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Why do Lemmy users rarely use emoticons? (lemmy.today)

submitted 11 months ago by Slow@lemmy.today to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Reading comments in different communities, I noticed that users hardly leave smilies. Why is that?

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[-] Dave@lemmy.nz 57 points 11 months ago

Are emojis considered emoticons? Call me old but I think this is an emoticon ;-) and this is an emoji 😉

[-] ambiance@beehaw.org 7 points 11 months ago

Agreed! Although the little image things on message boards like phpBB, ProBoards and Invision were also emoticons, even though they were basically early onset emojis

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