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 ? 😭

  • TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    You need to calm your ego.

    First, screw you for assuming it’s an ego thing. Second, I don’t entirely disagree with you.

    Everyone and their mother has made that joke at least once after writing a somewhat long text. You’re not any more original or any less of a “hivemind” than the peoples you’re talking about in this paragraph.

    There’s a reason why I made a distinction for “references.” I’ve been in communities that are literally dedicated to spamming the same thing verbatim, and I find them freaking hilarious. r/AnarchyChess was literally spamming “en passant,” “holy hell,” and “pipi” for months. r/tomorrow spams “Celeste, a hidden gem.” Hell, I still giggle every time I see a picture of a crewmate. Those are funny because they’re overused to the point where they’re absurd.

    “Thanks for coming to my TED talk” is a much weaker version of that. I don’t see it used as a joke as much as I see it used as a phrase to indicate that a rant is over. I don’t see how it’s different from “Bob’s your uncle” or “pushing the needle forward.” All 3 of those phrases mean nothing to me when taken literally, but I (and probably most people) use those as synonyms for long and detailed explanations.

    I don’t see how emojis can do the same in an effective manner outside of a few commonly used ones, and I don’t see how “bro [observation] 💀😭” can be considered absurd or can be changed enough to feel fresh or original. I’d literally be more okay if people repeated “bro [observation #1] 💀😭” because at least it feels like there is some joke or reference that I’m not getting.