Reading comments in different communities, I noticed that users hardly leave smilies. Why is that?

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  • Bleeping Lobster@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    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!

    • can@sh.itjust.works
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      6 months ago

      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.