Reading comments in different communities, I noticed that users hardly leave smilies. Why is that?
༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
Just for you
- ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
- ಠ_ಠ
- (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻)
- ┬──┬ ノ( ゜-゜ノ)
- ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
- ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ
- (☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞
- ヾ(⌐■_■)ノ♪
- (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻
- ლ(ಠ益ಠლ)
- (👁 ͜ʖ👁)
- (งツ)ว
- ʘ‿ʘ
- ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
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- ( •_•)>⌐■-■
- (⌐■_■)
- [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°̲̅)̲̅$̲̅]
- (シ_ _)シ
I find them obnoxius, just like inserting animated gifs and meme responses. If used in serious context it makes the whole post look cringe, using them to replace words is fit only for smartphone troglodytes sending character-limited posts/SMS.
I use them as a complement in my messages where I want to convey an emotion which isn’t obvious from the text itself. Like if I’m being self-deprecating in a joking manner, e.g. Not very easy to convey in text. But if I add some kind of smiling-ish emoji or something, it’s clearer that I’m not serious.
Overuse is cringe however.
If something isn’t obvious from the text, why not change the /style/ of writing instead of appending dissonant graphics? Make it obviously sarcastic or humorous, instead of leaving the users guessing if its satire or sincere expression.
Because it’s more effort to do and feels more artificial than using emojis. I’m not trying to craft literary masterpieces, I’m trying to have a conversation. With emojis, you get way closer to the feeling of a real conversation, where just the words are not the only signal that’s transmitted. Iirc there’s already some research into it, and it seems like people generally have started parsing emojis in text messages very similar to how they would parse tone of voice and facial expressions in a face to face conversation. I think it’s a great addition to written language, and you’re missing out if you’re not making use of it.
Edit to clarify: this applies to emoticons and emoji equally, even though I’m only mentioning emoji
Because we prefer using words to express ourselves.
I’d count :3, <3 and ~~ as emoticons tho.
For me emoticons were something that started when all of the boomers came to Facebook. Floods and floods of useless emojis left and right. So now I feel weird using them, like I’m cheapening the platform while also acting like the people that ruined Facebook for me
Are emojis considered emoticons? Call me old but I think this is an emoticon ;-) and this is an emoji 😉
Agreed! Although the little image things on message boards like phpBB, ProBoards and Invision were also emoticons, even though they were basically early onset emojis
We called those “smileys”. May be a local thing though
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Д´) (*♡∀♡) ╰(▔∀▔)╯ (⌒_⌒;) (＃Д´) (｡•́︿•̀｡) (・・ ) ? (・・ ) ? (＠＠) (T_T) (눈_눈) (＃Д´) (⊙_⊙) w(°ｏ°)w (T_T) (눈_눈) (＃Д´) (＃Д´) (＃Д´) (✯◡✯) (o▽o) (‿) ╰(▔∀▔)╯ ٩(◕‿◕｡)۶ (‿)ಠ_ಠ
I think most oldies are embarrassed by them. I’m not though, but I only surf the world wide web from my phone, so perhaps I’m more hip 😎
I think people 😘 find them more obnoxious 😱 than informative, and rate 💯 opinions higher than 😜 emotional reactions, because emotions are 🤑 cheap and add nothing to a constructive 🏗️ discussion
Most Emojis are useless, but many actually transfer the tone of a scentence, do they make sense. You simply dont need 99% of them.
