Comment on Why 🤷‍♂️ do users 👨‍💻 dislike 👎 the use ✅ of emojis 😀 on Lemmy 🐭?

• Tenniswaffles@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  They’re objectively not.

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  • EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They are not objectively better or worse overall, though one or the other may be objectively better in individual contexts.

    Individual people may prefer one over the other, though. I am one of them.

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    • Tenniswaffles@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      In what context where both are available are emoticons objectively better?

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      • h3mlocke@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        This one (^o^;)

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      • EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Well, if you’re typing on a computer as opposed to a phone, for instance, it’s typically a lot easier to type out an emoticon as opposed to an emoji. Therefore, emoticons would likely be objectively better.

        Likewise, if you’re typing on a smartphone, most people have an emoji drawer they can pop open in a jiffy and choose what they want. Then again, even then it depends on what crowd you’re in: some people honestly just prefer emoticons because it’s what they grew up with, like me; others prefer emoji, for varying reasons.

        Most instances where one is objectively better suited than the other are based on subjective criteria.

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  • h3mlocke@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    😾

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