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Why do Lemmy users rarely use emoticons? (lemmy.today)

submitted 2 years ago by Slow@lemmy.today to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Reading comments in different communities, I noticed that users hardly leave smilies. Why is that?

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[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 5 points 2 years ago

use your words!

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I use a phone and the more complicated emojis are harder to use 🤷

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[–] chaorace@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 years ago

In-group signalling. One of the many microhabits you need to acquire in order to fit in with the local culture and nothing more. As usual, people make up reasons to justify why their cultural proclivities are objectively right but these are without exception completely post-hoc.

[–] xilliah@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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Yes that's right it has perspective

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[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Its just the group we have. I use basic ones sometimes. But I also come from a time before emoji existed.

[–] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 4 points 2 years ago (9 children)

I still call them emoticons on occasion

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[–] small44@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Lemmy is a discussion based social media. Smiley are cool for social medias like facebook

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[–] tardigrada@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

Good question 🤔

And Merry Christmas to all.

[–] shani66@lemmy.comfysnug.space 3 points 2 years ago

God damn the kids really don't know the difference. Anyways i use it less probably because I'm browsing Lemmy on my phone in-between other tasks, but maybe I'll start spicing things up.

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[–] Treczoks@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Maybe because this is (still) the more adult place?

[–] Thisfox@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago

People keep asking this....

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

They have better taste.

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