Slow@lemmy.today to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 11 months agoWhy do Lemmy users rarely use emoticons?message-squaremessage-square282fedilinkarrow-up1245arrow-down131file-text
arrow-up1214arrow-down1message-squareWhy do Lemmy users rarely use emoticons?Slow@lemmy.today to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 11 months agomessage-square282fedilinkfile-text
Reading comments in different communities, I noticed that users hardly leave smilies. Why is that? ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
minus-squaremriormro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoDoes the distinction truly matter?
minus-squareSorteKanin@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoIn some ways no, but communication is complicated. Emoticons and emojis feel different when used I feel like. :) and 🙂 is not the same. They’re also used by different generations of people I think. So in that way it is meaningful to talk about them as separate concepts.
Does the distinction truly matter?
In some ways no, but communication is complicated. Emoticons and emojis feel different when used I feel like. :) and 🙂 is not the same.
They’re also used by different generations of people I think. So in that way it is meaningful to talk about them as separate concepts.