this post was submitted on 22 Dec 2023
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Reading comments in different communities, I noticed that users hardly leave smilies. Why is that?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I think one of the biggest reasons for the switch from emoticons to emoji can be seen in this thread, emojis are pretty much universally supported whereas a lot of emoticons break Markdown (specifically anything with a backslash or a less-than sign)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You just reminded me of this awesome bot on Reddit called "please respect tables".

There is still a subreddit about this, though it's been abandoned

Please respect tables

It would be fun to have it here too! πŸ˜„

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (7 children)

How much of the current lemmy base are ex-reddit? I remember emoticons being heavily frowned upon there. It may be a cultural hangover from the rexodus peeps.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

We’re old AF.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

E(o)3

E(@)3 bonus prolapse edition

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

In chats I use emojis very often, but I here I feel like some emojis may not show properly, so I avoid them. Though here I tend to use smiles and such :)

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