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[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

If one is going to use emojis, it is contextual.

An emoji is roughly equivalent to body language, facial expressions, and/or audible cues. They should be inserted wherever the intended action would occur.

An example: man, I laughed my ass off. 🀣

Would be acceptable, but: man, I laughed my ass off🀣. would be better because the laughter is integral to the sentence.

However; man, I laughed 🀣 my ass off. would also be acceptable because it is being used to demonstrate the action.


Something like: cats make my heart happy. πŸ’“ 😊

Would need it to be outside the sentence because it reinforces the message instead of being part of the message.

Emojis can be the equivalent of hand movements in a way, so where they get placed is about where you would place a gesture.