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submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Emoji give us an extra avenue of encoding emotion into our text, something that is usually difficult. So I think everyone should be using them 🤓

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

I thought I understood your comment until I got to the emoji. I'm not sure if they work terribly well