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

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

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[-] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 50 points 11 months ago

Personally I feel like if I need to use one, then I've done a poor job of writing.

I guess the other component is that I write a lot at work (I'm an engineering manager) and emoticons aren't really appropriate for that kind of communication, so I'm not in the habit of using them.

[-] captainjaneway@lemmy.world 36 points 11 months ago

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[-] Slow@lemmy.today 6 points 11 months ago

Such an emoji can be sent to a customer when all deadlines have passed.

[-] i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca 22 points 11 months ago

What kind of engineering manager isn’t using a dramatic shrug emoji or emoticon dozens of times every day?!

Don’t tell me your team has their shit together.

[-] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

I prefer to walk to their desks and make the expressions and gestures in person.

[-] shartedchocolate@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

😂 what!? I've worked with 11 engineering managers and they've all used emojis. You're either not in software or you work for a bank/insurance.

[-] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

Not sure what to tell you, I'm the senior manager for software engineering in a company that makes rocket engines, solid rocket motors, and space electrical power systems. I've been working there for 38 years and emojis are pretty rare.

[-] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago

I also work with space electrical power systems. That was an odd thing to see in the wild lol

[-] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Huh interesting. Are you comfortable saying more? The company I work for did the EPS for the ISS, we did the MMRTGs for the Mars rovers, and some others. We're not at the same place, are we?

[-] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

I work on other projects, not the rovers or ISS. I’m in Houston.

[-] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

If you're at JSC, maybe you're our customer.

[-] shartedchocolate@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Exactly, not in software as in, not working for a software company.

[-] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

I did start by saying I was an engineering manager, so I thought that part was a given

[-] shartedchocolate@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Sorry! I've only heard that title used in the context of software engineering gigs.

[-] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Hmmm, maybe we have a semantic issue. That's literally my title: Senior Manager, Software Engineering. But it's a heavily engineering company, not a heavily software company.

[-] shartedchocolate@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah, makes perfect sense!

[-] steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

You’re just older. Has nothing to do with being an engineering manager.

[-] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Emoticons started getting popular in the 90s, so I'm in the age group where that was happening. You'll see other people in this thread saying they felt like it was a boomer thing. I don't think my age is the reason.

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