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·
    7 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.

  • Katana314@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    7 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·
    6 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.

  • slazer2au@lemmy.worldEnglish
    37·
    9 days ago

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

  • YappyMonotheist@lemmy.world
    191·
    9 days ago

    Check my post history, I guess. 😅

    They’re helpful in providing the proper context to a text-based convo. IRL, you’d just see my face and body language and hear my tone and understand things better so we have to adjust when texting. This is why people feel like they need the “/s” for sarcasm and whatnot. 👍

    • NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip
      59·
      8 days ago

      They’re helpful in providing the proper context to a text-based convo

      Nope just annoying.

      IRL, you’d just see my face and body language and hear my tone

      The best part of anonymous forums is not having any tone.

      • Blisterexe@lemmy.zip
        1·
        7 days ago

        Oh my god man get a grip, everyone has a tone over writing, like how yours right now is rude.

        Using emojis just communicates more informality plus whatever the emoji communicates. It’s not annoying to most people, and it shouldn’t be to you

        • NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip
          1·
          7 days ago

          Oh my god man get a grip, everyone has a tone over writing.

          I disagree. There is no tone on the internet, that is what makes forums work. Emojis suck. Period.

          And I know this because you think my words have a tone. They do not. They are just a statement.

          Edit: I want to add, part of my aversion is that people often just slap whatever the keyboard recommends to them into a sentence, or AI helped write it. They clutter communication, not help it at this point.

          A long time ago, like in the 80’s people actually discussed what would indicate being friendly and they went with :-). But now its dogs, cats, silly clowns, hats, that stupid celebration and starry eyed smiley and so on. Just plain annoying to have to read.

  • kindnesskills@literature.cafe
    131·
    9 days ago

    I like that it’s not much in use here.

    I have to think more carefully about what words I type and how to convey my emotions in text. It’s good to practice written communication, and it’s good to be comfortable with it for when you want to be taken more seriously.

    And I kinda assume those who splatter their text with emojis are bots or LLMs programmed to sound more human, or people trying to imply or invoke emotions to sell me on some nonsense or other, so I don’t read those comments or posts anyway.

    It’s fun that Lemmy has its own culture which comes as a little shock but is easy to adapt to once you figure it out, isn’t it?

    • SpatchyIsOnline@lemmy.world
      4·
      7 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

      This project is

      ⚡Lighting fast

      🔋Power efficient

      🚀 Ultra customisable

      🔔 Keeps you always up to date

      ⭐ Remember to leave a star on GitHub

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

      • glimse@lemmy.world
        2·
        7 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.

  • VivianRixia@piefed.socialEnglish
    10·
    9 days ago

    I tend to only use emoji when texting people I know, not when talking to strangers. Also, I’m on desktop here and so its more effort to use them than its worth IMO 😤