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Why do Lemmy users rarely use emoticons?
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How much of the current lemmy base are ex-reddit? I remember emoticons being heavily frowned upon there. It may be a cultural hangover from the rexodus peeps.
I thought they hated emoji not emoticons
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A distinction I did not make, good point. Maybe I misunderstand, I thought emojis and emoticons were the same thing.
Or is it an "all emojis are emoticons, but all emoticons are not emojis" kinda situation?
I'm not good at this either. For me, any small image that can be added at the end of a text is a emoticon.
I looked up the dictionary definition in a fit of pedantry earlier and they're right, they do refer to distinct different things. The more you know ey!
Emoticon have been used in the west long before emoji. I remember on iPhone 4 you had to enable Japanese keyboard to even access emoji. You could send them to someone and they'd be confused how you made a little picture.