Asklemmy

Texfaces

They're called Kaomoji btw.

https://www.unicodepedia.com/kaomoji/

I do not use emojis.

(・へ・)

(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

(－‸ლ)

ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

ಠ_ಠ

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

xDˣᴰ

Personally, I'm OK with emoji as long as you don't spam them (3+ times the same emoji is spamming imo)

1 emoji for a normal expression

2 emoji for a heavy expression

3 emoji is still acceptable but my personal limit of tolerance

You can't go wrong with a table flips (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

they just make me (ノ｀´)ノ ~┻━┻

and then I like to ─=≡Σ((((╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

All of the above.

I resisted using emojis for a long time, but I changed jobs during Covid and was working from home permanently. I suddenly worked with a bunch of people I had never met before, and I realized that these people don't know my demeanor, so they don't know how to read my tone. I found emojis are almost necessary to convey tone in this situation. And after that, it kinda stuck.

3 emojis that complete a thought like:

🛩️💥🥂

None and I installed an emoji blocked on firefox.

I read somewhere that proper emojis are more accessible for screen readers, so I've avoided using the old style smiley versions and textmojis ever since.

I am old school :)

🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

Old school smileys :-) because My Keyboard app doesn't have a emoji board.

The only one I use super frequently is :3 which I imagine isn't a surprise to anyone lol

I like the classic ಠᴗಠ text faces

I don't use them on Lemmy, nobody else really does so it seems out of place. If I'm talking to one of my friends, it's a different story.

My keyboard has a built in text face keyboard

( ≧∀≦)ノ

My usage is fairly restricted:

• old school :^) for non-sarcastic irony
• (¬¬) for eye rolling
• shorthand emojis (e.g. if talking about Stardew Valley, instead of "the four hearts event" I might type "the 4♥ event")
• as a way to avoid a specific word for metalinguistic reasons (e.g. "⟨dog⟩ is the signifier, 🐶 is the signified")

:) all day

Ü

Whatever suits the point. Emojis are a tool for communication, and should not be shunned just because some butterflies just them as personal flair. Emoticons are classic and hearken back to an earlier time, when things were bespoke and not run through committees for approval before we're allowed to use them. ᕦ⁠⊙⁠෴⁠⊙⁠ᕤ

I use what best conveys the emotion behind the text. 🤷🏻‍♂️

just fyi, Matrix has custom emojis per instance and custom to the user like discord does.

Emoji bad

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Sauce

3==D

All of them

I only use them in games, but these:
xD
:D
:o

None, I never use emojis 🙅