I’m a heavy emoji user, texting is such a poor medium for communication, many times people get the wrong message, but with an emoji you’ll get an idea of the face I’m making, so less chance of misunderstanding
I noticed that every time I add an emoji to a comment it gets downvoted, so I tested my theory, wrote a comment without an emoji, got upvotes, went back and added an emoji, got downvotes…
On Reddit people use emojis a lot, on Lemmy I NEVER saw anyone use emojis, my account is new but still for the time I spent here, I never saw the use of emojis
So, is it just me, have you noticed this small detail ? and do you miss emojis the way I do ? 😭
Some of it may be an age thing, in my own case, i dislike emojis because i have no idea what most of them are supposed to mean., including the one at the end of your post. So for older folks like me, they make the post look weird, and can make it more difficult for me to understand what it is that you are trying to communicate.
But i wouldn’t actually downvote you for it, im just more likely to ignore your post if it is overflowing with emojis.
Additionally there’s not really a good way to enter them, especially when using physical keyboards.
If you’re on Windows, you can use
Win+.If you’re on Linux, try
ctrl+shift+eShh, beeg secret… Emojis used to be put in on keyboards long before touchscreens where a thing ;)
If windows: win+, brings up an emoji picker
I’m surprised you say you don’t know what the 😭 face means, since it’s just exaggerated crying. Is it because they’re too small, or that you suspect there’s some implied agreement/subtext you’re not party to?
I can see why people wouldn’t know what something like 🍆 is used to represent, since it’s not for the intended (I assume…) use.