points by Animats 23 hours ago | 0 comments
Does anyone still use emoji? Except for ones on forum replies.
I sometimes get an emoji as a one-glyph reply to texts. That's about it.
They were far more popular a decade ago.
[–] BoxOfRain 6 hours ago
I'm still a fan of emoticons. :) and >:( convey distinct feelings to their emoji equivalents in my opinion.
[–] Bender 7 hours ago
Does anyone still use emoji?
Yes. When there is a post awaiting moderator review on one of my sites everyone can see the toilet paper emoji next to the board listing. I also have animated CSS that makes an emoji of a spy pop up behind threads in a couple themes. During Halloween I have an emoji bat emoji fly across the screen and a spider emoji drop down assuming the client does not have animations disabled on their desktop as I respect motion preferences. [1] (click set to use the spooky theme)
It may be silly to some these days and that's fine with me. I enjoy it and I have an odd sense of humor.
[–] Aerroon 22 hours ago
Isn't this expected? It's always been custom emotes everywhere. Even before emojis, the "default emoticons" fell out of favor among avid users.
[–] baron3dl 11 hours ago
:)-8--<
[–] eastbound 23 hours ago
Marketing copy and job offers are full of them, and AI has made that much more frequent. I assume you include all kind of pictures punctuating sentences, such as "someone at a computer" when you mention working, etc., not just yellow faces.
[–] rwmj 23 hours ago