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

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[โ€“] cheeseburger@lemmy.ca 23 points 11 months ago (9 children)

I think most oldies are embarrassed by them. I'm not though, but I only surf the world wide web from my phone, so perhaps I'm more hip ๐Ÿ˜Ž

[โ€“] tetris11@lemmy.ml 18 points 11 months ago (5 children)

I think people ๐Ÿ˜˜ find them more obnoxious ๐Ÿ˜ฑ than informative, and rate ๐Ÿ’ฏ opinions higher than ๐Ÿ˜œ emotional reactions, because emotions are ๐Ÿค‘ cheap and add nothing to a constructive ๐Ÿ—๏ธ discussion

[โ€“] Slow 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Emotional Italians will disagree with you.

[โ€“] tetris11@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I'm dating one, and she disagrees ("Miiiiiii...")

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