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

  • sunsofold@lemmy.zip
    2·
    7 天前

    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
    35·
    9 天前

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

  • YappyMonotheist@lemmy.world
    18·
    9 天前

    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
      5·
      9 天前

      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 天前

        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 天前

          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.

    • SpatchyIsOnline@lemmy.world
      4·
      7 天前

      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 天前

        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
    9·
    9 天前

    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 😤

  • DoubleDongle@lemmy.world
    9·
    9 天前

    I think they’re annoying to look at and I have never felt the need to use them to communicate. I think that people who use a lot of emojis are usually stupid.

  • Treczoks@lemmy.world
    8·
    9 天前

    Emojis are for immature kids. Especially when they try to compose whole messages without a single word, or throw a dozen emojis at the end of a message.

  • MintyFresh@lemmy.world
    8·
    7 天前

    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.