there was no way to look up what those words meant to the person writing them
Comment on Why š¤·āāļø do users šØāš» dislike š the use ā of emojis š on Lemmy š?
GooberEar@lemmy.wtf āØ3ā© āØmonthsā© ago
Imagine if every language in the world used the exact same alphabet, exact same words with the exact same spelling, and exact same sentences but the meaning of those words/sentences varied from person to person, region to region, in different contexts, and sometimes changed day to day. Then on top of that, the words even rendered differently from device to device.
Additionally, there was no way to look up what those words meant to the person writing them, who you donāt even know. Even if you ask for clarification, thereās less than 50% chance theyāll respond at all, let alone provide a sincere, meaningful, and accurate answer.
Thatās what emojis are like to me. Sure, some of these same complaints apply to text-based communication as well, but emojis take it to the extreme.
I donāt typically care that much if people use them ā for instance, to reinforce the meaning or intention of their message. But itās mildly annoying when the emojis are a message all of their own and that person is trying to communicate with me.
Additionally, thereās an extremely high degree of correlation between people and messages that use a bunch of emojis and actual quality of the message/meaning being sent. In other words, if someoneās using a lot of emojis to communicate, I can pretty much completely disregard anything they have to say because it almost certainly holds no value to me. And thatās okay.
So maybe in a broader sense, comments/titles/descriptions with lots and lots of emojis is annoying similar to seeing advertisements at the top of my search results and interspersed in the front page posts. Itās useless drivel that mucks up the experience.
And even to use your description as an example:
I donāt understand at all how that emoji is necessary or even insightful. It seems completely contradictory to the āBut seriouslyā at the start of the sentence, it doesnāt seem like anybody with any degree of reading comprehension would mistake what youāre saying as being something negative/nasty/mean/hurtful/etc so itās like if I ended my sentence with āand Iām currently chewing gumā. Okay, nice to know I guess, but why would I need to be told that?
MadBob@feddit.nl āØ3ā© āØmonthsā© ago
starelfsc2@sh.itjust.works āØ3ā© āØmonthsā© ago
well yeah if the person writes šŖšš¤„ itās not clear what they mean, but this poster gave an example sentence thatās pretty unambiguous, and is using the emoji as a tool to make it even more unambiguous, are they not? š¤
Just feels unfair to lump šØš£šØš¤³ style emoji usage with ālet me put š to make it more clear this is a jokeā š„ŗ (also sometimes itās just what the writer is feeling, rather than trying to be clear communication)
GooberEar@lemmy.wtf āØ3ā© āØmonthsā© ago
Perhaps. Iām not chewing gum anymore right now.
starelfsc2@sh.itjust.works āØ3ā© āØmonthsā© ago
The point of the emoji at the end was to āadd some more feeling/fun to text content,ā like if I ended a comment with āI couldnāt stop smiling while writing this.ā Itās irrelevant but it changes the flavor of the text.
Besides that, many lemmy users are on the spectrum and will read āDonald Trump is known for his great border policiesā in a comment that itās clear theyāre joking, and they will still have -5 score and comments arguing with them until the poster says āit was a joke.ā Compare that to āDonald Trump is known for his great border policies š¤”ā or š or š depending on how obvious you want to be. Itās just a tool that can be misused or annoying like anything else.
GooberEar@lemmy.wtf āØ3ā© āØmonthsā© ago
This actually is a good point and is one of the reasons that overuse of emojis can be annoying for some folks. Basically it boils down to the fact that a lot of people using them donāt use them effectively or in a way that provides any āvalueā to the reader.
For an otherwise clear and benign statement, a grinning emoji to signify that the writer wants their statement to be āfunā isnāt particularly useful, relevant, nor insightful for the reader. At best, it comes across as unnecessary filler like an ad at the end of a sentence. It makes no difference, itās just there for the writerās own pleasure. Nothing wrong with that, but hopefully you can see that it would be annoying for some folks.
On the other hand, using emojis effectively, like putting one after making a sarcastic statement provides insight and meaning to people reading. In other words, it has value for the audience, provides useful context. A lot less annoying to people when they actually derive some benefit from it.
One issue is, a whole lot of people donāt recognize this and/or donāt care.
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world āØ3ā© āØmonthsā© ago
Yeah but those jeans š³ Yeah but those jeans š Yeah but those jeans š Yeah but those jeans š¤®