibidi😎toilet🚽sigma😳male♂️ohio⚠️MLG⚗️9/11🗼🗼uwu🤭fortnite battlepass🤑mewing🤫 among us🏮

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    what exactly have you seen people saying when they complain? when they do it like you did in the title, it’s just too busy for my eyes, I’ve been in Discord servers where the moderators ask people to remove most of the Emojis from their username because of how annoying it is (to them apparently. I find it a little obnoxious but not enough to care).

    I basically use them as tone indicators. like

    omg 😭

    omg 🙄

    omg 🖕

    omg 💀

    omg 🥵

    etc.

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    Because I’m a millennial semi-luddite who (typically) prefers emoticons.*


    *Contrary to popular opinion, emoticons ≠ emoji. :) is an emoticon, while 🙂 is an emoji. (Sorry, this is a pet peeve of mine. Lol.)

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          They are not objectively better or worse overall, though one or the other may be objectively better in individual contexts.

          Individual people may prefer one over the other, though. I am one of them.

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            In what context where both are available are emoticons objectively better?

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              Well, if you’re typing on a computer as opposed to a phone, for instance, it’s typically a lot easier to type out an emoticon as opposed to an emoji. Therefore, emoticons would likely be objectively better.

              Likewise, if you’re typing on a smartphone, most people have an emoji drawer they can pop open in a jiffy and choose what they want.

              Then again, even in both of these situations, it also depends on what crowd you’re in: some people honestly just prefer emoticons because it’s what they grew up with, like me; others prefer emoji, for varying reasons.

              Most instances where one is objectively better suited than the other are based on subjective criteria.

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      by definition they should really be the same though or at least both qualifying as emoticons. emoji are more icons than emoticons are, and the translation from japanese is literally just picture letter/symbol

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    One emoji is fine.

    Two if you want to underline your reaction.

    Three is the maximum allowed by the cringe police.

    After three according to the judgement of the Oratrice Mecanique d’Analyse Cardinale you belong to the Facebook boomer jail. Enjoy the nationalist/racist/sexist/lame minion “memes”.

    When I see more than three laughing emojis a sitcom laughter is automatically playing in my head. It feels like being forced to laugh at gunpoint.

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    Excessive emojis make reading difficult. It’s just as bad as posts. That. Are. Written. Like. This. My internal voice pauses for ever period, likewise, I have to interpret every inline emoji. It’s mentally tiring, and while forums like this aren’t formal, when I see abused emoji use, I instinctively write off a comment or post as juvenile and low quality. I’m more inclined to skip reading it entirely because of the extra effort required and my pre judgement of its contents.

    Tagging an emoji to the end or light use to help convey emotions is fine and intuitive. I personally like them for quick response and like you, to add a little more context to text where the “voice” may be missed.