Texfaces

They're called Kaomoji btw.

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

I do not use emojis.

I use text emoticons like I always have :D

(・へ・)

(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

(－‸ლ)

ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

ಠ_ಠ

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

xDˣᴰ

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

they just make me (ノ｀´)ノ ~┻━┻

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

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

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 am old school :)

Regular emoji is just easier. But I do have a keyboard shortcut for the ¯\(ツ)/¯ which is my main textface, if annoying to edit his arm back in

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.

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

🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

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")

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

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

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