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Why do Lemmy users rarely use emoticons? (lemmy.today)

submitted 10 months ago by Slow@lemmy.today to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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

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[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I mean, if the words are still there its literally nothing else left but personal tastes. It adds, not subtracts, even if people dislike it. The disliker certainly isnt realesed from their obligation to answer the question if they so crave being heard

this post was submitted on 22 Dec 2023

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