Why are Lemmy posts and replies (almost?) emoji free? - I like the small emotion symbols, they add a softer human feel to things :]

  • quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    10 days ago

    That made me realise of one thing, if I’m on PC I have no idea how to write an emoji. I don’t even know if they’re available, I imagine they are, but not a clue of how.

    • TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works
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      10 days ago

      On Windows, it’s Windows key + .

      On Linux, there’s an app called Characters to copy paste emojis from, and some apps use custom key combinations such as Super + ;, or Fn + ;, or something like that

    • FishFace@lemmy.world
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      10 days ago

      I think this is probably a big part of it actually. If you’re inserting emojis you’re probably on a phone, so you’re probably interacting with the discussion in a quite different way than if you were on a PC. It’s not as comfortable to write longer, better-thought-out comments.

      People pick up on these implications and judge people accordingly.